Word: deft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...KING HASSAN II, 70, leader of Morocco for 38 years with an uncanny survival instinct; of a heart attack; in Rabat. The ever diplomatic, pro-Western Hassan helped facilitate a number of key Middle East negotiations, including a visit to Jerusalem in 1977 by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. A deft handler of vastly different factions in his country, among them Islamic militants, the charismatic ruler was said by Moroccans to have baraka, or blessedness. Hassan, who had been ill for several years, will be succeeded by his son Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed...
Swings? Slides? How hopelessly retro. Nowadays, if a kid waits till she's 10 to decide she wants to compete at an advanced level, the travel team will have already left the station. Her peers will be making deft one-touch passes while she's still learning to dribble. That leaves as her only option the easygoing recreation league, where the coaching is desultory and players often go AWOL. While many parents of kids on "rec" teams equate "keeping it fun" with holding down the level of instruction and competition, the kids often see things differently. Young, of the professional...
...quite a commitment from the parents as well as the kids," Pat Donnelly is saying. Suddenly Kelly lets the ball fall to the polished wooden floor and with a deft kick sends it the length of the gym till it narrowly misses a basketball hoop at the far end. The kid's good. Donnelly beams and says, "I think I enjoy it almost as much as she does...
Neither is true now, though. In the past few weeks, deft traders have been able to make 15 points on IBM in one day or make 6 on 3M or Alcoa, Eastman Kodak or Hewlett-Packard. These are marquee Dow names, not heavily manipulated penny stocks or hyped Net offerings. You could "scalp" a huge gain simply by buying these stocks at the opening and selling them at the bell...
...performer. After a few ill-advised recent forays into funk and balladry, Connick here returns to form. Sure, the album could do without some of the slower numbers, but there's a lot to love--the sparkling title track, a rendition of Time After Time. Connick's vocals are deft and his piano playing fluid. A swing...