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Word: adept (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Arthur Vanderbilt eloquently describes the qualities that judges should have: "Judges learned in the law, not merely the law in books but, something far more difficult to acquire, the law as applied in action in the courtroom; judges deeply versed in the mysteries of human nature and adept in the discovery of the truth in the discordant testimony of fallible human beings; judges beholden to no man, independent and honest and-equally important-believed by all men to be independent and honest; judges, above all, fired with consuming zeal to mete out justice according to law to every man, woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: COURT SYSTEM REFORM A PRESSING PROBLEM | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

With a private car families and groups of students find Europe and travel more convenient and less hectic, provided they can ask for petrol in the native tongue and are adept at changing tires on mountain passes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Low Price Plans Make Car Travel More Accessible | 11/4/1954 | See Source »

...more polished performance. Illustrating the author's favorite theme of the decadent southern belle, the sketch tempers its seediness with fine touches of whimsy. Elinor Fuchs, as Mrs. Hardwick-Moore, plays an earlier outline of Streetcar's Blanche Dubois, handling both her southern accent and temperament without extravagance. Equally adept is Bob Golden, as The Writer. Patricia Leatham is perhaps too intense for a landlady, yet her performance does not mar the best production on the Workshop's program...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Three Plays by Williams | 10/22/1954 | See Source »

Dudley was handicapped in inexperience. Only two men, John Coyne and tackle Al Farbman, have played House football before this season. Leading their attack was adept sophomore quarterback Joe Martino, who weighs barely 130 pounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams, Lowell Are Victors In House Football Openers | 10/14/1954 | See Source »

Mattiwilda Dobbs: Song Recital (Angel). The young (29) Atlanta Negro who has been cheering two continents with her remarkable operatic coloratura shows that she is equally adept in pastoral art songs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Records, Aug. 23, 1954 | 8/23/1954 | See Source »

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