Word: skills
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...arguably the Ivies’ premier signal caller, his rise has coincided with the school’s new-wave offensive juggernaut. At times, his combination of skill and speed has been nearly impossible to defend...
...that, he says, a much-improved bevy of skill players. Receiver Brian Edwards returns to work after spending the summer in Cambridge perfecting routes and improving his timing with his quarterback—the importance of which, Harvard coach Tim Murphy said, was “unquantifiable...
...skill aside, Thomas’ glaring lack of experience against the sort of competition he’ll see in a game setting might tempt some to mark him with an asterisk, if not overlook him altogether...
Poon also determined that people whose age reaches three figures tend to have a high level of cognition, demonstrating skill in everyday problem solving and learning. That's another reason exercise is important: to keep plenty of blood flowing to the brain as well as to stay in shape. Many of his subjects aren't rich; some of them have homes with mud floors. But they make good out of making do. "Many have their own gardens," he notes. "They can their own vegetables. They're living down to earth...
...Provenzano remains untouchable. Authorities are still upbeat, though. When top Mob lieutenant and Provenzano associate Antonino Giuffré was captured two years ago and turned state's witness, a window was cracked open that provided a rare glimpse of how the man known as the Tractor - for his skill in mowing people down - runs a sprawling criminal organization while eluding capture. With the new scraps of knowledge, investigators are better able to "identify with him," as one put it, to track him down. "Capturing him would be an immense blow, striking at his image of invincibility and impregnability," says Lucio...