The ballet and opera companies survived, the dancers in particular maintaining an international reputation for excellence.
He told Forbes he focuses on founders who are "driven by excellence" and willing to learn.
Similarly, not every superlative return generated by such fund is proof of excellence or fair dealings.
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"You have to listen for excellence and quality first, " he says of the network's development strategy.
The unfailingly consistent excellence of the Irish Rep is no less easy to take for granted.
Tocqueville's arias to excellence and warnings about mediocrity have misled people into thinking him a snob.
Opponents have said the plans to create "centres of excellence" would pit "hospitals against hospital".
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Knowing your strengths and weaknesses may be the most important characteristic to seeking excellence.
You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.
Curriculum for Excellence sets a "rightly ambitious agenda" for reform in Scottish education, he added.
To create this, GE created marketing centers of excellence and a Marketing Council, among other enablers.
Perhaps the reason they stood out was because the prison system didn't lend itself to excellence.
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Clinical excellence My unit treats 100 cases a year, which has given staff valuable practical knowledge.
But they do so more in the original Greek spirit of celebrating individual excellence.
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Those who wielded it crushed their opponents with ease, and it became synonymous with gaming excellence.
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It is a well-built and well-designed online music discovery service for the open web par excellence.
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In an ideal world, all parents would recognize the need for excellence and consistency.
This excellence-matters attitude has made large, diversified corporations the repository of more and more brands.
Mr. Jenkins outlined five core values for the bank: respect, integrity, service, excellence and stewardship.
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Computers cannot create a culture of excellence and push students to meet high expectations.
They became victim of low expectations, a community that was not supporting educational excellence.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has been in existence for two years now.
Second, achieving excellence, measurable excellence, at all levels in the organization is also paramount.
Our parents have to instill a sense of excellence and a thirst for knowledge.
We feel a pocket of excellence for the industry and the city has been lost.
In response to his generosity, Sloan-Kettering gave Koch its Excellence in Corporate Leadership Award.
Ideally, of course, the more that is automated (or nearly so), the better your operational excellence.
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The awards were established in 1995 to encourage, promote and recognize excellence in African journalism.
Excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities, also known as high culture.
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