Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Marler recounts these events with distinct charm and skill. He uses a breathy, confidential tone for most of the narration, and his stylized hesitations lend a note of naturalness without seeming awkward. When he does assume another voice, as in one monologue imitating a conversation which he overheard at a restaurant, he is equally at ease, building from ordinary chitchat to frantically dramatic pronouncements with subtlety...
...York, the Chinese designer Han Feng, whose skill is also in color and fabric, showed her most sophisticated collection yet, and the Vietnamese Vivienne Tam floated some graceful, filmy cocktail dresses in black and white. Both offerings were abbreviated compared with the 100-outfit extravaganza launched by de la Renta, but collections like these are among the small pleasures of following fashion. Feng and Tam stick strictly to what their fabrics tell them and succeed in creating highly individual silhouettes...
...then there is Harvard. The Crimson is solid at its skill positions--returning Ivy League Rookie of the Year Eion Hu at tail back and Vin Ferrara at quarterback. The second year under Tim Murphy may be the one when Harvard turns the corner to more favorable football fortunes...
Forever being the designated non-driver has had an impact on my relationships with friends and loved ones. My permanent passenger status has led me to the infinitely important, yet seriously overlooked, role of Chief Navigator. My skill with maps has grown legendary. I am also often left with the thankless role of keeping the driver awake on long trips. While not driving can leave me feeling dependent and childlike, it also means that I can drink without guilt. Shotgun inevitable awaits me, much to the annoyance of those who, sober as a judge, must take me home...
...accumulated class hours, my confidence grew. I executed right and left turns with skill and merged with grace. I even began to develop some of the belligerent driving techniques I had long witnessed in friends, parents and cab drivers. Rudy, my friendly instructor, assured me that the test would be no problem...