Word: distinguishedness
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Friendship likes a Dickensian glow, and so my friends and I, who have incorporated ourselves as the Chuck Jones Fan Club of America, Chester A. Arthur Post Number One, gathered the other day for our annual Christmas lunch, presided over by the distinguished author Stefan Kanfer, whom People magazine designated...
But a sizable number of critics, from law professors to some of the court's own members, have attacked the ruling as antidemocratic and politically motivated. Many say they were pained to see a court that once distinguished itself by removing barriers to voting--including racial prohibitions, poll taxes and...
He first stood out for his voice. As a boy, Thomas Penfield Jackson won a choir scholarship to St. Albans prep school that he lost when his voice changed. But he became a lawyer, then a judge, distinguished by his booming baritone. He had tried high-profile cases (like Washington...
On a broader level, Schor's decision to leave once again calls our attention to the dearth of women Faculty at Harvard, especially in light of a similar decision made by Seyla Benhabib earlier this month. In losing Schor and Benhabib, the University loses two of its most distinguished female...
Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Wild showed precocity at age three; by six he had a fluent technique. While still a teenage student of the distinguished Dutch pianist Egon Petri, he was already a concert-hall veteran. In 1937 Arturo Toscanini engaged Wild to fill the coveted position of staff pianist...