Word: adeptly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...G.O.P. have as great a penchant for social engineering, in the form of making moral rules for the country to follow, as the Democrats do for contriving Great Society programs. And despite their fondness for building jails and imposing tough rules for sentencing criminals, they may be no more adept at providing one of the basic voter demands: safe streets...
...penalty box. The regular season did not commence as scheduled; the first puck may not drop for weeks. Or months. League officials were not idle, however. They were reportedly busy hiring two bodyguards to protect N.H.L. commissioner Gary Bettman, perhaps from churlish players who in the past have proved adept at rearranging facial characteristics with sticks. Sweet reason seemed in short supply. "The owners are ready for a battle," says Boston Bruins president Harry Sinden. "There's more solidarity this time around...
Other students said that McCavana was adept at handling both the personal and academic problems of students...
Councillors praised Healy for his adept handling of past financial difficulties and for his choices of executive administrators...
...encouraged class discussions," she adds. "He was adept at formulating questions that would get students to speak...