Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rockwell and Smith have paced the team's scoring so far this year, racking up 159 out of its total of 275 points. They have been averaging just under 20 points per game. Shepard has somewhat revised his pre-season plans for fast-break ball to capitalize on their skill under the boards; his strategy worked nicely last Tuesday when the varsity beat a swift BC quintet by forcing it to play a close, deliberate game...
Miss Mareey mixes frivolity and seriousness with a skill that gives depth to her role; Miss Farrand handles the difficult role of the aerobat adequately although she seems a bit forced. Unfortunately Morgan's John is not quite natural and makes his point somewhat more difficult to comprehend. Most outstanding is Peter Temple, who as an impoverished clerk gives a great deal of blunt humor to a play which is necessarily more subtle in its important topics...
...role in "Misalliance" is outstanding. It is therefore important for the players to produce a well-integrated whole, which they do with case and skill...
George Plimpton's main asset as number five is his skill at retrieving difficult shots. Although this type of defensive game has served him well he has added a few "winning" shots to his game...
...Adenauer, the man of principle, is well served by Adenauer, the politician. With great political skill and iron tenacity, he has put his ideas into effect. He is undisputed boss of his party; when opponents arise who might challenge his position, he tries to win them over; if that does not work, Adenauer slowly undermines their prestige-sometimes by subtle press attacks, sometimes by carefully planted parliamentary questions about their conduct of office. The Bundestag elected him Chancellor by only a one-vote majority, but that did not worry Adenauer. In his 13-man cabinet, eight Christian Democrat ministers...