Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What American has the military knowledge, political skill and personal magnitude to organize such cooperation...
From the opening whistle, the Crimson pressed all the way and consistently outran the Jumbos, who showed a lack of condition caused by only one week of practice. That the score was not considerably higher was a tribute to the skill of the Tufts goalie, Bernard Goldman, who handled over 40 chances...
When all the first floor beams and steel columns have been hoisted into position, observers will be able to try their skill with the surveyors who plumb up the beams before they are finally bolted into position...
...Motion. But Jackie could take care of himself. At U.C.L.A. he was one of the slickest halfbacks who ever put on cleats. His ball-carrying average: a remarkable twelve yards a try. Jackie was used mostly as the man-in-motion on offense, because of his skill at faking and feinting. He won All-America honorable mention. U.C.L.A.'s heavy-duty ballcarrier was another Negro, talented Kenny Washington, who made the All-America first team. He and Jackie had no particular love for each other, but both deny persistent campus rumors that they once had a knockdown, drag...
...Forest Hills, L.I., in the final of the National Singles Tennis Championship, the crowd favorite was Frank Parker, who usually annoys the gallery with his stony-faced skill and mechanical shots. He won the gallery's fancy by unexpectedly copping the first two sets from Champion Jake Kramer, whose play was incredibly sloppy. Then King Jake got down to business, and with a fine series of service aces, drop-shots and volleys managed to keep his crown, so that he can profitably quit it (he is about to turn pro). The score...