Word: skilled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Columns have been written about Hoover's strategy, his war record, his whirlwind courtship, his lowly birth, and even about his cooks, but not a word has been printed about his skill with rod, reel, and creel. It is understandable, pe haps, that the attention of the public might be side-tracked temporarily on minor issues, on the Prohibition question, rebellious farm bloc, or a yelping Senator Norris, but can this important qualification for the highest position this country can offer a man be neglected for long...
...short-story, "Children in Twilight," is excellent. The author, Otto E. Schoen-Rene, has produced a work of distinct literary merit, particularly his passages of pure description. It is a rare, thing to find "atmosphere" handled with so much skill that it does not appear to be obvious "literary effort." In addition to this story, is another very acceptable one by George C. Heck, Jr. One might wish that he had not ended it quite so abruptly, but it is, nevertheless, a very enjoyable tale. A delightful bit of nonsense, "The Ring and the Booklet" by Philip Nicholas...
...resolve after weeks of vacillation to reinforce Fort Sumter was a confession of bankruptcy in statesmanship, which is concerned with the preservation of human values and not the destruction of them. After that decision, force of the mass, and not skill of the individual, was called to the settlement of questions, and the North having the superior power won the war, as it would doubtless have done under any President. But how near Lincoln came to losing the war is shown by his saying that without the aid of the Negro troops taken from the South's own population...
...secretary to the late King Constantine of Greece. George Melas created a furor among smart, horsey people by proposing that a special riding track with fences (hurdles) be laid out adjoining the Row. Added he: "It would not only promote real horsemanship, but would also afford a display of skill to pedestrians who go to the Row to watch the riders going aimlessly up and down the same straight, monotonous line, showing only that they can hold a saddle, without much enjoying their ride. . . . Spectators would be delighted to see the fences cleared by the riders-and also some saddles...
...Pocantico), and plays a game called Numerica. No card advocate, he enjoys Numerica with its 52 chips, numbered from 1 to 13, with four of each number. The object of the game is to build four stacks of numbers from 1 to 13. It requires no little mathematical skill in marshalling the right chips at the right moment. Seldom has Mr. Rockefeller faced opponents who could best him at Numerica...