Word: adeptly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...moves toward the pavement. The opportunists act like snakes, slithering around the horde to get the best seat on the bus. The slightly pushy edge toward the front of the crowd, hoping to jettison their way through, but at the same time hoping no one notices them. Those less adept at making their way through crowds are left to wait, forlorn, on the steps, watching the shuttle bus fill up and knowing it will not have room for them. And this happens on days when the temperature is 70 degrees and not a drop of precipitation hangs...
When Tom Morello, the spectacularly adept guitarist for the politically minded punk/metal/rap band Rage Against the Machine, is asked to name his favorite guitar player, his answer is intriguingly atypical. He doesn't name Led Zeppelin's much copied Jimmy Page, though he does allow that Page's "mysterious, unsavory" guitar solos made him think, when he was young, that he too could "channel mysterious, unsavory things into suburban Illinois through my guitar." And he doesn't name Jimi Hendrix, though when Morello was a student at Harvard in the mid-1980s (major: social studies), he sported an impressively expansive...
...world domination"). Java is starting from scratch, though, and it could take painfully long for its adherents to produce high-quality applications. Microsoft's Active-X platform, by contrast, supports both Java and the venerable Visual Basic language, at which the company's army of content partners is already adept. Microsoft is starting the browser game late but with a much larger pile of chips...
...neighbor in University Hall, Dingman remembers fondly Epps' spontaneous teas. "He has always been adept at bringing some civility to the office," Dingman says...
...months, Boston's Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project (better known as The Big Dig) has been hit by a new wave of criticism. The attack has come from Rep. Frank Wolfe, Republican of Virginia and chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation. Local politicians have always been adept at pouncing on the project's numerous gaffes and missteps, but Wolfe's campaign is entirely unique. It is indicative of a new era in Boston politics...