Word: bested
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...talk big? One explanation is that the spirit of the act conflicts with our self-conceptions. The act seems larger because we cannot conceive ourselves doing it. We have been groomed all our lives as the best of young American achievers: dropping out is the ultimate violation of work ethic...
...allowed no choices. We have staved in school and in college not only to avoid the draft, but also to guarantee the security of our own futures. Maybe we have wanted to acquire certain skills in schooling which would help us help others, but we have kept our best interests in mind, too. In this sense, we have guilty admiration for true revolutionaries, whatever their stripe-they have found the courage to sacrifice personal expediency for social necessity...
Wertheimer's dissertation, on the utility of semantics for moral philosophy, won the annual award last spring for the best thesis in the Philosophy department...
Four capable Midshipmen graduated, and the team suffered another loss when junior Steve Cheney was injured in a summer automobile accident. He was the team's best breaststroker and distance freestyler...
...best races may be between but?? John Munk of Harvard and Navy's Dave Pearl and between Dan Kobick of Harvard and Frank Gunkleman in the backstroke. Midshipman Stu Powrie should win the breaststroke, but Steve Baumgart and Dave Law have been improving quickly and may offer a good challen??. The medley relay at the meet's start could be very interesting...