Word: rigorous
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Bowles quickly earned a reputation for both rigor and grace. It was Bowles who coordinated the government's response to the Oklahoma City bombing, who integrated Morris into the White House when other top staff members were gunning for him in early 1995, and who negotiated Morris' resignation in the middle of the Democratic Convention. And unlike the other strivers, Bowles, given his happy and lucrative alternatives, had the added virtue of not wanting to stay in his job forever...
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Each year, Harvard students and administrators eagerly await the ego-stroking U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best colleges in the country. Harvard has been fortunate enough to lead in numerous categories, from student satisfaction to faculty caliber to academic rigor...
Those who have served on ad hoc committees with Rudenstine say he puts an enormous amount of time into understanding the needs of Harvard's departments. All seem to marvel at the level of intellectual rigor he brings to the proceedings...