Word: bested
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While Crimson goalie Chuckie Hughes and forward Ted Drury had fewer problems with the U.S. Olympic officials and will be playing in the under-20 competition, the two Harvard players who are both among the best at their position in Canada will both not be playing in Finland...
With its fireworks and endless symposia, its big-name politicians and celebrity academics, the 350th was Harvard at its best and worst. Quite simply, it was Harvard at its most Harvard...
...This job is one in which you are overwhelmed by events continually. Much of your time is spent muddling through, doing the best you can. Fourteen people a day--a half-hour--that's the most difficult aspect of it. I'm not going to miss...
Those at the top, euphemistically called the "upper-middle class," have worries that the economically marginal would consider luxuries: How to get the kids into "hot" colleges, whether to drink Tanqueray or Bombay with your Schweppes, how to dispose of your salary on the things that best demonstrate your good taste. These people are better described as "Winners...
...been a banner decade for the Winners. They saw their taxes slashed in 1982 and 1986, of course. But that wasn't the best part of it. The best part was that their position as Winners became increasingly stable and hereditary...