The result — a bologna-like mystery meat of a story — seems the opposite of what's required in reporting on a world whose special skill is, in fact, mythmaking.
Brown's recurrent hero is an academic turned detective, a so-called "symbologist" from Harvard whose special skill is the reassuring decipherment of riddles, while the protagonist of The Prague Cemetery is a professional forger, a malcontent who fakes documents for a living.
"If they need someone whose special skill is getting melted chocolate down her dog-haired jumper and not noticing, I'm their woman," a commenter called "BreconBeBuggered" posted.
Or rather whose special day it is?
"How funny is that, we're two weeks apart!" Rabensteine, an actor whose Web site lists "excellent mover" under special skills, said.
For a child whose motivation is to learn something new, talk to the coach about teaching that child special skills or work with her one-on-one so she masters a new skill and can use it to become more competitive.
Few programs require special skills.
The top-paying jobs demand special skills.
Such as these have special skills.
