Word: tirelessness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Citation: "For 20 years in war and peace, Harvard's tireless and courageous leader, now this country's ambassador to a nation of universities...
Veteran in the Rear. Up "Heartbreak Hill," the steep slope near Boston College, Pulkkinen began to turn it on. He passed Costes, but he could not hold the pace. Behind him, and gaining steadily, was Hamamura, the tireless Japanese. When he passed the Leyden Congregational Church, Hamamura was in front. At Coolidge Corner, the last check point, he was right up with the course record set by his countryman, Keizo Yamada, in 1953. "Record, y'understan'? Record!" screamed a reporter from the press bus. Hamamura, who understood not a word, grinned back, a gold tooth glinting through...
...most any conference of U.S. educators these days, the topic was bound to come up at the regional meeting of the National Education Association in Denver: What can a teacher do to help that most neglected of schoolchildren, the bright and eager pupil? Last week a genial and tireless public-school man named Eldred Harrington gave an answer that left his Denver audience astounded. "We didn't know what to make of the fellow," said one teacher, "but he certainly was interesting...
Checked by fatigue and low spirits and the tireless efficiency of the police, the demonstrators gave up after five violent hours. Their leaders pronounced the display a success, but the government went determinedly ahead with its plan to cut the Catholic school budget...
Muscular Morale. For all their defensive excellence, the Dons this year also pack an offensive wallop. Much of its muscle is hidden in the skinny (6 ft. 10 in., 210 Ibs.) frame of Bill Russell, 20, a happy-go-lucky Oakland Negro. A tireless, ambidextrous string bean, Russell is the Dons' high scorer (more than 300 points), but he still prefers Woolpert's style of defensive play. "Heck," he says, "I'd rather block a shot any day than score. It seems to do more for team morale." It also does something to the opposition...