Word: spectacular
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Standards at North American College are high: 30% of the class usually fails to finish. As a training ground for U.S. Catholic hierarchy, the college's record is spectacular; of 1,900 priests graduated in the past 100 years, 115 have become bishops, one became a Trappist abbot, and six (sole survivor: New York's Spellman) later wore the cardinal...
...Charlie Steele bottled up the Columbia attack on the right. At the one point when a sensational stop was needed, goalie Tom Bagnoli came through. In the fourth quarter, Lion center forward Haakan Rutchinsky had a clear shot from close in, but Bagnoli rose to the occasion with a spectacular diving save...
Still, the opinion around the practice field is that "you can never tell about Columbia." The Lions have several exchange students on their roster, many with considerable individual talents. As a result, they usually display an unpredictable "razzle-dazzle" offense, with fancy dribbling, spectacular shooting, and, inevitably, a modicum of teamwork...
Columbia has lost most of last fall's first-line performers, including the spectacular Jose Iglesias, and the Lions are unlikely to figure strongly in the final standings. Lou Rissone and Peter Javiscas could finish among the leaders, however...
...paintings in his estate include a Sassetta altarpiece and a Domenico Veneziano madonna, the combined market value of which is close to $1,750,000, and about 50 other paintings of less spectacular value, but of high artistic importance...