Word: manship
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...question] is not enough to discuss the issues. I had some loose ends to tie up. and I'm sure Senator Kennedy did too. I thought there was more clash in this." As they parted, the two gossiped about their road campaigns and what Nixon called "crowds-manship," i.e., rival claims as to the size of their respective audiences. "Let's see," said Nixon next, "when do we meet again?" Replied Kennedy coolly: "Next week, and I'll give you my best." (But they will meet only electronically; Nixon will be in Los Angeles, and Kennedy will...
After the half-time break, the varsity again pressed its advantage in marks-manship. Four points by Ide narrowed the Crimson's lead to 44-38, but a driving underhand layup by Borchard resulted in a three-point play at 2:25. Suddenly Bowditch found the mark and within three minutes threw in three beautiful jump shots from 25 feet out, giving the Crimson a 55-42 lead...
...play stylish even while it was out of balance. Sample: "Martyrdom, sir, is the only way in which a man can be come famous without ability." And when Douglas pleads for death by firing squad rather than by hanging, Burgoyne asks: "Have you any idea of the average marks manship of the Army of His Majesty King George III?" But Devil remains threadbare and lacks, as Shaw also noted, "a single even passably novel incident...
Sallie Bingham has struck a parting blow for crafts-manship, contributing a readable story about a girl's attempt to escape from her mother by living with a photographer in Paris. The only serious objection to her facile story is that she appears to use a narrative trick to conceal the difficulty of achieving a real resolution...
...decades, despite blasts from Negro groups objecting to the social caricatures, Southerners Gosden and Correll have stuck to their basic plot line, regularly got tuba-voiced Andy (Correll) into wild misadventures, sent earnest, gravel-throated Amos (Gosden) to his aid, and flavored the episodes with the genial con-manship of The Kingfish (Gosden...