In certain respects Lancaster was an excellent head coach: hard-working, loyal, patriotic and a good ambassador abroad.
"I was able to watch him closely when he was an assistant with us and what I saw was a bright, creative young coach who I thought would make an excellent head coach here if the opportunity ever arose.
The reader is left saddened by the fact that, despite an excellent head teacher and a generous government, the streetwise children of education-averse parents can be so hard to deal with.
"An excellent head coach is replacing me, a very strong committee and lots of parents are supporting the club.
The entire cast is excellent, headed by the soprano Lauren Flanigan, who gives a smoldering portrayal of the title role.
Eniola Aluko had a shot blocked, while the profligate Anita Asante struck the post with a header - a let-off that prompted Bindon to kiss the post - and failed to convert two more excellent headed opportunities.
He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability".
Flavio had been excellent, heading in Gilberto's free-kick and Mabina's cross to give Angola a 2-0 lead by half-time.
I cannot imagine any recording ever topping the 1978 account conducted by the composer's student, colleague and champion Mstislav Rostropovich, with an excellent cast headed by the radiant soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, and the London Philharmonic.
At City Opera, thanks to a simple but effective production by the director Michael Kahn; an excellent cast headed by the soprano Lauren Flanigan, who gives a smoldering portrayal of the title role; and crucially, the urgent and sensitive conducting of Anne Manson, in her company debut, "Vanessa" emerges as an authentic American masterpiece.
