61.   Suddenly, McDyess was not just a former Parade All-American high school player still learning the ropes of college basketball.

62.   Surgeons in training learn the ropes by using instruments inserted into plastic simulated pelvises.

63.   The Engels are learning the ropes and have to belay Holmes as part of their certification test.

64.   The main dining room is roomy but service was slow, maybe because the crew is still learning the ropes on the new ship.

65.   The player has the option of having step-by-step help from the crime-stopper computer until he or she has learned the ropes.

66.   The Pequot sale is also a place for young readers to begin to learn the ropes.

67.   Then, for several years, she worked in a travel agency, learning the ropes.

68.   These volunteers and the hundreds of others who will handle the giant balloons in the parade were literally learning the ropes of a vastly changed job.

69.   They learned the ropes early Now they hold the reins.

70.   They also include indirect costs such as the time that supervisors spend screening job applicants, and the loss of productivity as new hires learn the ropes.