Word: adroit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...adroit debaters from Oxford last night demonstrated that the British Empire, no matter what its material decline, still breeds accomplished dialecticians, as it swept over a Harvard team and showed that "That the sun has not set on the British Commonwealth...
...Sources of Soviet Conduct." Destined to be the field manual of cold-war diplomacy, the article outlined the "containment" policy which has been the basis of U.S. strategy. "Soviet pressure against the free institutions of the Western world," said Mr. X, "is something that can be contained by the adroit and vigilant application of counter force at a series of constantly shifting geographical and political points...
Stewart Chaney had dressed up the play with two colorful and pleasing sets depicting the tower of the Empire State Building and the apartment in which most of the action occurs. Director Otto Preminger's staging is on the whole adroit; it may may be picayune to point out that the dialogue near the end of the second act is somewhat monotonous...
...even so adroit a compromiser as Signor de Gasperi could slither out of a few hard statistics. The government promised to expropriate 3,500,000 acres of land and redistribute it to the poor peasants; in fact, it has redistributed only 225,000 acres. Unemployment is close to 2,000,000. Italian productivity lags behind that of Britain and France. In the spring municipal elections, the Demo-Christians lost ground in the popular vote (TIME, June 25). Last month, beset by a revolt within his own party, De Gasperi resigned...
...opinion polls in midsummer 1951, Ike Eisenhower is the popular choice for President of the U.S. But it takes politicians to get him the nomination, and political conventions (with good reason) pay little attention to the polls. This week a small, adroit group of Republicans is quietly planning the intricate maneuvers designed to win the nomination for Ike at the G.O.P. convention next July...