Word: superiors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before the Delta Force, the Marine Corps was the closest thing America ever had to its own band of crack heroes, and a mystique developed about the leatherneck's superior qualities. Little boys never just played soldiers, they played marines...
...traveled widely in the U.S. on her concert tours. "I had read a great deal about America, but I had never realized how beautiful it was," she says of her new land. While she feels that the training Soviet musicians receive is superior, Davidovich believes American orchestras are better than their Russian counterparts, and she praises the emphasis on chamber music in the U.S. Like other emigres from totalitarian countries, however, she sees a darker side to the many liberties Americans enjoy. "For me, freedom has meant I am free to work and go where I please, when I want...
Justice Stevens, 65, a sometime private pilot, firmly rejected the contention that the aging process made all flight engineers over 60 a hazard. "Many older American workers perform at levels equal or superior to their younger colleagues," he wrote in an unsubtle rejoinder from a member of the second oldest Supreme Court in history. Said Criswell, who at 66 is still a Western flight engineer: "By ruling unanimously, the court made very clear what it thinks of age discrimination. People constantly tell me, 'We like to see some gray hair in the cockpit...
...week, about 53 Soviet soldiers had been killed in the campaign. The rebels have suffered significant casualties. As many as 30,000 Soviet troops may be involved in the operation, which, according to the rebels, appears not to involve any Afghan army units. In addition, the Soviets enjoy overwhelmingly superior firepower. Said Majrooh: "The resistance has nothing to hit back with against something like this." There is some concern in Pakistan that the Soviet forces will be tempted to pursue fleeing Afghan rebels over the Pakistani border. Late last week Pakistan issued a strong protest to Afghanistan, accusing that country...
...Given that as the goal, American education is superior," he says. Education in mainland China has a different goal: to promote moral sensibility in students. Huang believes a university could instill moral virtue without neglecting its teaching mission, but given a choice between the two approaches he favors the American system, wherein "students are graded for their reasons, not for their conclusion...