Word: brilliant
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Technically, the Christian Democrats and their coalition partners have the votes to put Lübke in, but he faces a genuine threat in the brilliant and scholarly presidential candidate of the Social Democrats, Carlo Schmid. Adenauer's party whips were hard at work rounding up pledges for Lübke, fearing that Christian Democrats who resent Adenauer's recent moves, but have not dared oppose him openly, might take advantage of a secret ballot to vote for Socialist Schmid...
...Donald N. Yates, commander, U.S.A.F missile-testing base, Cape Canaveral, Fla LL.D. Citation: "A very model of a modern major general, highly trained in science as well as warfare. A crack meteorologist, his predictions set the date for D-day in World War II ... He has proved himself a brilliant administrator and leader...
...sometimes they haunt the watering holes of wealth. Wherever they are, some 300 artist-hustlers are likely to swap fond recollections of the quiet little man who launched them: Clarence A. (for Abel) Bach, 65, founder of the first U.S. high school photo-journalism course. Last week, after 34 brilliant years at Los Angeles' John C. Fremont High School, Clarence Bach retired...
...eagerly through Jamaica, Yucatan, Cambodia, Hawaii, Chile, Australia, Italy, India and the South Seas. What they sensed and saw would be pleasantly and blandly recorded, at the Magazine's leisure, in some future issue. No rush about it: a magazine whose color inks are mixed to stay brilliant 2½ centuries cannot be expected to hurry...
...Paris to Strasbourg, where he planned to settle down and study, he was detoured through Geneva by military operations, intended to stay in the city only overnight. But a red-bearded Protestant named William Farel, who was having his troubles advancing the Reformation in Geneva, had heard of the brilliant Frenchman's arrival and went to him at his inn to beg him to stay. Calvin declined. Farel roared at him: "You are simply following your own wishes, and I declare in the name of almighty God that if you refuse to take part in the Lord...