Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...practically a goldmine. Military life is always a ripe target. But the show's dialogue needs tightening. It continually seems poured in around the catchy scenes and clever jokes as a filler, like cement. Funny situation are set up too obviously. The dialogue holds together only through the skill of the actors, who manage to prevent the humor from degenerating into slapstick...
...Frost's case, it is this gentle at-homeness with language that almost makes us overlook Miss Rich's skill in its use. Like him, too, she knows well the failures of life and of language, but sees in them the hope of final dignity and beauty...
...distinction between team and squad, between skill and depth, made by observers since the beginning of pre-season practice, has been one of which Coach Lloyd Jordan has been acutely aware, and he has taken full advantage of the extra week of practice afforded by the Crimson's traditionally late starting date...
...peculiar mission of the University," Pusey said, "and of all professions which have their roots within the University, to believe in principle, yes--but also to have the skill, the knowledge, and the will to work for increased understanding...
...draft board with a neatly feigned epileptic fit, he lights out for Paris, where he hires out as elevator operator in a fashionable hotel. At about this time, his fingers stick to a lady's jewel case, and soon they are stroking the lady herself with such skill that she begs him to steal the rest of her valuables too. He obliges. And so it goes, until Felix is off on a world tour with the title of marquis (bogus) and letters of credit (genuine) on banks from Lisbon to Singapore...