One dimension of human capital, cognitive skills the capacity to assess and solve problems, or in Schultz's (1975) memorable phrase, "the ability to deal with disequilibria" is widely believed to affect productivity in many activities, including work, raising children, and improving one's own and others' health and nutrition.
Her rocking mezzo, impeccable phrasing and ability to combine jazz, soul and blues have captivated fans since she made her debut 30 years ago.
Yet it was Delp's voice that made him in demand: a natural tenor, his clear phrasing and ability to sing melodically (and in tune) soon found him regular work in bands playing bars around the Boston area.
Some may prefer a more sensual tone in Strauss, but her breath control, phrasing and ability to convey the meaning of the text without fracturing the line remain exemplary.
There are so many things to marvel at: her husky, shapely tone, her earthy way with rhythm, how she tugs playfully the top of phrases, her ability to dart in and out of ensemble textures and make the whole thing so joyously convivial.
While rather unusual in their choice of words (e.g., producing chihuahua, ibis and condor in addition to more usual animal words in a word fluency test) and despite an excessive use of clichés and social stock-phrases, their ability to use language, especially in conversational contexts, is more or less intact.
Glenn Gamboa of Newsweek called it "enjoyable fluff", with a "robo-dance" sound highlighting "Jackson's playful phrasing and ability to mine the electro-groove".
Dupin is a man, in Peter Thoms's phrase, with the "ability to read the mysterious space of the city".
He was always the master of the brilliant phrase with an ability to recall, even into his 90s, a remote phrase from some corner of Byron, Shelley, Keats, Swift or Heine.
This simple phrase has the ability to be crippling.
But that phrase and his ability to change Washington will be fodder for political scientists for decades to come.
