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superb and intellectual
Miss Hardwick speaks of his `` superb gift for intellectual friendship '', and it is certainly a joy to see the intellectual life lived so free from either academic aridity or passionate dogmatism.
As a cultural and intellectual center of Chungbuk Province, the University provides its students with superb educational programs, research facilities and up-to-date laboratories, and has many cooperative programs with its local communities and businesses.

superb and spiritual
Nesîmî is also considered a superb love poet, and his poems express the idea of love on both the personal and the spiritual plane.
Critic Dennis Schwartz liked the film and acting in the drama and wrote, " A schematic film noir by Nicholas Ray ( They Live by Night ) that overcomes its artificial contrivances to become a touching psychological drama about despair and loneliness -- one of the best of this sort in the history of film noir ... Robert Ryan's fierce performance is superb, as he's able to convincingly assure us he has a real spiritual awakening ; while Lupino's gentle character acts to humanize the crime fighter, who has walked on the " dangerous ground " of the city and has never realized before that there could be any other kind of turf until meeting someone as profound and tolerant as Mary.

superb and vitality
Allmusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5 and said that " personnel changes can have a very negative effect on a band, but Sepultura have maintained their vitality all these years — and that vitality is alive and well on the superb A-Lex ".

superb and William
" Historian Donald described the speech as a " superb political move for an unannounced candidate, to appear in one rival's ( William H. Seward ) own state at an event sponsored by the second rival's ( Salmon P. Chase ) loyalists, while not mentioning either by name during its delivery.
The three English artists credited with establishing watercolor as an independent, mature painting medium are Paul Sandby ( 1730 – 1809 ), often called " the father of the English watercolor ", Thomas Girtin ( 1775 – 1802 ), who pioneered its use for large format, romantic or picturesque landscape painting, and Joseph Mallord William Turner ( 1775 – 1851 ), who brought watercolor painting to the highest pitch of power and refinement and created with it hundreds of superb historical, topographical, architectural and mythological paintings.
After the 15th century, alliterative verse became fairly uncommon, although some alliterative poems, such as Pierce the Ploughman's Crede ( c. 1400 ) and William Dunbar's superb Tretis of the Tua Marriit Wemen and the Wedo ( c. 1500 ) were written in the form in the 15th century.
William A. Henry III wrote an exceptionally sympathetic review in Time: " Clear narrative drive, Nunn's cinematic staging, three superb leading performances by actors willing to be complex and unlikeable and one of the best rock scores ever produced in the theater.
International Master William Hartston called it " a superb work, perhaps the last to encase successfully the whole of chess knowledge within a single volume.
Although the designer of the bank, King's partner William H. Wilcox, is relatively unknown, the building is a superb example of the French Second Empire style.
* William Boeing's yacht, the superb Taconite, was built at Hoffars in 1931.
William Vile went into partnership with John Cobb in 1750 until he retired in 1765 Operating out of ( No. 72 ) The corner of St. Martin's Lane and Long Acre, London. They were Cabinet-makers and Upholsterers to His Majesty ( George III ) from 1761 to April 1764, based mainly on the superb quality of Vile's cabinet work and the individuality of his designs.
The founding physicians of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine included pathologist William Henry Welch ( 1850-1934 ), the first dean of the school and a mentor to generations of research scientists ; internist Sir William Osler ( 1849-1919 ), sometimes referred to as the “ father of modern medicine ,” having been perhaps the most influential physician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries as author of The Principles and Practice of Medicine ( 1892 ), written in the Hopkins Hospital and published for more than a century ; surgeon William Stewart Halsted ( 1852-1922 ), who revolutionized surgery by insisting on subtle skill and technique, as well as strict adherence to sanitary procedures ; and gynecologist Howard Atwood Kelly ( 1858-1943 ), a superb gynecological surgeon often credited with establishing gynecology as a specialty and being among the first to use radium to treat cancer.
All these aspects of the great man received generous, judicious and eloquent attention in John Haffenden's superb biography William Empson: Volume I: Among the Mandarins.

