Word: skills
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Christopher G. Parham ’07, who nominated Boller for the award, praised Boller’s skill at keeping students engrossed in the material...
Glaeser spoke to The Crimson Friday while boarding a plane to Baltimore, which, he said, “is one of those cities with less of a skill base that hasn’t had the kind of turnaround as Boston.” While his Baltimore trip is for nonacademic purposes—Maryland is home to his wife’s family—Glaeser has developed a reputation internationally as a globe-trotting consultant dispensing economic advice to far-flung urban centers...
...while the Crimson (19-7, 7-0 Ivy) surely profited from both the skill and direction of its leaders, the co-captains were not alone in piloting the team—rather, the Harvard roster actually boasted five seniors, each of whom substantially contributed to this season’s success...
...reasonable person would wager that the last place Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi would ever want to revisit would be North Korea. The first time he went, in September 2002, Koizumi intended to show his skill and stature as an international statesman. That backfired spectacularly when Kim Jong Il confessed unrepentantly that North Korea had kidnapped 13 Japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s?and had no intention of allowing the five survivors to return home. The Japanese public was outraged, the fate of the kidnap victims became Koizumi's biggest headache, and the issue cramped Japan's ability...
...Latin class you took freshman year may lack real-world usefulness, but researchers think graduates may pick up a different kind of skill in college: stress management. A study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior suggests that highly educated adults handle daily stress better than their less educated counterparts. Researchers interviewed more than 1,000 adults over eight days and found that although college grads experienced a greater number of stressful events (on 44% of days--compared with 30% for those who didn't finish high school), they were less affected by them and reported fewer health complaints...