At the top levels of the game of tennis, pure talent rules the day.
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But for most people, school is over and the parameters of their talent were set on the day they were born.
One day, a talent scout for one of the Datongqiao bosses came up the valley and saw how pretty Chen Ying was.
Councillors seeking re-election were not the only ones whose performances were being scrutinised - polling took place on the same day auditions for talent show guru Simon Cowell's X Factor were being held in Inverness.
The relationships you develop with your talent, and the choices you make every day on how to engage and develop them, are directly correlated to bottom-line performance.
The galaxy of talent in this newsroom continues to etch its brilliance every day into the firmament of this city and this nation.
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Other possible causes include hitters muscling themselves up as never before during the off-season, the creation of smaller baseball parks and a general decline in the quality of pitching (every time there is an expansion of the leagues, the theory goes, the pitching talent pool is stretched thin, and batters have a field day, so to speak).
That is where Adam Russakoff, a New York licensed attorney and the Executive Producer, Director of Business Affairs and Talent Buyer for Ultra Music Festival and UMF Worldwide, saves the day.
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The league is a proven developer of talent with 20 percent of players on 2012-13 NBA opening-day rosters having NBA D-League experience.
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"The ICC Champions Trophy is an opportunity for the England One-Day side to compete for a global trophy and we are confident we have the talent to make a strong claim, " he said.
"As soon as he touched the ball, you could see how much talent he had, " said the great Wallaby centre Tim Horan, who was an opponent that day.
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On the first day of school, the school authorities allowed musically talented students to try out to find new talent among the incoming students.
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He ran a 4.33 40-yard dash at Houston's pro day in March, and now he'll wait to see if a team believes his talent and speed is worth the risk.
Kenyan runners say the deep talent pool in their country gives them an advantage, allowing them to train together and then work together on race day.
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