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Word: skillful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tribute to all that its tremendous power has come to mean to the free world. If there is some anxiety over the exact circumstances in which the United States would drop its first atom bomb in the next war it is because American genius and skill have now given that bomb-as Bikini has shown this month-the force of 'five hundred Hiroshimas' ... If the battle for . . . reasonable tolerance now being fought in the United States engages us strongly it is because if that country ever lost the liberal way of life democracy would be in mortal peril...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: A Bow to the Colossus | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

...Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Davison composed his "Tragic Overture," an orchestral piece founded on Hawthorne's gruesome tale of Rappacini and the sacrifice of his daughter. Performed by the BSO, the overtime brought favorable reviews which praised Davison's "uncrring taste and exceeding skill in the handling of thematic material and the arrangement of orchestral color...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Doc' Davison: Faith in Worthwhile Music | 3/27/1954 | See Source »

...thrill of companionship with eager men and women whose joy it is to create beauty by breathing life and significance into music which, without the exercise and skill of their attention, would remain cold symbols on the printed page; to have a part with them in the accomplishment of high artistic ends arrived at only after enthusiastic cooperation and painstaking labor; to see them grow in sensitiveness to the refinements of performance and in the appreciation of what is true and enduring in art--I cannot believe many professions have greater rewards...

Author: By Bruce M. Reeves, | Title: Doc' Davison: Faith in Worthwhile Music | 3/27/1954 | See Source »

...company of such genuine specimens Ward Bond changes nationality, if not character, and is a tough, simple-hearted swabbie named yank. The only real surprise is John Wayne who plays Ole. Replete with standard grin and a Swedish accent, Wayne is amazingly good, doing his part with a skill and delicacy that somehow rubbed off by the time he got around to whipping the Japanese army...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: The Long Voyage Home | 3/9/1954 | See Source »

...Massachusetts civil service lists any veteran who can pass the qualifying examination is placed ahead of qualified applicants, no matter how high their scores, who do not have wartime military records. Disabled veterans automatically rate the top of the list. Although many state jobs require little skill, certain others, such as highway engineer, demand considerable aptitude and training. In these instances, Massachusetts may be forced to bypass more qualified men in hiring the highest ranking veterans. Today, when nearly all applicants are veterans, the law makes little difference; in ten years, such a preference system may mean a real loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gravy Train | 3/2/1954 | See Source »

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