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Word: expertness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...woman do / But humor his caprices,/ When acts more suited to a zoo / Took place with neighbors' nieces?") are set to an oompah rhythm and sardonic melody. Though The Bear is no immortal work from the Olympian heights of human creativity, it is blessed with fine craftsmanship and expert musicianship. The album's cast and orchestra are excellent as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 7, 1968 | 6/7/1968 | See Source »

...rights to young offenders. His compelling advocacy seems certain to increase his judicial reputation. Indeed, it would seem that his move to the court has only one serious drawback. The workload is even heavier than it was in private practice. As a result, though he is an avid and expert amateur violinist, he has reluctantly had to cut back his practice schedule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Activist Fortas | 6/7/1968 | See Source »

...pollsters switched to the more accurate "random sample," which relies on the theory of probability and owes its development to Galileo, Pascal, some expert gamblers and the U.S. Census Bureau. Probability theory says that if a jar contains 1,000,000 beans-half black and half white-and somebody scoops up 100 of them, he will almost always draw half black and half white, within a 3% margin of error. Gallup views the nation as a big bowl of beans. On a strictly random basis, he picks 300 sections of the U.S. and selects five voters in each section. Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: DO POLLS HELP DEMOCRACY? | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

Exeter first caught one of its students sniffing glue about six or seven years ago. They investigated, called up a Harvard expert and found out it was a dangerous trip. The student was expelled...

Author: By Evan Vaughan, | Title: Notes From the Prep School Underground: Drugs and Love Ethic at Exeter, Andover | 5/29/1968 | See Source »

...Honeywell, which has a plant near Frankfurt, printed new calling cards introducing their executives by name only. Many student demonstrators now disdain to address university rectors as Magnifizenz and deans as Spektabilitat, Hans-George Schnitzer, whose own title is Bundesvorsitzender des Fachausschusses fur Umgangsformen-federal chairman of the Expert Committee for Good Behavior-is urging his countrymen to "recognize only those titles earned academically or by public election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Titelverkurzungswelle | 5/24/1968 | See Source »

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