Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what they need as well as what they want. ... It is unfortunate that faddists have warped teachers', as well as the public's, conception of progressive education. (The term is a stupid redundancy. Education implies progress.) Not until teachers are adequately trained and rewarded for their technical skill and knowledge can modern teaching be progressive in practice...
...some good soil here, which was one country, and some there, which was another; then He threw all the stones over His shoulder, and that was Greece. Through the centuries Greeks managed to compensate for their hard lot (only 15% of Greece's land is arable) by organizational skill, trading talent and unflagging enterprise...
...Harrison as the idealistic journalist can deliver a speech on human rights or a quick Noel Coward-ish line with equal skill. Vivien Leigh lends quiet beauty, while Creel Parker as her father is able to arouse the admiration as well as the ire of the audience. Well buttered with wit, "Storm in a Teacup" at the same time holds political significance for an America that still remembers Huey Long...
...Allene Roberts, 17, was found working at Hollywood's "Stage 8" television theater. Her chief assets: a lovely, sensitive face; an already subtle skill at timing; a gentle but conspicuous talent. ¶ Julie London, "discovered" by Agent Sue Carol running a Hollywood store elevator (which studio publicists claim had also been previously operated by Susan Peters and Jane Russell). Her chief asset : she vigorously communicates just about all the oomph a teen-ager decently could...
With the meet score standing at 13 to 0 for Army, Dan Ray, Crimson 145-pounder, won a decisive 10 to 5 decision over the Cadet captain, John Mock. Probably the strongest man for his weight on either squad, Mock did not have the skill or balance of his opponent. Don Louria, the Crimson captain, had an easy time with stocky Cadet Chuck Olentine in the 165-pound class, winning an 11 to 2 decision after taking Olentine down with a winglock...