Word: adeptly
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...equally adept at dribbling with his left or right hand, and is almost impossible to stop on a drive in the lane. He often dribbles into the lane, hangs in the air for a few eons and lets the ball go at the height of his jump...
Ever since George Wallace first ran in 1964, Democratic primaries have proved fertile ground for send-them-a-message protest votes. But never before have the party's two strongest candidates in the polls, as well as its two most adept performers on television, been protest candidates of a sort. Hart represents an entirely new species: for all the merit of many of his stands on issues, his candidacy can only be understood as a passionate protest against his self-inflicted political fate. In a sense, Hart is questing after a national pardon, but he is too proud...
...unseemly. In a field where lawyers traditionally pledged themselves to a partnership for life, Finley, Kumble scooped up stars from the competition and spread nationwide through mergers, gobbling up smaller firms. Disdaining the practice of seniority-based compensation among partners, it showed heavy preference to "rainmakers," the partners most adept at bringing in clients. Some reportedly reaped better than $1 million a year, while others drew a tenth of that. Finley, Kumble called its system a meritocracy, where compensation was based on value to the firm. Critics say it rewarded salesmanship instead of legal skill, while raising costs...
Vilmure emphasizes style in the novel, as he searches for his own voice and identity and looks for a new direction in literature. Although he began writing the book as a college freshman, Vilmure is remarkably adept at conveying the internal and external struggles of life. Life in the Land of the Living equates life with death, depicting the several dimensions of both. The novel is a compelling one, especially for so young an artist...
...White House Office of Management and Budget in 1984 and 1985, Ginsburg grappled with an array of aggressive interest groups and lobbyists over environmental regulations and rules concerning safety in the workplace; yet he won high marks from both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill for his adept handling of the job. "He can walk through land mines," says former OMB General Counsel Michael Horowitz. "He's careful, thoughtful and manages to bring people together...