Word: adeptly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...some were allowed to talk on their hands-free phones. The study was designed so that traffic would periodically slow in one lane, while another lane opened up. Researchers found that cell-phone users switched to faster-moving lanes about 20% less frequently than other drivers. They were less adept at keeping up with traffic flow, and it took them 2% to 3% longer to complete the commute than drivers who weren't distracted by cell phones...
...guidebook to rediscovering Jesus’ teachings and, through them, God. It is in this latter capacity that the “The Scandalous Gospel” may come up short for many readers.“The Scandalous Gospel” combines fairly simple biblical interpretation with very adept explanation from the incredibly eloquent Harvard pastor. The book isn’t meant to add to the canon of interpretation, but rather to reach the readers who need it most—those who may not know Jesus in the “socialist” light in which...
...right players for his system. He has Amaker’s players, including a guy (DeShawn Sims) who jumped so high on Saturday he hurt his face on the rim, but couldn’t recognize a double-team. He has Manny Harris, a guard who was incredibly adept at improvising and scoring, and, it appeared, forgetting that he wasn’t supposed to improvise.That’s why it must have killed Beilein on Saturday to see Andrew Pusar cut baseline for easy layup after easy layup—that was Gansey’s favorite move...
...sort of taxonomy has blossomed, appropriately called FOLKSONOMY You Work on It Why pay a professional when an amateur would do it for dramatically less money? In fields ranging from photography to the sciences, companies are taking jobs once performed by staff and CROWDSOURCING them to the enthusiastic, increasingly adept masses You Find It Wal-Mart can't afford to stock anything that won't sell in volume. But websites like MySpace or Netflix offer an endless array of obscure products, allowing users to forage successfully for Japanese ceramics or old-time bluegrass as easily as they might find...
...Coskren and Stephens are only picking up where they left off. Both 2007 graduates of Noble and Greenough School in nearby Dedham, Mass., are looking to translate the defensive skills that they honed together in high school to the Harvard blue line.Coskren—a quick, adept defender whose two older brothers currently play on the men’s hockey team—should slide right into the defensive rotation with the returning Crimson starters.Likewise, Stephens will only add to a Harvard netminding corps that already boasts savvy goaltenders in Brittany Martin and Christina Kessler...