Word: skill
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...statesman commenting on events still fresh in memory, is a constant surprise. Much as it obviously pains him, he is not ashamed to voice his dismay at British mismanagement and failure at Singapore and Tobruk, where British armies surrendered to enemy forces about half their number. Admiring skill, he praised German General Rommel in a speech in the House of Commons during Britain's North African setbacks, and still sticks to his praise. When some Britons grumbled about Eisenhower's deal with French Admiral Darlan, Churchill, agreeing with Eisenhower, tartly reminded the House of Commons that "since...
...award; a sharp rap of the knuckles to University Hall for its lack of encouragement and faith in the possibilities of a new idea a large decanter of radioactive vinegar to the Maintenance Department for its exorbitant bille, elasped hands over an empty chair to the CRIMSON for its skill at artificial insemination, and four buckets of high grade admiration to past and present members of the Network...
Students interested in photography can improve their skill and have daily use of the latest and best in photo equipment. Members of this board have perennially swept many of the top prizes in College photographic contests...
...TIME ORDER THEM TO TURN BACK. THE MINESWEEPERS HAD CUT THEIR WAY THROUGH MORE THAN 18 PERILOUS MILES OF MINED ENEMY WATERS BEFORE THE "PIRATE" AND "PLEDGE" WERE MINED. LIEUT. COMMANDER BRUCE HYATT HANDLED HIS SHIPS THROUGHOUT WITH SUPERLATIVE BRAVERY, COOLNESS AND SKILL...
Much of this progress is due to increased technological skill. By the end of the '30s, the Russians were learning new industrial techniques fast, were just about to reap a modest harvest by the time they switched over to total war production. After the German attack in 1941, thousands of Russian technicians went to the U.S., worked in U.S. factories, took home invaluable industry know-how. The 1940-49 figures show in part how the new knowledge paid...