Word: skillfulness
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...such movie stars as Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. In particular, his association with Fairbanks got Fleming into the studios, affording the young director not only considerable clout but also an education as to how to tolerate, befriend and mentor major movie stars. It's a skill that was put to good use in working with Judy Garland in Oz and Gable in Gone With the Wind, and Sragow reconstructs the ways Fleming was able to extract defining performances from several A-list actors. While Fleming often deflected the spotlight onto others, here he finally gets...
...Offensively, the Big Green is loaded with offensive talent and skill. Senior Maggie Kennedy, junior Jenna Cunningham, and sophomore Amanda Trunzo lead the team with 15, 14, and 13 goals, respectively. Senior co-captain Sarah Newnam has been a stalwart on the defensive front, ranking fifth in the nation in defensemen scoring with 0.89 points per game...
...rallied and narrowly won the next three games 9-5, 10-8, and 9-4. “He played really well,” junior Alex Lavoie said. “He dug in really hard. He knew his opponent was really talented going in. He used his skill and his conditioning really well.” Now the Crimson was tied with the Yellowjackets 4-4, and the No. 1 seed was set to play. For Harvard, that player was Colin West, who has been flawless so far this season, not losing a match to date. His faceoff...
Because of that imbalance, companies looking to fill white-collar positions now have the luxury of sifting through legions of qualified candidates. Mark T. Williams, a finance professor at the Boston University School of Management, says recruiters for finance and other high-skill jobs find themselves receiving 50 or 60 rsums for an opening that may once have attracted just...
...Roberto G. Kolter, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School, who also served as a translator, said in his introduction that Adrià’s interest in food was sparked only after he realized that he lacked both the skill to become a professional soccer player and the money to pay for an island vacation in Ibiza, Spain. “His work is about creativity and imagination and innovation in culinary arts,” Kolter said. “His food goes so far beyond tasting good, but they?...