Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...illiterate businessman is an extreme case, but not a unique one. Dr. Stella Center, 69, who helped found the clinic ten years ago and now directs it, says sadly: "We are a nation of sixth-grade reading skill." She thinks a high-school graduate should read from 350 to 400 words a minute, understand at least 85% of what he reads. But most Americans who can read at all can read only 150 to 250 words a minute. Some 300 colleges have had to start reading classes for freshmen. Even many college graduates do not know how to read rapidly...
...clerical roles in particular were performed with something more than even extraordinary skill. Charles Sedgwick as the Archbishop of Reins and Thayer David as the Inquisitor went beyond the realms of skill in the two roles which more than any other express the religious-philosophical outlook of Shaw in the play. Mendy Weisgal was perfect as the pathetic Dauphin, from his neglected yellow robes to the fifteenth century hair style he had summoned for the occasion. H. M. Temple set the pace for the rest of the cast with a superbly stylish performance as de Baudricourt in the opening scene...
...attentive, fair-minded and active member of the Atomic Energy Committee. He startled the party sages who expected him merely to sit tight, learn the ropes and follow the leaders. He had always had an unusual head for facts & figures. Now he had shown that he also had parliamentary skill...
...music of haymakers-and lighted by flashbulbs. It was the semifinals of the national Golden Gloves tournaments, and 500 U.S. newspapers had a proprietary interest in the slugging. The contestants had been chosen in local contests sponsored by the papers. Though the fighters usually showed more spunk than skill, Golden Gloves had produced Joe Louis. The photographers worked as hard on their bosses' pet sport promotion as the leather-pushers. Their pictures were the sport shots of the week (see cuts...
...most prolific exhibition of skill and determination any Varsity athletic unit has displayed since Dick Harlow's eleven vanquished Holy Cross last October, the Crimson basketball team rose to unprecedented heights Saturday night, with a 66 to 50 pounding of Columbia that convincingly expunged the Lion's undefeated status in Ivy League competition...