Word: adept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quite sure that intelligent ignoramuses can be taught to know likewise published a book to mend such matters. Music for the Man Who Enjoys 'Hamlet', by B. H. Haggin (Knopf, $2.75), the Nation's music critic, is intended primarily for laymen, but might give any musical adept pleasure for the lucidity of its musical discussion...
...think of the way U.S. soldiers fight? Here are some Japanese opinions collected in various ways by the U.S. Army: The basis of the tactics of the U.S. Army may be said to be a belief in the almighty power of materialistic fighting strength. Although the Americans are not adept at military deception and subterfuge, their leadership is extremely reliable and their spirit on the offensive should not be treated lightly...
Despite this offhand management Grumman is adept at finding his way through the jungles of governmental red tape. What he cannot cut, he blandly ignores. When the Army tried to get rumman to camouflage his plants, he objected, said it was unnecessary and would interfere with production. When the Army insisted, Grumman said: "From the-air, we find the plant by flying over to Mitchel Field and taking our directions from the runways there. Maybe you ought to camouflage them first." The Army quit bothering him. The Navy lets Grumman do things much as he wants, sure they will...
...there were signs of demoralization among the retreat-adept Germans. North of Nikolayev, the Sixth German Army was ringed and destroyed. South of Vinnitsa three encircled German divisions were being whittled down. Thousands of dejected prisoners wearily marched to Russia's rear. The fortified German line on the Russian Bug (which empties into the Black Sea)* was pierced in two days, the Dniester line in a night...
...found business none too brisk. Soon he ran for the legislature. After two terms he went back to the law again for twelve years, with a four-year stretch as prosecuting attorney of Falls County sandwiched in. Texas had frequent killings in those days and Tom Connally, increasingly adept in courtroom debate and cross examination, was soon making a good living. But politics was in his blood...