Word: expertness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been singularly fortunate in losing only two lives at Communist hands so far. One I.V.S.er, Peter Hunting, 24, was murdered from ambush by the Viet Cong in 1965. Another, Fred Cheydleur, 20, a Quaker from Philadelphia, was gunned down last week by Red guerrillas in the Laotian jungle. An expert logger, stonemason and mechanic, Cheydleur was a muscular (5 ft. 11 in., 195 lbs.), compulsively hard-working youth who became a pacifist, according to one of his teachers, "when he discovered his own ability to hurt other boys all too easily." Said Radio Moscow of Cheydleur's death...
...defined as the number of strokes an expert golfer should take on any given hole, but the experts are rewriting the definition. The winning score in January's Los Angeles Open was 15 under par, an improvement of four strokes over 1966. In the Phoenix Open, it was twelve under, as compared with six under last year; in the Tucson Open, it was 15 under, as compared with ten. Doug Sanders needed a nine-under 275 to eke out a one-stroke victory in last month's Doral Open, and when the Greater Greensboro Open reached the halfway...
...faculty expert, who asked not to be identified, said a substance resembling what in large quantities is the "poison" in plants like marijuana and which heating or boiling breaks down to a psycho-active agent might possibly be present in ivy bark. He cautioned, however, that the practice was unknown to him and he was not aware of any research on the plant...
...thinkers with considerable reputations outside their own country. Many Dutch theologians intimate that the perpetual virginity of Christ's mother may be a myth. "It is more modern," says one, "to believe that Christ was the son of Mary and Joseph." Dominican Theologian Edward Schillebeeckx, 52, a peritus (expert) at the Second Vatican Council, proposes that the Resurrection of Jesus may not have been the physical recomposition of his body but a unique kind of spiritual manifestation. "One generally likes to consider his Resurrection," he says, "as being the impact of his personality on his disciples and his presence...
...Professor") Stengel. Stanky was plumping for a new rule that would permit the same pinch hitter to appear more than once in a game; Stengel called the proposal "a farce," and Stanky retorted: "I don't make rules for farces, no matter what any 75-year-old expert says." Stengel...