Word: transcender
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...what makes Ivanov interesting is that it contains the germ of Chekhov's genius and carries with it a certain power that with a good production can transcend some of its weaknesses. The Brattle Group, aided by Robert O'Hearn's excellent period settings, has done about the best possible job with such a difficult piece...
...There is little room for compromise. Our best course is to cultivate intellectual honesty, a good temper, and a broad appreciation of the ultimate humanistic goals that unite and transcend the competing ideologies...
...cast, only David Black in the title role and Alan Miller as the curate really managed to transcend their parts. They were the charlatan and the bumbler,, two types always showered with the gems of Gilbert's word-patterns, and they carried to the audience the spriteliness that is necessary for a true appreciation of the operetta. Mary Bartlett as the heroine and Yolanda Lyons as her mother sang forcefully, but David Shapiro, the "hero," was unfortunately rendered almost inaudible every time the orchestra climbed above mezzoforte, wihch it did often...
...emancipation elicited almost universal acclaim throughout the North. But it alarmed the President [and] constituted a serious blow to his efforts to retain Maryland, Kentucky and other border states in the Union ... He issued an order altering Fremont's proclamation so that it should conform to and not "transcend" the act of Congress ... A storm of indignation broke out throughout the North . . . Outraged Abolitionists clamored for the impeachment of Lincoln; and Fremont supporters proposed him as Lincoln's successor...
...Consequently, we feel that a new Varsity Club, provided its activities are made to it in with the overall objectives of the House system, and not to transcend them, will provide a valuable adjunct to Harvard undergraduate life...