Word: distinguishedness
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Leaders of prominent political and University organizations were unanimous in their approval of the United States' declaration of war yesterday, although a few men distinguished between involvement in a Pacific war, which they supported, and entry into a European war, of which they disapproved.
Along somewhat the same line is the following quotation from the McGill Daily: "American colleges have lately been the objects of severe criticism because of the overemphasis placed on athletics at the expense of cultural pursuits. One striking evidence of the fact, that despite the glorifications of athletics, there is...
The New Republic also adds its word of praise and esteem for Professor Murray and hopes for the spread of internationalization of scholarship "Gilbert Murray is the first scholar chosen to hold the Charles Eliot Norton annual professorship of poetry at Harvard, and he is certainly the most distinguished of...
His publishing record is no less distinguished. During his early years at the British Museum, Kitzinger published the comprehensive and accessible book, Early Medieval Art in the British Museum. Later works such as The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West: Selected Studies earned equal praise.
Robert Z. Lawrence, Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment at the Kennedy School of Government, said Mankiw—who has authored two widely successful textbooks and is a regular columnist for Fortune—is distinguished for his ability to express himself clearly.