Word: topnotcher
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...Little Harold." Labor's left wing supports Harold Wilson, 46, an adroit, urbane debater and topnotch intellect who was an Oxford economics don at 21. As President of the Board of Trade in Clem ent Attlee's Cabinet, pipe-puffing Yorkshireman Wilson has had more administrative experience than any of his rivals, is the party's foreign policy specialist. Despite his brilliance and charm, Wilson's foes, who call him "Little Harold," regard him as a slippery opportunist who backs only winning causes-though he miscalculated in 1960 when he attempted to grab the leadership while...
...this gala to go to at night, so you put the hair piece in a bag and take it with you, and with four hairpins you've got your elegance." Upkeep is nominal; an occasional dusting or a once-over with the vacuum keeps the topknot topnotch. And many of Adrian's wiglets, unlike the French designs, go up and out in living color. Although "Les Plumes" fans out to three all-brunette coils, "Celestial Arc" works its spectral way from pale lavender on the top to ash blond at the lower level. "Flamingo" starts out peach-pink...
...Barrier of Cost." Any organization as revolutionary as Medikaiser was bound to stir up storms of controversy about the quality of its medical care and its general effect on the practice of medicine. But impartial medical authorities in California rate Kaiser hospitals' care as "topnotch." and the groups' medical care as "very good...
...instituted a widely discussed curriculum called "Literature and Materials of Music," which used the music of the past as text and was largely taught by composers. The Juilliard that Mennin inherits has a flourishing dance department that numbers in its faculty Martha Graham. Antony Tudor, Jose Limon, and a topnotch quartet-in-residence, headed by Violinist Robert Mann. Juilliard stresses contemporary music, believing that "musicians of a given epoch have the responsibility for the music of their time." It emphasizes student performances, which frequently are attended by artists' managers and talent scouts for major orchestras and opera houses...
...flying enthusiast who has logged over 5,000 hours, Maytag four years ago bought control of Colorado's small Frontier Airlines. Shy and retiring, he hired topnotch airline experts to manage day-to-day operations, was seldom seen by his 1,081 employees. But under his direction, Frontier flourished. Maytag sent his "Sunliners" into 25 new communities, improved equipment, and increased profits 75%. Last month he sold his interest in Frontier to Nevada's Goldfield Consolidated Mines for $3,000,000. Reason: "I was frustrated...