Word: skillful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Descending ominously, the ball traveled back down the spiral and settled on the ground. The hemispheres split and . . . LaRoche ((born Leon Rauch in 1857)), a full-sized man, emerged . . . to a tumultuous reception . . . The skill to move the ball up the long spiral, constantly shifting the center of gravity forward but not from side to side, was considerable...
Although the explosion of one-person shows on New York City stages seems to belie it, there was a good reason the ancient Greeks introduced a second actor into the drama. The essence of theater is human interaction, not introspection. No amount of skill can give a monologue as much insight and texture as the best dialogue. Even at their best, solo acts are a triumph of economics over aesthetics...
This does not speak, however, to the unforced skill with which the star manipulates his 52 assistants. A masterly marksman, he can scale an ordinary playing card across the stage with such force that it pierces a watermelon, and can rocket a card to decapitate a plastic duck. He can make a card rise from the deck as if by levitation, or tear one up and make it reappear whole. In Jay's supple hands, what is commonly known as a card trick is something approaching art. To watch him work a deck is to see him write haiku...
...first full-length releases on the cooperative Rough Trade label. It showed up in the record's crisp production, in which each movement of fingers along the electric-guitar finger-board, and each breath Gina Birch takes, can be heard. And it showed up in the lack of "technical skill" which informs each musical move: it's normal to say that the Raincoats discovered their style in part because they "couldn't play their instruments" in conventional ways. Maybe; whether or not they "could," they clearly DECIDED...
...freaky way, Black Jack can be compared to Kareem Abdul Jabaar. Jabaar had the sky hook and Black Jack and claw. Both mastered one skill and became the greatest in their sport...