Word: adroit
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...Senator Fulbright [April 3] spoke truly when he said that it is Communist imperialism that threatens us-because this is a sophisticated imperialism that does not use clumsy, obvious gunboats and troops, but employs adroit propaganda and efficient penetration and subversion to accomplish its imperialistic ends...
...Senator Fulbright [April 3] spoke truly when he said that it is Communist imperialism that threatens us-because this is a sophisticated imperialism that does not use clumsy, obvious gunboats and troops, but employs adroit propaganda and efficient penetration and subversion to accomplish its imperialistic ends...
Schmidt is often rescued, however, by the adroit performance of other actors. Pat Fay, who demonstrates her versatility by playing the part of a tough career girl, leads the list of those deserving kudos; Joanne Hamlin and Philip Kerr also merit considerable praise...
...young authors would let a character say without irony or bitterness: "Only in the publishing business is authorship considered important." What Author Anthony Powell thinks of the publishing business is apparently symbolized by the enigmatic figure of T. T. Waring, one of those writers whose major talent is for adroit personal publicity, and who is the big purse winner in the spavined stable of literary hacks owned by the dim publishing house of Judkins & Judkins...
...parade last week at the Manhattan gallery of Cordier & Ekstrom were half a dozen Baj generals, joined by other adroit spoofs in cloth, glass, paint and wood...