Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...here in Boston that he became interested in astronomy. As a member of the Boston Amateur Telescope Makers Club, he learned the skill of lens grinding. His telescopes are considered by a member of the Harvard Astronomy Department to be as fine as any amateur instruments he's seen...
...attitude of watchful waiting: "She doesn't want to miss anything that is really good; at the same time, she expects to be largely bored." What the m.m. woman wants is 1) sincerity, 2) originality, 3) attention-holding rhythm, life, color, 4) material that adds to her knowledge, skill or judgment. Concludes Social Research: "TV sponsors might do well to take a close look at their audiences...
...Copenhagen, Denmark's King Frederik, who is proud of his muscular, tattooed torso and sailing skill, displayed his talent with the baton. At a private concert for family, friends and diplomats, he conducted the Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra through Mozart's Symphony in G Minor (No. 40) and Weber's overture to Euryanthe. Among those who listened and applauded: famed British Conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent...
...preliminary pamphlet, published this month, begins, "higher education has made and is making a substantial contribution to the effectiveness, the skill, the growth, and the success of American business...
Japan's Masako Katsura, 38, is the first woman ever to try for the world three-cushion billiard title. Masako is cue-tall (5 ft.) and light as chalk (96 Ibs.). But her skill can make three ivory billiard balls do nearly everything but rattle Banzai! She will need all her wizardry for the next fortnight to beat out her nine topflight male opponents. The favored defending champion, 64-year-old Willie Hoppe, who was a billiard prodigy at seven, is still the greatest player of them all; he still practices five hours a day to keep the form...