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Word: adept (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Eastern press was the participation of non-student elements, particularly union workers. These are the people who feel most acutely the economic presence of the Negro. They are also the people who can compensate for more through the feelings of superiority which the Negro's subservient position permits them. Adept at strike tactics, these ardent white supremacists were more than a match for police, and, of course, the University had no control over them whatsoever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Moderation' Fails at U. of Alabama | 10/3/1956 | See Source »

...Suez flare-up, instead has been busy cautioning impatient allies and seeking peaceful routes toward settlement. The policy had for the moment succeeded; when the 22 nations sit down to discuss the Suez, there would be less emphasis on threats, more on finding a base for negotiations, including the adept suggestions this week of Gamal Nasser himself (see FOREIGN NEWS). Though he had small hope of a real decision in London, Dulles saw the conference there as at least an important forum of free discussion. Yet neither the U.S. nor any other nation attending seemed able to offer a next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Report on Suez | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

...Eastern press was the participation of non-student elements, particularly union workers. These are the people who feel most acutely the economic presence of the Negro. They are also the people who can compensate for more through the feelings of superiority which the Negro's subservient position permits them. Adept at strike tactics, these ardent white supremacists were more than a match for police, and of course, the University had no control over them whatsoever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Moderation' Fails at U. of Alabama | 6/14/1956 | See Source »

There is only one joke to the movie, but it is a funny one. Director Frederico Fellini is an adept at catching his characters at their ridiculousest to make it funnier. Nine-tenths of the movie is corn, and all of it is a pleasure to watch. There is also a short concerning "Inside the Kinsey Report" which is not half so amusing, and there is another miscellaneous short...

Author: By Jonathan Beecher, | Title: The White Sheik | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

...predictable prejudice, Lubell disputes the theory that "great men make history," argues instead that in the U.S. the voter does far more to shape the politician than vice versa. In such a half-light, Lubell regards President Eisenhower as, "one of the most masterful politicians in American history . . . adept in 'giving the people what they want.'" Ike's presidential success depends not on a "follow-me" type of leadership but on "the skill with which he has followed the public mood ... He has led the people by moving in the direction toward which they were already inclined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: REVOLT of the MODERATES | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

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