Word: skilled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Over many months Bush and his aides displayed a high order of organizational skill and a talent for damage limitation in the face of adversity. Whether seared by Iran-contra or jarred by defeats in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota, Bush maintained his strategy. He never let the Reagan mantle slip from his trim frame, never strayed far from the base camp of Reagan policy and Reagan philosophy. When he did utter some minor heresy, it was a denial rather than an assertion. "I want to add here," he said almost parenthetically in one major speech, "that...
Agnes of God is a worthy and gripping play. It manages to be moving without being trite, witty without being overly jovial and intelligent without being intellectually oppressive. If occasionally it falters, it is through an excess of ambition rather than a lack of effort and skill. It is to be commended...
...will take all the speed and skill of the Crimson along with a lot of intangibles and luck for Harvard to knock off the Huskies and spoil their perfect season. But if the Crimson isn't favored by talent, then it is favored by sentiment: it is the underdog of the tournament...
Some of the little girls watching the competition might go on to a career in ice skating; one might win a gold medal. I hope the sportscasters and judges she has to face will be as encouraging of athletic skill as of artistic talent...
...similarities between the two friends and rivals continued to the very last. Apparently they knew there was a war on, because each was dressed military-style, Boitano in blue, Orser in crimson, both their costumes brightened by gold braid. Each skated everything he had, bringing the best of his skill and grace to the impossibly tense moment. Their clash was the most exciting men's final in memory. When it was all done, Orser had captured the competition's only perfect 6.0. But Boitano had laid claim to the gold...