Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That Nov. 7 feature, "Big Game in the U.S.," scored a real hit. Photographer Joern Gerdts' skill in shooting game far surpasses that of any hunter -whether he be the weekend small-townsman in Levis or the big-city boy in his "pure cashmere long underwear from Abercrombie & Fitch." Gerdts' photos should make some readers still the itching trigger finger instead of arousing the desire to kill...
This book shows skill and ingenuity in the business of saying "boo" to grownups, but sometimes the "boo" does not ring true. While horror may indeed lie below the asphalt of a city's streets, one does not enter that world-as does Bradbury's character in The Cistern-by way of an actual clanging manhole cover. Life may end as a pickled monstrosity in a jar of alcohol; with Bradbury, in The Jar, that end is only a beginning. There are 19 stories in this book, but the best of the lot is more rib-tickling than...
James Rieger and Jane Slater generally equal Tyler in skill if not in importance. Rieger, as Hoederer, the party leader, emanates the proper charismatic dignity for his role. Miss Slater handles a rather difficult character transition with promising deftness. This is Miss Slater's first appearance on the local stage, but, we hope, not her last...
Bearskin Bonus. Other U.S. big-game animals give a sterner test to the hunter's skill and endurance. Hunting moose requires long treks into the wilderness of northern Maine, Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming, and hours of expert calling (with a birchbark horn) to lure the big animals into rifle range. The elk, prized for antlers that often rise 5 ft. over its head, have retreated from the plains into the rugged western mountain ranges. Last year 52,000 elk were bagged by hunters who made the extra effort to go after them...
...acute fear of being misunderstood. If the point of a story is meant to be ambiguous, then it is made murky. If the point is supposed to be clear, then it is made crystal-clear. This general criticism is not directed against a lack of narrative skill, but against a failure by many of the contributors to make efficient use of such skill...