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...against top collegiate competition, Morris knew what he had to work on to get teams to notice him. The all-star games presented Morris on a national stage and allowed him to show off his size—6’3, 215 lbs.—and abiltiy to catch the ball...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Morris Awaits NFL Draft | 4/25/2003 | See Source »

Georgia State Sen. Julian Bond said Sunday he did not think Carter could win re-election. "Despite the president's decency and honesty, he lacks the abiltiy to work with Congress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kennedy Favors Tax Cut To Ease Unemployment | 9/18/1979 | See Source »

...Inspector is ample proof of this abiltiy: it puts together a myriad of figure and landscape styles, different qualities of line and shade, and images drawn from the Old Masters, Hollywood, or city streets. Juxtaposing all these sources and qualities, Steinberg shows himself a bricoleur in the finest sense -- the artist who filters through the refuse heaps of other arts to select parts for his own strange constructions...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: Masks of the Literal | 5/3/1973 | See Source »

Sammy Davis is not yet effective as an actor. His obvious sincerity is an inadequate and rather embarrassing substitute for abiltiy. The quickly paced second act centers completely on Joe and allows Davis to sing nine numbers, each denoting a different stage in Joe's movement toward disaster. Happily, Davis is a great song stylist and impersonator. In each song he assumes a different pose. His delivery has a pulsating energy and clarity of effect. He yearns wistfully in a large, throaty voice for girls "with skin as white as cream." Or, as in 'Colorful," he stands smirking with...

Author: By Alan JAY Mason, | Title: Golden Boy | 8/4/1964 | See Source »

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