Word: adroitly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...allies, sometimes foes, always rivals, the Middle East's two most seasoned survivors were locked in a pas de deux whose final act could decide not only their own political futures but the prospects for a broader peace in the volatile and troubled region. After six months of adroit maneuvering to explore their options and bolster their respective positions, climaxing in a surge of diplomatic activity last week, Jordan's King Hussein and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat met in Amman over the weekend to decide how to respond to the peace initiative presented by President Reagan...
Both parties fully realize that the prolonged economic hardship has been, and still is, the nation's most important political issue. It cost the G.O.P. the 1982 midterm elections, and threatens to make Reagan a one-term President. Yet the White House has been relatively adroit lately in reducing the Democrats' ability to exploit the issue. The bipartisan compromise on Social Security blunted one Democratic attack. Last week House Speaker Tip O'Neill conceded, in a public statement, that Reagan had "kept his promise" to move promptly on a jobs measure. Thus, despite serious reverses and anemic...
...Cabinet more Early American in look and feel than Danish modern, Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis, 51, was a polished piece of work. An able and politically adroit administrator, Lewis scored points for his decisive handling of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike a year and a half ago and his successful push for the federal gasoline-tax bill passed by Congress last month. But when Lewis outgrew his job, no other seemed soon in the offing. Admitted one top White House staffer: "He's felt underused...
Bech Is Back by John Updike. Henry Bech, an exquisitely blocked author, returns, marries and almost accidentally produces a bestseller in one of Updike's most adroit and lively comic performances...
...distance arrangement, Yol possesses a clarity of imagery and an editorial crispness not evident in Güney's other films. It is dour but never dull; it proceeds with an assurance born of passion and technical expertise. The picture may thus serve as the announcement of an adroit new director in Gören, a canny marshaler of film machinery and actors' resources. But first and final credit must go to Güney. Time spent in the microcosm of a Turkish jail has educated him to the human idiosyncrasies of men under pressure. Each...