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Word: skillfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...French Ca students who have already passed their language requirements, or carried an A or B average in French Ca. The program in one of the classes emphasizes oral work with intensive drill and individual testing. Last year the French Department placed emphasis in basic language course upon reading skill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University to Add Eight New Courses in Spring | 1/29/1954 | See Source »

...knee socks, book bag type. Like most Radcliffe girls, she went to all the football games; but she says it's almost impossible to reach her the week before a Chem hour exam. She likes "all sorts of fun," and her skating carries over to her skill on the dance floor...

Author: By Joanna M. Shaw, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...agree that she is ... There is greater value in painting a painting, to society as well as the artist, than there is in either the subsequent purchase or sale of it. The real question is: How can a great artist produce trash? Answer: lack of training or undeveloped skill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 18, 1954 | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

...Newfoundland), has one consuming pastime that well fits his gentle nature if not his size (6 ft., 175 Ibs.). As often as he can, he plays his own complicated brand of croquet. Says he: "Golf and bowling require no brains at all. Croquet is a game of skill and brains-forgotten in all these years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Friendly Enemy | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

Pella showed great political skill in moving in first for a showdown with his own party; for neither De Gasperi nor the heads of other factions in the party were ready for Pella to fall. This week Pella called in newspapermen and confidently announced that the "transition government" phase was over; in the new year he would set up a new kind of government with new men, pledged to 1) better distribution of wealth; 2) better housing; 3) defense of the state; 4) working toward "truly international solidarity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Great Cordiality | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

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