Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skill of Dartmouth was noticably rough around the edges and Harvard wasted no time in honing its offensive skills. At the end of one inning the Big Green was already looking at the short end of a 13-0 stick...
...should colleges do that? Wood has a three-part program. "We've got to teach economics to every student. It conveys a rigor and quantitative skill that all students should understand before they look at political or social institutions. We should require the study of communications, especially visual ones, and not just with some tired old journalist teaching students how the front page is put together. And third, we need to offer real science courses to the non-science student. Most hard scientists tend to belittle non-majors, assuming them to be cognitively inferior. The teachers keep on doing what...
Winsome Brown make a deliciously decrepit Claire Trumpefeller. Her role is a mix of the spoiled princess who wants the moon, the vengeful bitch, the Lady Bountiful and the tragic hero spoiled by circumstances. Brown manages to bring them together with surprising skill. However, Brown fails to make us see the passionate child that Claire used to be. Looking at Brown, the viewer sees only the narcissistic old woman of the present...
What brought Tyson down is what brought him fame: the popular view of the male athlete. Tyson's skill made him champ. The glamour that fans saw in Tyson helped him think he was invincible, immune to rejection or conviction. And his belief in his machismo -- the male athlete's mandatory arrogance -- made him insist that, in the matter of rape, he was blameless...
Handling the oxymoronic nature of a blind photographer who struggles with the concept of trust is only a part of Australian director Jocelyn Moorhouse's strength. In Proof, the winner of seven 1991 Australian Film Institute Awards, Moorhouse evinces her skill as a master of sensual manipulation...