Word: skillful
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Lopez is one of Harvard's top baseball recruits this year, an outfielder from Westminster Christian in Miami, a school known for its powerhouse players. Last year his skill at the plate helped lead the Warriors to their second national championship. This spring he may start for Harvard, already a strong team and last year's Ivy League champs...
...sure that Harvard (0-1, 0-1 Ivy) would absolutely obliterate Columbia (1-0, 1-0 Ivy) Saturday. I was sure because the Crimson's offense appeared to be loaded at the skill positions, Columbia's secondary was weak and Columbia's quarterback was a question mark...
...think a lot of us had tired legs, but that'snot an excuse," Zotter added. "We weren't planningto come out and battle and use our muscle to win,we were going to use our skill. That's what youneed to use when you have tired legs...
None of this hard work, and none of the skill in putting these materials together, would have much value if Cold War were inaccurate in its facts or interpretation. Demonstrating a commitment to intellectual honesty, Isaacs and his team hired three scholars to serve as advisers to the production. One was John Lewis Gaddis of Yale, who is considered one of America's most eminent historians of the cold war. He was joined by Lawrence Freedman of the University of London and Vladislav Zubok, a Russian now at the National Security Archive in Washington. The three vetted each program...
With the gender wars fading, players can focus on one of golf's joys: that people of different skill levels can play together and talk about something other than when or where they're allowed to tee off. Donna Dieterle, 48, a senior vice president of First Union National Bank, plays at Minisceongo Golf Club in Pomona, N.Y., where there are no rules about women, and she plays regularly with clients and colleagues. "I haven't closed any deals on the course," she allows, "but it's a very good opportunity to have someone's undivided attention." That is certainly...