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Word: skillful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...acting suffers because of the lack of dimensionality in the script. How can Stone show any acting skill, when she has to be "the angry boss" from start to finish? The other characters often fall into the same trap. Krim and Lewis are good actors with a bad script. So, their caricatures become borderline annoying, as they do not progress during the course of the play. The audience knows that Rolf, the blond, is dumb after five minutes of the play, but then must listen to every dumb line she submits. Hahs slips on a couple of her lines, which...

Author: By Ian Z. Pervil, | Title: Don't Eat the 'Slaw'; Order Out | 12/14/1995 | See Source »

Each meet is divided into two different areas of competition--jumping and "flat" riding--where each individual area consists of different skill levels. A team may enter any number of riders in a skill level but must designate a rider whose points will actually count towards the final team score in the meet...

Author: By Brian T. Garibaldi, | Title: Equestrian Team Riding High on Hog | 12/8/1995 | See Source »

...jumping portion of the competition is judged by how well a rider and a relatively unfamiliar horse navigates a series of jumps and obstacles in a given time frame. Riders are judged on equitation (how they present themselves on the horse) and on handling skill. Of course, dressage comes into play here as well, although the individual rider ultimately has no control over how well their horse has been trained...

Author: By Brian T. Garibaldi, | Title: Equestrian Team Riding High on Hog | 12/8/1995 | See Source »

...success of the Harvard team this fall is due largely to the fact that this was the first year in recent history that the Crimson was able to field a rider in every skill level...

Author: By Brian T. Garibaldi, | Title: Equestrian Team Riding High on Hog | 12/8/1995 | See Source »

...mediocrity that plagues "Arms and the Man" lingers in the mind long after the show. George Bernard Shaw's uninteresting play and the actors' lack of skill dashed the production's chances for success. With tedious dialogue and a predictable story line, the viewer spends a lot of time wondering when the performance will...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: Shaw's Weak Writing Strangles 'Man' | 12/7/1995 | See Source »

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