Word: talents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...best a patchwork education and in his teens was apprenticed to a carpenter. His chairs and tables regularly collapsed, however, and he was fired. By his early 20s, Li had joined the party and soon won a reputation for unquestioning loyalty to Mao Tse-tung and for his talent at organizing effective guerrilla bands. After the civil war ended in 1949, Li rose steadily in the party's central China hierarchy. In 1954, he was summoned to Peking as Minister of Finance...
Harvard had been highly favored and was clearly superior to the Huskies in raw talent, but carelessness around its own net, and a frustrating inability to finish off rushes kept the Crimson victory in doubt until midway through the final period...
Freshman coach Ken Klug, counting on a good fast break and control of the boards from his team, is optimistic about the game. He admits that the game will be a real test of his player's talent. "In fact," he said. "this game will probably be the ?? one we'll have all season...
...sophomores, Paul Brown and Dave Fish, enter the line-up at the six and seven positions. Barnaby characterizes Brown as "another Hobbs." while Fish's skill is rated "a toss-up compared to Brown's talent...
...Baker did with "White Room." Yet Bonham proceeds primarily by a method of complementary rhythmic motives which, at least in "Good Times Bad Times" and "Ramble On," are the equal of Baker. Bonham's solidity of striking, his footwork, and dynamic range are comparable to Baker, while his talent for long-term organic development of genuinely complex rhythms compares disadvantageously with Baker...