Word: knack
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...college, and his progress has been astonishing. The hard-working lefthander may soon be as well known for his squash as his tennis. Bill Wood at number four has great potentialities. He has more natural sapped and power than anyone on the squad and is picking up the knack of controlling this power, Don Marvin, at number five, is a newcomer to the top group, but he has natural ability which should soon place him on a par with the best of the racquet wielders...
...went there in 1895, the Episcopal Church had three missions in its Alaska diocese (586,400 square miles). To reach them, he had to mush with a dog sled. From Indian and Eskimo companions, the Bishop learned to keep his socks dry at 78 below zero. He learned the knack of building a fire in a howling gale, learned to pick off wolves outside the camp circle with a rifle. Bishop Rowe mushed 2,000 miles each winter-in sum, he said, more than any other man in Alaska...
Kirk Hershey and Harlan Gustafson form as dangerous and versatile a pair of flankmen as any coach would care to have. Both men displayed an uncanny knack for pulling down forward passes, and this ability more than anything else earns them the nod over such operatives as Howie Stanley of Princeton and Brownie Brinkley of Yale...
Daughter of a diplomat (Charles Charnaud), secretary, wife and widow of a Viceroy of India, Lady Reading explains the knack of getting big and little things done by the motto she has chosen for WVS: FLEXIBILITY. A plastic and gracious personality, she likes to travel (24,000 mi. on a speaking tour through Britain during the past year) and particularly in the U. S., where she has visited thrice and where she is usually mistaken for her step-daughter-in-law, the present Marchioness of Reading. The Viceroy told her the best way to understand the American people...
...Author last year showed his knack for popularization in his bestseller, Kindling, the tale of a Banker Bountiful who rescues an unemployed shipyard town. More effective, Ordeal gives him material closer home. Pilot in the Royal Air Force Reserve, Author Shute (real name: Nevil Shute Norway) was deputy chief engineer (later chief) of construction of the airship R100, sailed with her on the first trip to Canada. In 1931 he formed an airplane company, saw it grown to 1,000 employes when he resigned last April. Ordeal to the contrary, Author Shute declares he is no alarmist. Average casualty rate...