Word: adroit
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Some Reservations. Under pointed questioning from the Senators, who were determined not to let him off so easily as last time, Rockefeller responded with an adroit mixture of humility and hyperbole, stout defense and tactical retreat. With his customary bonhomie and no trace of arrogance, he offered a fascinating glimpse into the Rockefeller mind and lifestyle, moving G.O.P. Senator Mark O. Hatfield to comment that he had learned a lot about "the Rockefeller person." The revelations were apparently to Rocky's advantage. At the end of his first day of testimony, even his most persistent critic on the committee...
...Crimson threatened a few minutes later behind the adroit dribbling of Bullard. He cut his way through the Eli fullbacks and connected with Steve Hines. The forward then hit sophomore Challenger ten yards in front of the goal. Challenger rammed it past netminder Tom Gurray...
...result, the balance of the second act is upset. Anna, commandingly portrayed by Eden Lee Murray, dominates the action through most of the last half of the play, with too much ease. Murray is particularly effective in her adroit modulation between pregnant verbal aggression and ostensibly pleasant urbanity. But the thoroughness with which she overcomes Deeley's attacks leaves us unprepared for Kate's final rejection of Anna...
...Democrats are hopeful that their biggest victory hi the region will come in New York's gubernatorial contest. Congressman Hugh Carey, 55, an old-fashioned liberal given mod appeal by some adroit television ads, is running far ahead of Malcolm Wilson, 60, the earnest but lackluster incumbent who moved up from Lieutenant Governor when Nelson Rockefeller resigned last December. A poll published last month by Newsday, a Long Island newspaper, showed Carey leading Wilson by the surprising margin of 52% to 27%. Carey's strong showing has improved the once dismal prospects of his ticketmate: former U.S. Attorney...
...talks between Hegazi and Simon were lively and flexible. Simon never hesitated to break in with questions. When Hegazi was asked at a news conference whether he was happy with the $250 million in U.S. aid requested of Congress for Egypt, he had an adroit answer. If the U.S. could give Israel $2.2 billion in military aid, he said, then surely the same amount in nonmilitary help should be reasonable for Egypt...