Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...learn to die as though it were a skill. People die in the way they have lived. Death becomes the expression of everything you are, and you can bring to it only what you have brought to your life...
...squares with Major League Rule 3A is yet to be decided by National League President Charles S. ("Chub") Feeney. Seaver could get a high, hard one thrown past him. The rule reads in part: "No contract... shall provide for the giving of a bonus for playing, pitching or batting skill...
...stout six footer, Hua has a thoughtful and serious bearing. The few diplomats who have met him are impressed with his grasp of the issues and his skill in handling complex situations. Although he has had little experience in foreign affairs, Hua, while Acting Premier, was designated to conduct discussions with former President Richard Nixon in Peking last February. During those talks he was careful and cautious, often referring to briefing papers to explain the Chinese position. He confirmed the basic foreign policy guidelines set down by Chou Enlai: China's desire to normalize relations with...
UMass, which would normally have raced Coast Guard exclusively on this particular Saturday, may be propelled by indignation if not by skill. The Minutemen will be anxious to show the Cadets that they are still, figuratively if not literally, in the same league...
...blond-bewigged Diouf. On our stage, the black-black-actors judge and condemn the white-black-actors and march them into hell. In the world of the theatre as a whole, we the predominantly white audience begin to perceive the actors as a unified group manipulating us with savage skill. And then there is the reality beyond the theatre, whose messenger is Newport News. During the evening's performance, somewhere on "the outside," a black traitor has been executed and a new crusader chosen to take his place. The entire play has been nothing but an intricate diversion that distracts...