Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Readers of The World of William Clissold and Science of Life resent as presumptuous the judgment that, literary skill therein displayed is second-class...
...have had a college training. Its detailed alms are well summed up by the authors: "Actuated by a sincere belief that society should aid us until we can find positions, we demand unemployment insurance for jobless graduates. . .and free courses in graduate schools to help us retain our professional skill that we may be of some value when society needs us again...
...This atmosphere is the result of masterful direction by Frank Lloyd. He handles Queen Victoria's funeral, the embarkation of troops for the Boer war and later the Great War, the scene between the two lovers on the "unsinkable ship," and the personal tragedies with simplicity and astonishing dramatic skill. Much of this was only made possible by the performances of Clive Brook as Sir Robert Marryot and Diana Wynward as Lady Marryot. None of the leading players can escape the highest praise...
...years Sister Catherine Konstantinoff, 26, has been a nurse in Alexander Hospital, Sofia. Renowned for herdevotion, her skill, her quiet bedside manner, not long ago she was promoted to ward matron. Sister Catherine is a good Macedonian...
...credited Jockey Gilbert witha record, because he had ridden more winners than Jockey Lee Hardy in 1927 (207). In 1908, Jockey Vincent Powers, now trainer of Mrs. Payne Whitney's steeplechasers, rode 324 winners. Jockey Walter Miller, stable rider for the late James R. Keene, famed for his skill in handling mounts at the barrier, won 388 races...