Word: prowesses
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...Tomb in Red Square, six-year-old pig-tailed Natasha Popovich stood at her father's side and happily waved at the 80,000 people jammed in the square below. Then it was time for speeches; sure enough, the Russians could not resist the chance to turn space prowess into political profit. "The group flight in outer space is one more vivid proof of the superiority of socialism over capitalism," said Nikolayev, or "Falcon," as he called himself during his globe-circling orbits. Added Popovich. whose orbital name was "Golden Eagle": "Across the ocean, the enemies of peace...
...operetta tradition into which Rodgers moved after Hart's death led him into partnership with the operetta lyricist Oscar Hammerstein. Characteristics of the realistic musical comedy tradition, stemming from John Gay's Beggar's Opera and similar' works, include a selection of bouncy tunes that require no great vocal prowess to sing, a comic plot that may be either broadly farcical or almost tragic (as in Pal Joey), and a somewhat bawdy story line...
Such is his prowess that even the vociferous partisans of Flatbush, who gathered within the sacrosanct walls of the late lamented Ebbets Field, found naught but to praise and dubbed him "Stan...
...Wolf-Man" Drummey displayed his prowess in the batter's box by winning the Charles H. Blair bat, annually awarded to the leading batsman in the EIBL. His .471 average was top in the league. Second to Drummey was Bartolet with a .412 average...
...varsity coach John Yovicsin discovered a slick sophomore quarterback named Ravenel, the freshman class proved its athletic prowess early with a 6-1 football team, led by the quarterbacking of diminutive Grady Watts. TDs by John Damis, Gil Bamford, Roy Williams, and Deve Ward brought a big 25-0 win over Tufts in the opener...