Word: talented
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...situation] is totally beyond the limits of the talent or imagination of George Plimpton, the world's consummate amateur... Consider what he has done. He has sparred three bloody rounds (his blood) with Archie Moore, then light-heavyweight champion of the world. He has pitched to major-league baseball stars in Yankee Stadium; he has shanked and hooked his way over golf links... and lost to Pancho Gonzales on the tennis court. He has fumbled handoffs as a training-camp quarterback for the Detroit Lions and missed baskets while working out as a forward for the Boston Celtics... He toured...
Larry Summers has started selling himself as an art lover. If this sudden conversion, coming from a president who has earned a first class Philistine reputation, strikes you as a weak attempt at spin, his glorified talent show last Friday proved that you’re absolutely right...
Limbaugh, the self-dubbed “epitome of morality of virtue,” recently resigned from his spot on ESPN after claiming that a football player’s success stemmed from his race rather than his talent. But the more condemning crime wouldn’t surface until a few days later, when Rush acknowledged an addiction to painkillers and lent credence to the claim that he’d illegally purchased some 30,000 pills from his maid—which involved covert operations featuring parking lots and cigar boxes full of cash...
...poor,” and claims he’s “redefining greatness” on his daily program—which amounts to a mix of hysterics and grandiosity at a level rarely fathomable—it makes me think he overestimates his “talent on loan from God.” If there’s any truth behind Rush’s adamant stance against drug use, maybe he’ll send himself up the river while his listeners enjoy a much-needed hiatus from his blustery broadcasts...
...want to give back to Harvard some of what it has given me,” she said. Zakrzewski, whose piano performances have been broadcast on several television and radio networks across the country, said she believes that talent shows such as “Forte!” are important community-building events and help create a positive environment for the arts...