Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skill of the army and the important role it plays in Israeli society has created another, some would argue, pernicious affect on the country. By all accounts, the army has helped to forge a country where militarism and military subjects play a prominent role...
...army, who feel they have no other home but Israel. For them, serving in the army is the act which represents their greatest commitment to Israel Also the army, along with the intelligence agencies, is the institution which has saved Israel from defeat. Their technological precision and martial skill put the Israeli Defense Forces among the highest-ranked military forces in the world...
Putting last things first is an old storyteller's trick, and there isn't a trickier old storyteller than Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A good example of his skill comes early in this new novel about the final days of Simon Bolivar, and it is worth quoting if only to demonstrate how a maestro establishes his theme...
...this skill improves with years, Wang says, adding, "the professors are better controlled than the graduate students...
...with severe implications for the entire world's standard of living. And only the U.S., most everyone acknowledges, has the capacity to muster the international effort required to stop the power-grab of a vain, amoral crusader like Saddam Hussein. It appears that George Bush has the will and skill...