Word: deftly
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...proved a deft hand at swapping and buying oil leases, and by the end of the 1920s he was a millionaire...
Playwright Eduardo de Filippo is a deft entertainer who deals in stage Italians in the same way that others deal in stage Irishmen or Jews. Stage Italians are volatile, tempestuous, jealous, meltingly sentimental, arm-waving operatic hams. Right? Right...
Just 42 seconds later, the Crimson tallied once again on a drive that was sustained by the deft running of shifty halfback, Larry Schember. Schember capped the march with a one-yard dive and the Crimson led 19-7, as the conversion kick failed...
...offensive onslaught, topping all Crimson rushers with a total of 57 yards. He was instrumental in the second-half comeback, throwing a touchdown pass to Pat McInally and taking a screen pass from quarterback Milt Holt and running the ball back 69 yards for another score, in a deft display of open-field running...
While Edmondson is a deft public speaker, Bellmon, who looks more like a Green Bay Packer than a Senator, never knows what to do with his hands and stumbles over every speech. But that wins him sympathy. "Pore Henry," Oklahomans say somewhat admiringly, "cain't speak worth a damn." Bellmon by a hair...