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Word: skillfull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶ Keeping his eye fixed on all possibilities of turning a fast buck, Wilt ("The Stilt") Chamberlain, the 7-ft.-2-in. lapsed amateur from the University of Kansas (TIME, June 2) looked over the basketball season ahead and announced a change of plans. Rather than gamble on taking his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Jun. 30, 1958 | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

The rest of the picture describes, in too much detail, how. the city hastened the deterioration of the family. Unfortunately, the moviemakers felt obliged to provide a happy ending; but it could easily have been worse, and so could Silvana Mangano. Jo Van Fleet is first-rate, and Tony Perkins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Jun. 9, 1958 | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

The Tactic of Silence. As the supreme crisis of the Fourth Republic edged into its second week, almost everybody involved in the maneuvering seemed to be playing a dangerous forcing role with a skillful caution that left room for retreat. Premier Pflimlin. gaining time with each day in office, was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: I Am Ready | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

Camera is a skillful, carefully constructed, modern realistic comedy: not the sort of play which gives tremendous scope for a director to exhibit his virtuosity. Jean-Claude van Itallie has not tried any tricks, but he has kept the production moving with smooth skill through John Beck's lavishly shabby...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: I Am A Camera | 5/8/1958 | See Source »

Prof. Wild's letter has clarified his own position and, hence, freed it from the misunderstanding which easily results from too quick a reading of Mr. Bartley's skillful but too subtly constructed article. Prof. Wilder has with consummate skill defended the idea of commitment, an idea which comes only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Religion Letter | 4/17/1958 | See Source »

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