Word: skillful
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...Reckoner” for good reason. The aesthetic quality of the animation is impressive, but where’s the subtlety, Clement? One of the Aniboom Animation winners for Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” competition, Picon’s work shows great technical skill, but lacks in anything beyond physical attraction. Kind of like Sarah Palin. Politics aside, watching the video is like reading a good book. I felt like I had just figured out the meaning of life. Now, if only I could remember it. —Olivia...
...with tireless research and her own humanizing perspective.Fans of “This American Life” will know that, like most contributors, Vowell has an innate ability to forge strong connections between research and personal experience, and “The Wordy Shipmates” exhibits this skill at its most fully-realized. She doesn’t just introduce us to the cast of characters; she adds herself to it frequently enough to keep the narrative in contemporary perspective. In essence, there are three voices at work: the cerebral historian, the observant wit, and the empathetic commentator...
...example, upon finishing driver’s ed., the instructor thoughtfully called my parents to give them a casual heads-up on what skill they could help me perfect before the big day. Grateful for this courtesy, my mother anticipated a suggestion that I might put a little extra time into, say, parallel parking. Three point turns, maybe? Hell, even “coming to a slow stop” would have been less shameful than what the instructor actually had to say: “I think Katie might benefit from more practice on her right hand turns...
...alternative would hardly alleviate socioeconomic bias. Fitzsimmons went on to say that he envisioned the SAT would be replaced by a set of five SAT II subject tests, which are considered by many to be more difficult. The subject tests rely on substance-based knowledge as opposed to skill-based knowledge, a factor that inevitably favors students from high-achieving educational backgrounds. It’s hard to imagine a student who performs badly on the SAT I because he wasn’t adequately prepared performing fantastically on five or more subject tests, which have much more...
According to Mccamon, Feldman and Power were chosen for the diversity of their skill sets, and because “both of them are young and ambitious and clearly brilliant...