Word: adeptly
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...That makes me feel a lot better," I said. "Well, maybe not a lot better, but better. I think we can take it for granted that they're more adept with machines than I am or than those Chicago Hope doctors are. The doctors on that show couldn't be trusted to operate a pop-up toaster...
...decree has a familiar ring to it. Whenever criticism starts to mount, the Yel tsin pen starts scribbling, canning ministers deemed "responsible" for Russia's woes. Chubais himself took the blame in an early round. It remains to be seen whether Yeltsin's new government will prove any more adept at tackling the country's pressing problems: growing mafia influence, widespread government corruption, unpaid salaries and pensions, spotty tax collection, a crumbling infrastructure, a demoralized and ill-trained army, and a lackluster economy...
...member group is adept at winning compromises in development proposals through skillful negotiation--and litigation...
...moviemakers therefore create a character named Mann (Ving Rhames), who drifts into town on horseback just as the tragedy is beginning to unfold. In essence, he's the mysterious stranger of a thousand westerns, eager to avoid conflict but miraculously adept at the killing arts when he is finally obliged to employ them. Ultimately he and John Wright (Jon Voight), the white storekeeper in the town and a reality-based character, make common, inspiring cause to rescue Rosewood's surviving women and children from the swamp where they have taken refuge from the blood-crazed posse searching for them. There...
...empire. That deadline might be moved back, though, if, as expected, franchisee owners give the plan the nod this Friday. Whenever it comes, analysts predict that the 55 cents Big Mac will spark a fierce price war with competitors Wendy's and Burger King, who so far have been adept at luring customers away from the Golden Arches with cheaper offerings. Over the next year, the 55-cent deal will rotate from the Big Mac to the Quarter Pounder to the McRib to the Arch Deluxe hamburger, placing the price of a McDonald's value meal at about...