Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people don't care enough about it. If it really is important enough, then we'll learn how to do it." Compounding this is the irony that in order to master a VCR, the defining device of the video age, one must first master a nearly antiquated, pre-MTV skill: reading an instruction book. Says David Dewalt, a salesman at Brands Mart in Kansas City, Missouri: "Reading the manual is something most customers don't understand...
...performer has plumbed the sensual side of soul with more skill than newcomer Ephraim Lewis. When he was a child in the factory town of Wolverhampton, Lewis' parents forbade him to listen to any secular music. His father tried to steer him into the ministry, but Lewis had other plans; he left home as soon as he turned 17. Settling in Sheffield, he bunked with friends and worked through the night in recording studios, listening to records and composing songs. Says Lewis, 24: "I discovered Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell and Curtis Mayfield. I just swallowed...
...Spanish Dancer" "represents Sargent's first complete treatment of the subject he would again take up in the expanded composition of "El Jaleo.'" Her arms and neck show the strength of an accomplished dancer; the blur of her swirling clothing shows the movement of the dance. Singer displays his skill in the precise rendering of her clothing...
...opening performance this year, Druryproved that his top-notch training has paid off bynotching two goals in the first period. Very fewplayers are gifted with such a perfect combinationof speed, skill and size...
Those are big words, especially considering Harvard lacks the star-power of Maine, the skill of Boston University or the size ofMichigan. But this team has the foundations thatwon Harvard a national title four yearsago--balance and speed--and with players bothyoung and intensely eager, Harvard has the chanceto fulfill any goal it wants...