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Word: skillful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...full-fledged combined-arms ground offensive in particular -- that have never been tested on a battlefield. But the allied command has been running an AirLand battle by the book for more than four weeks now, demonstrating that it can coordinate large, mobile forces with the requisite precision and skill. If the next phase of the battle goes as smoothly, a strategy designed for the plains of Central Europe will have been validated in the sands of the gulf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strategy: Fighting a Battle by the Book | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

...Right arm in front," Brown yells during a lesson, in order to have her voice heard over the echoes ringing through the arena. But as the group tears away from the wall to practice another skill, another student falls, landing flat on his stomach...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: A Bruised Bottom Never Hurt Anyone | 2/23/1991 | See Source »

...originals? Solt's answer is that their pacing is too languid for modern tastes, which is probably true but also beside the point. Early TV was shot live, and a considerable part of its charm -- witness The Honeymooners -- was its ramshackle unpredictability. The Very Best solidly documents Sullivan's skill as a talent scout but gives little sense of the show's herky-jerky rhythm and calculated structure -- one novelty act, two comic spots and so on -- or of its host's weird, looming omnipresence. Solt's deconstruction is a pleasant memory tickler. It could have been more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, a R-r-really Big Shew | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Though matched up against the senior captain of the Big Green, freshman top-seed Jordanna Fraiberg seemed unfazed by her more experienced opponent, show-shot used well-placed rails to defeat the Big Green's top man, 15-11, ing poise and skill in her solid 3-0 victory over Rachel Stark...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Squash Teams Annihilate Dartmouth | 2/14/1991 | See Source »

...Fogg's selection of the drawings and etchings is delightful. Comparing Rembrandt's own variations with the works of his contemporaries is pleasant if not enthralling. In this half of the exhibit, the skill which Rembrandt imparted to his biblical etchings is well displayed. One can only hope the second half is as successful

Author: By Margaret H. Gleason, | Title: Rembrandt at the Fogg | 2/8/1991 | See Source »

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