superb and James
The Jazz Three displayed their sound musicianship, not only in their own chosen set, but as the emergency accompanists for Al Minns & Leon James, the superb jazz dancers who have now been Newport performers for three successive years, gradually moving up from a morning seminar on the evolution of the blues to a spot on the evening program.
" Web critic James Berardinelli praised the " superb performances by Fiennes ," and said " John Turturro is exceptional as the uncharismatic Herbie Stempel.
* Castle Coole, Co Fermanagh: A superb neoclassical mansion began by James Wyatt for Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore in 1790-97, but only finally furnished 36 years later.
Hunter's eclectic bequest forms the core of the collections, but since Hunter's death, they have grown considerably, and now include some of the most important collections of work by artists such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh and James McNeill Whistler, as well as superb geological, zoological, anatomical, archaeological, ethnographic and scientific instrument collections.
James captained Portsmouth in the FA Cup Semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur where Portsmouth won 2 – 0 in extra time, describing the experience as " superb ".
Niki Lauda and James Hunt had a superb duel for 20 laps before Hunt got past on lap 66 and began slicing into the Tyrrells ' lead at 2 seconds a lap.
James Gleeson believes that Smart ’ s paintings are “ too real to be real ”; and believes that his realist portrayals of 20th century life are nothing more than superb geometrical compositions and bold colour, of man in his naturalistic, man-made environment.
Furthermore, this same site alleges that a second non-Mormon scholar, Robert Madison, concluded in his 1990 A Preliminary Linguistic Analysis of James J. Strang's Voree Plates that the text on the plates appears to represent a genuine, albeit unknown, language, and that Strang's translation appeared to be " a superb ( if poetic ) rendition of that text into English.
The Bengals played in their first AFC Championship Game defeating San Diego 27 – 7, limited a San Diego offense – which featured three future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame: quarterback Dan Fouts, receiver Charlie Joiner, and tight end Kellen Winslow ; the offense also featured two superb running backs, Chuck Muncie, who led the NFL with 19 touchdowns, and multi-talented rookie James Brooks – to only 7 points at Riverfront Stadium in a temperature of nine degrees below zero with a wind-chill factor of minus 59.
Daily Mail cited as a " superb " and " hilarious " episode, and James Plath of DVD Town thought it had strong writing .< ref name =" Dvdtown "> The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, called it " a terrific episode, full of wit and sly digs at our expectations of Homer's abilities.
On Sunday 21 May 2006 James clinched the European Challenge Cup for Gloucester Rugby with a superb try in extra time at The Stoop.

superb and was
The lad's once superb body was a mass of scars and welts.
* Telecom New Zealand — Operated an AMPS / TDMA network in New Zealand from 1987 until 2007 throughout the whole country and the network was renowned for its superb coverage, In 2000 Telecom announced that they would discontinue the AMPS network within 5 years ( 2005 ) to give customers an opportunity to transition to the CDMA2000 and later 1XRTT technologies that replaced it.
Economist Murray Rothbard wrote that " Bastiat was indeed a lucid and superb writer, whose brilliant and witty essays and fables to this day are remarkable and devastating demolitions of protectionism and of all forms of government subsidy and control.
He was a competent geometer, but more importantly, he was a superb commentator on the works that preceded him.
He was remembered as a superb teacher.
With a superb military machine with good weapons, excellent training, and effective field artillery, backed by an efficient government which could provide necessary funds, Gustavus Adolphus was poised to make himself a major European leader, but he was killed at the battle of Lützen in 1632.
His performance was called " brilliant ", " compelling ", and " superb.
In his youth, according to stories, Alberti could — with his feet together — jump over a man's head, he was a superb horseman, and he " learned music without a master, and yet his compositions were admired by professional judges.
In 1862 the publisher Cadart tried to initiate a portfolio of lithographs by various artists which was not successful, but included several superb prints by Manet.
Ruthless, crude, and hard-working, he had a " sagacious business sense " and was a superb manager of men.
For example, he pointed out that Adolf Hitler was a consummate and superb politician due especially to his charisma and oratorical skills but reached his " level of incompetence " as commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht because of the rigidity of his decision making ( not allowing retreats when necessary according to the tactical situation ).
Indeed, John A. Lucy writes " despite his ' amateur ' status, Whorf's work in linguistics was and still is recognized as being of superb professional quality by linguists ".
On offense, quarterback Joe Kapp was known for his superb leadership and his running ability, both throwing on the run and running for extra yards.
The backbone of the Broncos was their defense, a unit known as the " Orange Crush ," which used a 3-4 formation anchored by four superb linebackers, including Randy Gradishar ( 3 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries ) and Tom Jackson ( 4 interceptions, 93 return yards, 1 touchdown ).
Montgomery was also a superb receiver out of the backfield, recording 50 receptions for 407 yards.
A key to the Bills ' prolific offense was the blocking of its superb offensive line, led by All-Pro center Kent Hull and Pro Bowl left tackle Will Wolford.
It was predicted that this AFC Championship Game would be a shootout between the Bills ' powerful offense and the superb postseason play of Elway.
Meanwhile, running back Dexter Carter was a superb returner on special teams, gaining a combined total of 1, 426 yards and a touchdown returning both punts and kickoffs.
The controversial tiered concrete New Court ( often dubbed " the Typewriter ") was designed in the Modernist style by Sir Denys Lasdun in 1966-70, and was described as " superb " in Lasdun's obituary in the Guardian.
One strength of the Whigs, however, was a superb network of newspapers ; their leading editor was Horace Greeley of the powerful New York Tribune.

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