Word: deftly
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Thomson Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson Jr., Who also sat on this executive committee, says that it is the "managerially deft" and "intellectually acute" Johnson who deserves the praise...
Bush's victory on Capitol Hill last week was the result of some % uncharacteristically deft political maneuvering on the domestic front. He has succeeded in splintering both textile and environmental lobbies, while mollifying fence-sitting Democrats such as Richard Gephardt by assuring them that the issues of environment, rules of origin covering foreign investors in Mexico, and adjustment programs for displaced workers will be addressed before any agreement is signed. Bush also cornered the Democrats into choosing between two important constituencies, labor and Hispanics. Just as Bush hoped, the Democratic National Committee recently denounced fast-track authorization, which put them...
...With his deft timing and vaudeville hamminess, White brings such extravagant high spirits to the role that he is hard not to like. Moreover, his presence has helped turn Family Matters into Miller-Boyett's most watchable comedy. His constant grating presence -- the eager beaver who sets everybody's teeth on edge -- has added a dash of vinegar to the cotton-candy formula. Maybe every TV family needs a nerd in the neighborhood...
...while, the Chancellor's popularity rose with the deft handling of the complex negotiations that brought about merger in October. Unity, said the liberal weekly Die Zeit, "rescued him." It also obscured all other issues. The theme of unification, says Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, head of the Allensbach polling institute, "was completely constant from the onset of the campaign, dominating it to the exclusion of any other everyday issue." The juggernaut rolled over Lafontaine...
...share of difficulties, Governor Mario Cuomo has such velocity that his Republican opponent, economist Pierre Rinfret, talked last week of quitting the race. Thus Cuomo, like many other familiar faces, seems certain to survive November's test. In most venues, the combination of public indignation and candidates deft enough to exploit it has not reached critical mass -- at least...