Word: deft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...researchers explain, when two people stand face to face, the right eye of one studies the left side of the face of the other. The right eye, in turn, is controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain, the half that is less deft at reading images. Thus people may unconsciously mislead one another by presenting a confident or blank public expression on the right side of the face, where it has a strong effect, and by "hiding" strong emotions on the poorly perceived left side...
Again, Moynihan does not want this to be just another set of political memoirs. Yet it is filled with deft and often merciless insights into many of his political adversaries. The most biting remarks are saved for Henry Kissenger. Moynihan finds it in himself to finish by calling him "a good friend," but through the book he provides some of the most acid elucidation of Kissinger's manipulative tactics yet to appear in print. Indeed, if there is one quality that pervades this volume, it is a relish in going on the defensive, something Moynihan readily admits. A good third...
...Seahawks' spectacular young (25) quarterback, Jim Zorn, has passed, run, pushed and dragged his expansion team into the third best offense in the N.F.L. In eleven games this year, Zorn passed for ten touchdowns and ran for six more. With careful use of the draft and a few deft trades, Seattle has put together a supporting cast that does Zorn justice. Wide Receiver Steve Largent ranks second among American Conference receivers, behind Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann; with ten touchdowns, David Sims is the conference's top-scoring running back...
...light shone behind the RPI net again eight minutes later. Breaking down the middle, Jack Hughes slipped a deft pass to Watson, who had only the goalie to beat for his second goal of the young season. The 20-year-old freshman from Brunswick, Me., headfaked right, deked left, and cut sharply to his right before sliding the puck past Harrison to even the score in spectacular fashion...
...this choreography is as delicate as lacework, it is every bit as intricate. Fokine uses the ensemble dancers--the corps de ballet--with deft economy of rich imagination. At different times they function both as a choral commentary on the soloists, mirroring the angle of a ballerina's body, and as architecture, a fluid linkage of arches and trelliswork. The Boston Ballet's corps rose to the occasion, offering Fokine's masterpiece with devotion and care...