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...folks in the Kentucky hollers, the Midwestern river valleys and Amish Pennsylvania probably did not think of quilting as an art but rather as a skill and source of pride. They certainly did not think dealers and collectors would someday gather at auction to pay tens of thousands of dollars for Grandma's handiwork. America's Glorious Quilts, edited by Dennis Duke and Deborah Harding (Macmillan; 320 pages; $75), assembles photographs of some of the finest examples of this varied craft. Country and patriotic themes dominate the 19th century pieces, although their combinations of colors and designs are hardly naive...
...hoary smile on his face impossible to read except by other ninnies in their 40s and 50s, who, like him, through no fault of their own, have been handed control of the world. Control of the world? What a snap! It's control of oneself that takes real skill. Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's. An entire stage of life compressed into a symbolic five-week journey of light and dark, crying and singing. And here comes Captain Midlife, dopey as the day is short, hollering orders into the gale, hailing other captains as they pass one another...
This year, the NCAA has decided to put the interference rule under scrutiny. According to the preface of the rule book, the purpose of doing so is to "restore skill, finesse, and skating" to hockey, and to end clutch and grab tactics...
...much the skill or the speed that has made Hotchkin and Pepper standout soccer players. It's that intangible factor--what Shattuck calls "competitive maturity...
...rainmakers," the partners most adept at bringing in clients. Some reportedly reaped better than $1 million a year, while others drew a tenth of that. Finley, Kumble called its system a meritocracy, where compensation was based on value to the firm. Critics say it rewarded salesmanship instead of legal skill, while raising costs to the breaking point...