His great skill wasn't his strength - though he never took a backwards step and could punch as hard as anyone of his weight - it was his stamina.
But patience isn't a skill that we hone quite as assiduously as French parents do.
The right's most notable linguistic achievement isn't its skill in coining distracting catchphrases, but its success in capturing the language of everyday political discussion.
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Though smelling food isn't a survival skill anymore, it still serves a biological purpose.
How could they possibly help someone learn a skill that they themselves can't grasp?
Yet Carroll is unlikely to improve simply by coming off the bench for a team that isn't built to showcase his skill set.
But the ability to hit the ball hard the other way is what matters, and if he can perfect that skill, Teixeira knows he won't ever have to say the word "bunt" again.
His skill set is fantastic - I don't think we've seen yet what he's capable of doing, but we see it on the training pitch here.
His skill set is absolutely brilliant and we haven't seen enough of him.
Sometimes the spotter makes you have half-half decisions because you start the skill and then whatever happens, you don't pay attention, 100%, to the execution.
But it wasn't just the weather that tested the filmmakers' skill, patience and stamina.
"We really didn't take advantage, in my opinion, of his skill set, " Ryan said on ESPN Radio on Tuesday.
But by definition, the ones who come in on those skill-based visas tend to be performing functions that we don't have enough people in this country to already perform: doctors, computer programmers, that kind of thing.
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It is no good buying the right players skill-wise and them not being tactically sound - and he won't do it.
"After most sessions on the range or even lessons, golfers haven't really learned anything, if by learning you mean making a skill usable, durable and automatic in other contexts, " said Fran Pirozzolo, a Ph.
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"With the number of college graduates who can't find work or who can only find work well beneath their skill level, I fully support the effort to extend the low interest rate on student loans, " Romney said before a campaign event in Astor, Pennsylvania on Monday.
The Islanders won that night and reached the playoffs, and while they haven't qualified for the NHL's postseason tournament since, Nielsen's distinctive skill could help them end that drought.
Particularly revealing is the scene where the evil Jade Fox (veteran kung-fu movie star Cheng Pei-pei) decries the fact that she couldn't read, while her student Jen could and therefore surpassed the teacher in achievement and skill.
It doesn't matter if you are ring-rusty as a team, individually you should still have the skill to be able to pass in front of a player and to run onto a pass and catch it.
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