Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Congratulations on the article. I have also thoroughly enjoyed your symbolic cover composition and recognized the "scroll fragment," having identified and translated this document myself in 1948. I admire the skill of Artist Bohrod in being able to apply the Habakkuk commentary (whose photographic plates were published in 1950), hack out a portion of it, crumple it and tint it in simulating a scroll fragment...
...saddening to learn that only 9% of U.S. boatmen are sailboat enthusiasts. Even more so to conclude that the remaining 91% fail to experience or comprehend the beauty and sense of satisfaction a sailor receives when he combines his skill with the forces of nature to make white sails glide...
...Moscow embassy 1940-44, won a Medal of Freedom for staying on "at the risk of capture" by the invading Nazis after the rest of the diplomatic corps was evacuated to Kuibyshev. Last year Colorado-born Ambassador Thompson won a citation from Ike for his "firmness, patience, negotiating skill and good judgment" in helping negotiate both the Trieste Agreement and the treaty with the Russians that gave Austria its independence...
...balmy weather and seaboard beaches make waterbugs of thousands of Australians as soon as they can toddle. Once a youngster can keep his head above the surface, he can join one of 450 A.S.U. sponsored clubs, where competent coaches will teach him free of charge to swim with skill...
...graceful." Thus Pablo Casals once described his cello, an instrument he played with unmatched intelligence, mastery and passion. The analogy to a love affair was apt, for Cellist Casals gave himself to his favorite music (Bach, Mozart) with the sort of evident personal dedication which, as much as his skill, won the world's reverent respect. Last week admirers by the thousands were gathering to honor him at the annual Casals Festival, this year being held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. But for the first time since the festivals began in Prades, France in 1950, El Maestro...