Word: talents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Well, my 'art' has kept me ragged and driven me half mad; --I will see now if prostitution can put a few decent garments on my back and keep me housed. My good friends, Professor Baker included, have told me for years now of 'my great talent,' 'my artistry,' and so on--they have told me it would be a terrible thing for me to do anything else but write. They have said, 'You have it--it's bound to come'--but not once has anyone given me advice on the simple matter of keeping the breath of life...
...Coach Cooney Weiland will have no easy task in selecting the team that will seek the Crimson's fifth consecutive Ivy League championship as there is fine hockey talent at least three men deep at all positions...
Principal reason is that Benson has a talent for making enemies and a genius for keeping them. Even though he is dispensing farm subsidies that total an astronomical $3.75 billion, Benson is disliked by most farmers because he preaches that subsidies are wrong. (Only 10% of those questioned in a recent farm poll rated Benson as doing an "excellent" job.) Even though he preaches that subsidies are wrong, city people dislike him because the subsidies grow larger, and he has not yet put across a workable program for cutting them down...
...planning." There is a need for awareness, and a need for action. If the Admissions Committee cannot find enough able high school students with the present staff, then more Admissions officers would certainly be a worthwhile investment. The Alumni groups, moreover, must be given further encouragement to look for talent in their areas. While application fees are a method of gaining revenue and discouraging multiple applications, it would seem advisable to reduce if not remove entirely this fee insofar as scholarship students are concerned...
...hard sell" is therefore thought necessary, and in the fierce competition loyalty to one's sponsor is more vital than talent. Ed Sullivan is rarely photographed far from a Lincoln automobile, and Eddie Fisher spent the second day of his honeymoon campaigning for CocaCola...