Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Since then, in a stupefying whirl of fighting words and friendly asides, he has raised and lowered the cold war temperature at will. How much this constant shifting of attitudes was deliberate, how much impulsive, perhaps not even Khrushchev himself knew, or knows. But no one could deny his skill at getting the most out of manner without giving way on matter...
...standout forwards on the Boston squad, Marcia Hampton and Lill Wisdash, displayed skill in out-manoeuvering Annex guards who bucked the attack with a straight-line defense...
...lobby of Club 21, the conclave gathered to proffer to Miss Joanne Woodward the award of Hasty Pudding Club Woman-of-the-Year. As she read a scroll citing her "great acting skill and feminine qualities," Miss Woodward murmured that she loved and appreciated "what...
Willie Hoppe, who made billiards once again a game of skill and a real joy to behold, rates seven lines in the vital statistics. Gushing, an athletic flop, gets a cover story-your sense of proportion is all out of whack. Another issue like this and TIME will be banned from the billiard parlors...
Last week her skill in attracting readers-both male and female-catapulted Columnist Edwards, 48, into the top woman's job in British journalism: assistant editor of Lord Rothermere's Sunday Dispatch (circ. 1,834,859). The Sunday Dispatch won Anne away from Beaverbrook with the fanciest offer ever made an English newswoman, including a pale blue car, an endowment policy that will put away some of her salary tax-free for old age, a fat expense account, and well over $20,000 a year...