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Word: skillful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard lost talent on offense as well, but a veteran offensive line and returning skill position players should keep the Crimson explosive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Champion Gridders Hobble Into Season | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...books about the presidency dismissed the job as an empty chair. Reagan showed what conviction and charisma can do. Even those who hated his policies acknowledged his mastery of the magic. Someone else will surely come along to restore the mystique; but it will take more than charm and skill in our future Presidents to undo the damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cost Of It All | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

Though his character acting is solid, Cullen's greatest skill is spewing inanities. "I just say whatever will come out and justify it later," he says. A slow-talking, lovable, heavyset Canadian, he gets away with continually threatening his audience with physical harm. In a song called With the Food of Your Choice, I Will End Your Life Tonight, he gets the audience to suggest foods to be used in disturbingly intricate murder scenarios. As a member of Corky and the Juice Pigs, he performs rock parodies on Fox's Mad TV. His mumbling Michael Stipe is perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Funny: The Next Generation | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

Perhaps one of the most interesting discoveries of the evening was the skill of Siouxsie's drummer and husband (though only his talents as the former were revealed on stage), Budgie. At earlier stops on their tour Budgie had worn a miniskirt, but fortunately he had abandoned it for this show thereby allowing the audience to concentrate on his talent without being distracted by his appearance. Budgie was not only a wonderful drummer, but he was also the most enthusiastic musician on stage, quickly striking out the beat in a dionysiac frenzy...

Author: By Roman Altshuler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Two Musicians, Friends Converge On Stage | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

...Stepping into the line of fire is not something you do by instinct," Merletti has said. "It's a perishable skill." The bodyguards earn $90,000 on average plus limited overtime pay. Cockell makes about $110,000 but is exempt from overtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bodyguards: Shadows And Shields | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

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