Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...What I want to do," says Ryan, "is to persuade students that although [the analysis of poetry] might seem like a secret skill, it's something quite learnable...
...about getting over the shyness," says Alexander M. Fung '98, captain of BDC. Fung started ballroom dancing with his older sister, Jennifer M. Fung '97, when he was 10 Now both Fung and his sister dance on the Harvard team, an activity marked more by skill than talent he says...
...initiative takes the heat off the unions, the jobs are nothing to hang your hat on: some 4,200 will be temporary positions helping the Commerce Department prepare for the 2000 census. Many others will be come through a government trainee program that hires entry-level workers into low-skill positions for $13,000 a year. While nothing to feed a family on, TIME's Jeff McAllister notes that their value lies in the opportunity to build an employment history. "Quite clearly it's not the same as providing substantive jobs, but they're better than nothing...
...than he does--and director Alan J. Pakula's analogous strengths. Pakula (Klute, Presumed Innocent) develops his story patiently, without letting its tensions unravel. At a moment when everyone is saying the studios have lost the knack for making solid, broadly appealing entertainments, The Devil's Own suggests the skill may be only mislaid. Of course, it helps when you hire grownups...
...strong feelings better than he does?and director Alan J. Pakula?s analogous strengths. Pakula develops his story patiently, without letting its tensions unravel. At a moment when everyone is saying the studios have lost the knack for making solid, broadly appealing entertainments, 'The Devil?s Own' suggests the skill may only be mislaid. Of course, it helps when you hire grownups to do the job." BOOKS . . . JOHN WAYNE'S AMERICA: In his new history, (Simon & Schuster; 380 pages; $26) Gary Wills imagines that the the fact that John Wayne still tops polls asking us to identify our favorite movie...