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Word: skilling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Happy Landing, Well aware of the risks, skill, and courage involved in flying, some theatregoers may be embarrassed to hear a group of greasepainted actors chatter knowingly about "low ceilings," "take offs'' and "happy landings." That argot, one somehow feels, should be indulged in only by the aviation fraternity if & when it chooses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 4, 1932 | 4/4/1932 | See Source »

Showing considerably less skill than they have exhibited with their weapons during the past season, the Harvard fencers, with one exception, were forced out in the second round of the individual championships of the Intercollegiate Fencing Association Saturday and yesterday. R. B. Lawson '32, the only man to remain in the running, was defeated by Kaiser of California in the finals of the sabre bouts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAWSON TAKES SECOND IN SABRE FOR HARVARD | 3/28/1932 | See Source »

...bells. The delightful inaccuracy of the New Yorker has told the world of the ink-drinking bell ringer from Russia, and how it was finally necessary to send him back to his native land. The present concerts on the carillon are, therefore, the result of the Head Tutor's skill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HOUSES IN OPERATION: LOWELL HOUSE | 3/28/1932 | See Source »

...melodies he stands alone. In the blare of trumpets, the blast of horns, the shrill of clarinets, the reverberating beat of drums lies an overpowering factor in the patriotism of a nation. Of these elements Sousa was possibly the greatest master that the world has ever known. With consummate skill he combined them to produce a maximum of effect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARCHING ON | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

...success of the new plan will depend almost wholly on the careful selection of personnel. Reducing the number of lectures is in itself only a condition of improvement. The skill with which section meetings are conducted will determine whether or not the formal changes are valuable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT 1 | 3/4/1932 | See Source »

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