Mr. Clinton, who would prove gifted at leading the nation through sorrowful occasions, never visited the site.
Graduates will surely prove gifted code-writers, Mr. Neveu said, but may find themselves restricted to an "extremely precise niche" that may not always exist.
She proved unusually gifted, and in 1991 she joined the School of American Ballet.
But Bernard proved so gifted that he was admitted as a teenager to the Juilliard Graduate School, as it was then known.
In a parallel role, he proved a gifted teacher, working at various summer schools, at the Royal Academy, at Goldsmiths, and at the Guildhall School.
He proved so gifted at exposing his most alarming instincts that it was practically unnecessary for his opponent to attack him.
No matter the occasion, Ms. Hargrove, a former Indiana beauty queen turned Powerball potentate, has proved especially gifted at navigating — some say plowing — her way onto center stage.
Others played their part, not least Murray's older brother, Jamie, in the doubles and James Ward against the American John Isner in the first round, but it was a singular achievement by an ultra-motivated and, as his Cup-clinching shot in the final rubber against Belgium proved, supremely gifted sportsman that did the job.
But he proves a gifted showman.
The successes, like Mr. Burks and Ms. Anderson, prove that gifted black designers can have stellar careers.
