Word: talentedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...undergraduates who do come with some background. A Dean Stolber, who has been acting continuously since he was eight, or a John Lithgow, who develops unusual technical abilities by the middle of his sophomore year, is not likely to meet with the direction or the suggestions to stretch his talent. If Harvard theatre can't help the incompetent and doesn't help the competent, there is some question just who it is there...
...Curtis Publishing Co., which suffered a 1965 net loss of $3.5 million, edged into the black, with first-quarter profits of $251,000, and President John M. Clifford embarked on a corporate talent hunt. Said Clifford: "We intend to attract and hire new people with demonstrated ability who can add depth to our management...
...face of a Boston terrier, Brewer has been a regular on the pro golf tour since 1956. He has won eight tournaments and $208,000, but most of his triumphs occurred in such obscure events as the Mobile Sertoma Open and the Hawaiian Open. Actually, Brewer's main talent is for losing-the hard way. He has finished second twelve times, and he has lost three out of five playoffs during his pro career. Now Gay has set some sort of record for frustration by losing two big playoffs in a row-to Jack Nicklaus...
...that scarcely excuses the darkness. To compare Cortázar to Sterne, who was one of his models, is to measure the vast difference between a severely disciplined though innovationist literary-talent and one that, however sophisticated, is hung up on literary games...
...less successful. Part of the trouble is with Cooper and Licht, who simply make their parts too much alike for any kind of interplay to develop. Lack of contrast often kills the verbal sparring between the good-time-Charlie god and his sarcastic servant. And Munger has a perverse talent for hiding one actor behind another even when the small stage doesn't make it inevitable...