Word: skillfulness
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...Jackie Chan slides effortlessly down the Eiffel Tower in Rush Hour 3. Like their colleagues back at Lucasfilm's San Francisco headquarters, the Singapore crew members work in jeans and decorate their cubicles with their favorite Star Wars action figures. But while years of experience and Yoda-level technical skill are prerequisites for joining Lucasfilm's U.S. team, the developers and animators in Singapore were hired less for their résumés than for their artistic eye. Students like Ho at Asian universities are its top potential recruits. "Our experiment is to take the most talented, passionate artists...
Nancy Tauber, a committee member who was elected on a pro-Fowler-Finn platform, praised the superintendent for his skill in leading the district while weathering attacks from his opponents...
...demands. Those who refuse to compromise - like the female Muslim doctors or dentists who decide to stay at home rather than treat male patients - explode old notions of what it means to be a professional. "If you're calling yourself a professional, you're saying you have a skill set that makes you competitive, valuable and a contributor," says one young Muslim art curator. "But how much are you contributing if you're ghettoizing yourself? How valuable are you if you're not prepared to embrace the culture of an organization...
...tournament (often known by its French acronym, CAN) kicked off on Jan. 20 in host nation Ghana, and winds up with a Feb. 10 final that will crown the heir to Egypt as Africa's soccer champion. And the power, skill, speed and pure passion that have long been hallmarks of the African game have again been gloriously evident this year. More importantly, this year's tournament also confirms soccer-mad Africa's status as one of the major sources of top-flight talent for the European teams that dominate the global game today. Gone are the days when...
...players in the CAN won't hesitate to fire a cannonball shot from 40 yards out, attempt to slalom solo through an entire defense, or try audacious flicks and tricks rarely seen beyond the practice field in Europe. "They play to play, and do so now often with a skill level second to none. How could a soccer fan - European or otherwise - resist that...