Word: skillful
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...have a lot of depth of skill. This year we had a very strong class,” he said...
...believe: close reading. Once students have internalized the vocabulary of literary analysis, a good teacher has them practicing careful reading of a few lines, in order to find what’s in them and what’s really between them. It’s a life skill as well as a literary one, since everywhere a lot hangs on a word. When the White House says something untrue—for example, the bogus threat to Air Force One on Sept. 11 cited to justify President Bush’s crisscrossing the country that day, or the nonexistent...
...after three or four years in the league—with the notable exceptions of Garnett, Kobe, Lebron and Amare Stoudamire. One could argue that the reason for this trend is that high school players need three or four years to develop an NBA body type and skill level. And the best place to cultivate these skills is in the environment that has been custom-fitted for this exact thing—college...
Despite his incredible skill, Eminem has a lot to learn before he’s qualified to speak for anyone other than himself, and as far as I’m concerned, the void left by Cobain’s suicide remains unfilled...
However, her fellow field athletes showed their collective strength amongst some of the best competition in the country. Senior Johanna Doyle placed third in the hammer throw with a toss of 51.93 meters. So far, Doyle’s skill has her amongst the top twenty in the country—and definitely the woman to beat in the Ivy League...