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Word: excellently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...girl can major in a field she enjoys but could never excel in or spend time sampling many different fields without having to waste her time fulfilling useless requirements. In this age of increasingly necessary specialization a women's college may remain the only place where a true liberal arts education can survive. Perhaps the noncareer oriented woman is the only person who can afford to be well-rounded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Must Wellesley Go Coed To Survive? | 12/16/1969 | See Source »

...autobiography This Life I Have Lived, she explained that all her life she wanted to do things better than anyone else. She liked to win, and, to insure success, she trained hard for whatever contest she entered. But it was not only in sports that Babe Zaharias strove to excel. While in school, she had to make a dress in sewing class and determined it should be the best. Her dress was the winner of the State Fair of Texas. She also won a gold medal in school for the best speed in typing...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: Welcome to the Dallas Wax Museum | 10/8/1969 | See Source »

While other Europeans may excel in joie de vivre, the Germans find their joy in Arbeitslust - the seemingly insatiable desire to work, no matter what. That partly explains why West Germany's 26 million workers hardly ever strike, and why Germany's economy and currency have gained such envied strength. In Bonn, the Federal Statistics Office has reported that only 36 strikes occurred in West Germany last year. The number of striking workers was 25,167, of whom 23,836 walked off the job for less than a week, many for just a few hours. As a result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Work Is Not a Four-Letter Word | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

Mostly, however, the Chief Justice must rely on the power of his argument, just like any other Justice. If past performance is any guide, this is where Fortas will excel. "Warren made his influence felt by personal charm and his position," says Professor Kalven. "Fortas will do it by being the best man on the team." In cases where he is by himself or has only one or two colleagues agreeing with him, whatever he does will make little difference, observes Yale Professor Alexander Bickel. But where he is in a minority of four, as he was last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: CHIEF CONFIDANT TO CHIEF JUSTICE | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

...headed the student government. Yet he is in total rebellion against what he calls "status quo-ism: the feeling that order and status quo are the most important things?in the ghetto, in Southeast Asia and everywhere." Reich feels that his age group has been under tremendous pressure to excel in scholarship ever since Sputnik. But "all of a sudden, somewhere in there ?for me in the sophomore year?we started to think about goals, where it was all leading." Everyone seemed trapped by sameness, he thought, and too many colleges offer monotonously similar educations. "What a drag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: THE CYNICAL IDEALISTS OF '68 | 6/7/1968 | See Source »

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