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- Do you worry that the U.S. has lost sight of excellence? We
- at TIME think we know where to find it. Over the past six
- months, as part of our College Achievement Awards program, we
- searched out 20 of America's outstanding undergraduate juniors.
- Together with the program's exclusive sponsor, Volkswagen
- United States, we sought to recognize and reward young men and
- women who have pursued their talents to the limit.
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- Last week we brought the award winners together in New York
- City. We were astounded and somewhat awed by their
- accomplishments. For instance, all of 21 years old, Jennifer
- Spruill is not only a recognized expert in her field, she is
- creating it. A native of Pittsburgh and an anthropology major at
- Bryn Mawr College, she is researching the effect that cultural
- differences have in resolving conflicts. And at the University
- of California, Berkeley, Troy Wilson took the first direct image
- of DNA, the wonderfully intricate molecule that makes up our
- genes.
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- Remember David Eggar's name, because we know you will be
- hearing it again. What we don't know is whether it will be for
- playing the cello or the piano. A national prizewinner in both
- instruments, Eggar has also sung in 500 performances at the
- Metropolitan Opera in New York.
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- Moving along. If ever you get the chance to attend one of
- Melodye Stewart's workshops on African contributions to
- civilization, go. After 14 years as a corporate secretary, this
- dynamic mother of one returned to school and developed the
- courses in which she teaches that not all great things came
- from European minds. And keep an eye out for books by Luke
- Pontifell. He does not write them but prints them, beautifully,
- by hand. Last year his Thornwillow Press published Arthur
- Schlesinger Jr.'s J.F.K. Remembered, and in July he will bring
- out a book by Walter Cronkite on the first human landing on the
- moon.
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- Each winner received $3,000. But all of them have discovered
- a greater reward, the opportunity to be fully engaged in life.
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