Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...queue, thinks the New Statesman's chronicler, "must answer some deep-seated need of our time...No one can push in ahead by sheer strength and skill and win the prize-a fortune or a dozen boxes of chocolates-which the majority won't get. But equally, no one will be quite left out-all will get their two ounces of jujubes* by mere waiting and shuffling along at intervals...
...profession. One day, when Negishi wondered aloud how he would ever pay for his wife's holiday, his companion advanced an idea. In one day, the pair lifted 800 yen ($2.20) from passengers on the Tokyo subway. Negishi acted as lookout while his young friend exercised his skill. Next day, both were arrested by a plainclothesman on Tokyo's pickpocket squad. Cried the culprits in unison: "We have failed." Said the detective to Negishi: "If you have no more brains than to do this sort of thing, better go back to being a mechanic...
Gentle Inquisitor. Lawyer Hiss, already vouched for by two Supreme Court justices, was a sure-footed witness, with a lawyer's skill with words. Were there conflicts between previous testimony and his story now? He pleaded a faulty previous recollection. He had "no independent recollection" of some points. Of one admitted confusion in his previous testimony, he said coolly: "One could always possibly be mistaken...
With the eyes of Tulare upon him (plus the extra pressure of knowing he had to win after all the fuss on his account), 18-year-old Bob Mathias at first lagged in points in the stiffest test of all-around skill known to sport-discus, javelin-throw, shotput, high jump, broad jump, pole vault, high hurdles and flat races of 100, 400, and 1,500 meters. He didn't let it ruffle him. When he was not actually competing, rangy (6 ft. 3 in.) Bob relaxed on a blanket, now and then waved to his mother...
Charley has other worries besides Haines' skill at croquet. He is waiting for Milton Caniff's annual drawing. Each year, the creator of Terry and the Pirates and the present author of Steve Canyon sends the Harvard crew a drawing of one of his scantily clad lovelies for a good luck token. He informed Morgan that this year's drawing was in the works. But it hasn't arrived at Red Top yet and Morgan is looking for it in each mail. Superstitution or not, this Harvard outfit isn't overlooking a bet for Friday. After all, this...