Word: adeptly
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...flap was instructive about the kind of traps that the Bush campaign is adept at setting for Kerry, and the personality trait that makes Kerry walk right into them. That Bush allies would unearth and quietly slip the 1971 videotape to two news outlets tells you that the Republicans are doing what the Kerry campaign had expected them to do all along--playing hardball. But that Kerry could be ensnared in the ribbons vs. medals nontroversy tells you why so many Democrats start to get nervous whenever the Massachusetts Senator opens his mouth without a script...
Good parents have expectations, but in order for your teenager to live up to them, your rules and decisions have to be clear and appropriate. As your child becomes more adept at reasoning, it's no longer good enough to say "Because I said...
Jason W. Ravin of the Harvard Bookstore says the show “did make me want to read the magazine.” During the show, Peter, of the one-man band Poem Adept, plays several songs he had composed by putting the words of his finds to music, including one entitled “The Booty Don’t Stop,” adapted from a cassette tape of homespun rap tunes found by a reader...
...painful yet delightful flashback scenes, wonderfully adept at tugging on adolescent girl anxieties, set the tone for 13 Going On 30, a Big story of suburban New Jersey girl Jenna Rink’s ascension into kitten-heeled city-girl life with the help of a boy, a wish, and a “seven minutes in heaven” game gone wrong. 13 year-old Jenna is, like, so not cool, until she wakes up in possession of a Fifth Avenue apartment and an editorial position at Poise magazine with her former nemesis as her right-hand woman. This...
...French to thrive in what remains an insular corporate culture. Along the way, he has transformed a once modest French firm into the world's largest cosmetics company, whose products sit on shelves from Melbourne to Moscow. But he has proved most adept at staying one step ahead of his customer. His key to being a successful business leader? "The ability to dream rather than simply plan." --By Jennie James/Paris