Word: skill
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...amateur astronomer who put together his own telescope, a photographer whose skill seldom matches his editor's eye for a good picture...
There will be competition for all positions except that of chorister, which will be strictly selective "in view of the specialized skill needed in this position...
...third successive world title. Part of the explanation of his success, Dick Button says, is his Swiss-born coach Gus Lussi, who spotted him eight years ago on the Olympic rink at Lake Placid, N.Y., was impressed with the youngster's determination, if not his skill. Together they spend long hours sketching intricate free-skating routines to supplement the required "school figures" which Button hates but which are part of all championship competition...
...haranguing them as well. But in its best scenes, the picture kicks up enough fun to numb a tolerant moviegoer to its shortcomings. Actor O'Connor makes an amiable nitwit, and Francis (voice by horse opera's Chill Wills) is a tribute to the patience and technical skill of moviemaking...
...other old Browns turned up for a dinner at Los Angeles' University Club, Brown President Henry Wriston called a special convocation on the spot. Said Wriston: "The mountain has come to Mohamed." He awarded Aiso his honorary degree: for his war record, his example in race relations, his skill at the law. Said 40-year-old Johnny Aiso: "It is one more little action which helps us feel that we belong as an integral part . . . treated as one of the rest, not just tolerated...