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Word: adeptly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cannon to First. Both are uncommonly nimble and uncommonly sturdy-equally adept at knocking down vicious line drives with their chests, or charging home plate to scoop up a dying bunt. And both have the kind of 90-mm. arm to make the long throw to first. But the talents do not stop there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Family Affair | 5/11/1962 | See Source »

Substitute for Vitality. But Stravinsky, of all living composers, is the one who can least stand still; and today, after moving through the classicist waters of Pidcinella and Oedipus Rex, he has turned to the serial technique. He is as adept as ever at what he once regarded as the discipline of an alien school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Creator Once More | 5/11/1962 | See Source »

...Mama (Beatrice Paipert) and Big Daddy (Reggie Stuart) surmount their monotonous blocking with lively and intelligent performances that would grace any production. Miss Paipert's skillful and rapid transitions from mood to mood and Stuart's adept coarseness help keep things running smoothly while they were on stage...

Author: By Raymond A. Sokolov jr., | Title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

...student who earns high grades, the study claims, also "does well academically under direction but is not as adept in situations demanding independent judgement, is interested in and responsive to the feelings of others, and has feminine interests...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, | Title: Study Reveals CPI Scores Useful to Predict Grades | 2/24/1962 | See Source »

Imhoof himself is rarely overwhelmed, and is adept at cutting through an overabundant supply of material to the really major stories. A shy, spare man, Imhoof, 52, studied law and history at Zurich, Vienna and Paris, speaks French, German, Italian and English fluently, probably knows more about the Common Market than any other reporter in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Best Beat on Earth | 2/9/1962 | See Source »

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