Word: deft
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...politician as deft as Clinton should know that Americans are suckers for a sincere apology. I'm surprised that some self-help huckster hasn't written Apologizing Your Way to the Top. As Murray riffs in A Thousand Clowns, "If you went up to people on the street and offered them money, they'd refuse it. But everybody accepts apology immediately. It's the most negotiable currency." But Gresham's law also applies here: Debased sentiments drive out genuine remorse...
Race is indeed an area in which just talking can accomplish something. Civil rights leaders say Clinton's greatest achievement on race was the 1995 affirmative-action speech in which he vowed to "mend it, not end it," articulating a deft consensus where it seemed none was possible. But when toughness is called for, the President has more often than not disappointed them. "On this issue he does not come into the bully pulpit with much moral authority," complains black author and activist Roger Wilkins...
...classical Spanish guitarist who redesigned his beloved instrument, adding four strings, to accommodate his technical prowess; of cancer; in Murcia, Spain. Fans took to Yepes' theme song to Rene Clement's Forbidden Games (1951), but his peers never accepted his 10-stringed fingerboard--despite the enhanced resonance under his deft touch...
...emotional style lift him above the one-dimensional deux-es-machina role that he usually plays in other versions. Both the Dancing Master (Robert Wallace) and the Fairy Godmother (Kyra Strasberg) perform their roles with grace and dignity. Each of the Four Seasons and Cavaliers also dance with a deft combination of stunning beauty and breath-taking strength. In particular, Pollyana Ribeiro and Paul Thrussell, as the Autumn Fairy and her Cavalier, stood out with their exquisite dancing...
Which is putting it mildly. Blair isn't as publicly empathetic as Clinton, but as he demonstrated in late March, he is equally deft. The Tories had claimed "proof" that Blair was secretly planning to restore union power once in office. For many in Britain, calling someone a closet union lover is like saying in the U.S. that someone is soft on crime. Thatcher rode to Downing Street on a promise to curb union influence. If it worked for the Iron Lady, Major's camp figured, why not try it again? Trouble is, Blair's view that employees should...