Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Romney, his father's position was a first glimpse into the workings of public office, including hobnobbing with Michigan's Republican elite--a skill which would come in handy later in Massachusetts...
While kicking a ball well or knowing how to pass to another player requires as much skill as throwing a ball, it doesn't seem to be a feat impressive enough for most Americans to appreciate...
...have to love the sport, but if you can watch people punch each other's lights out (boxing or assault, I'm not sure what to call it); then give soccer a second chance and try to appreciate the skill involved...
Human Sexual Inadequacy had a different message: Sex is a skill that can be perfected. The 1970 cover, written by associate editor John Koffend, placed sexual "dysfunction" (a word Masters and Johnson popularized) in the context of "an era of pop sex, which fictionally and visually glorifies coition." Though at the time the two researchers were considered architects of erotic fulfillment, TIME underlined their mission as marriage savers: "The best communication of all is conjugal...
Despite these shortcomings, some of the pieces in the exhibition are worth examining more closely. The sections entitled "Trompe I'Oeil" and "Twentieth Century Still Life" liven up an otherwise drab show. The former category merits a close look because of the amazing technical skill with which they were painted. Most notable is "The Slate" of 1890-94 by John Haberle, in which the entire canvas is painted to look like a chalky slate, complete with a wooden frame, and, as the label points out, uses scientific precision and detail to create a canvas that appears messy and smudged...