Word: craftsmanship
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...that have appeared so far this year. To help them over the bumps, Editor H. L. Gold supplies a commentary. Gold is mighty proud of his nest of singing birds, whose average age, he says, is 32 and whose work is distinguished by "fine ideas, sharp characterization and shrewd craftsmanship." Among the ideas...
Robbins' attack fails to rebut the fact that Eliot has contributed, directly and through his imitators, to much of the verse of our time, and the fact that he himself remains by reason of his craftsmanship and his perceptiveness, the most accomplished English poet now living. It does, however, say some things which even Eliot's most partisan readers must often have wished to say; and it provires a healthy caveat that poets may, in the public eye, become too big for their britches, though these be large indeed...
...South" by Milenko Blanc shows equally polished craftsmanship, though again the structure is tenuous. A traveller, middle-aged at 32, stops in New Orleans, where he finds himself undefineably drawn to a night-club dancer. His gradual realization of her perversity is roughly the point of the story; but it is so subtly prepared that some many miss it entirely. The effect derives from expert restraint and ambiguity, qualities that are apparent especially after a second reading...
...English, and the first-night conducting, which was handled by Stravinsky himself, as distinctly not the work of a Toscanini. But the critics agreed that The Rake's Progress was a solid success, one of the outstanding 'musical works of the decade, a model of form and craftsmanship...
British automakers use TIME pages to tell of the precision and durability of their cars. Swiss watch makers emphasize their tradition of fine craftsmanship. Both these groups also depend on TIME to develop U.S. markets, which help cut down Britain's dollar gap and maintain Switzerland's favorable trade balance. Thus comes a completion of the cycle whereby a nation produces what it knows how to make best and sells to those who need the product most. Advertising's job is to take information about consumer goods and production machinery, around the world if necessary...