Word: skillfully
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Herschbach said before the trip that the new and different skill might provide a welcome breather from the normal crew practice and perhaps exercise different muscle groups as well...
...until the right one clicks; to that of Watteau, infatuated with the silky passage of red chalk over paper, building up his stock of memory images and usable prototypes for later consumption. Looking at drawings seems an even more private affair than studying paintings. Drawings never lie about skill...
...goal of my current research is to extract the generic qualities of analytical thinking--a skill which can then be applied to any of hundreds of intellectual tasks. By the way, ministering analytical skills appear to be the best way of coping with the fact that even at your age, alas, you have lopped out in learning speed. (Parents and grandparents in the audience may be interested in some very attractive new findings. They show that for people over 85, removing time limits on tests allows those who are healthy to do very well. A lot of intellectual power remains...
...just the right balance of technical skill and humanitarian insight--it's really something special," adds Nela Wagman, another longtime friend and colleague. "I haven't been directed by anyone at Harvard who comes close...
...reply, however, the alumnus went to the heart os his concern. Was it still possible, he wanted to know, to bank the coal fire in one's rooms, and on a cold night take advantage of the current of warm air rising in the chimney? With sufficient skill one could, he explained, feed an entire roll of toilet paper up the flue whence it would drift out on the night air to garland the trees in the Yard...