Word: deftly
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...while some criticize Russell's leadership style as too laid-back, she showed deft leadership skills in resolving a dispute between Superintendent of Schools Mary Lou McGrath and Edward Sarasin, principal of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School...
...Senate also turned back a similar attempt to dismantle the program on a 61-to-35 vote in February, albeit after some more conventional politicking--a deft Bob Dole maneuver. The majority leader--cum--presidential candidate pushed through a measure that earmarked $200 million to help clean up the Everglades by purchasing adjacent cane fields and retiring them from production. That placated colleagues concerned about the impact of sugar farming and made it easier for them to perpetuate price supports...
...also why this year's nod to Babe wins cheers even from a rival, Braveheart's Steven Rosenblum: "Groups like the Academy often don't recognize how well edited these quiet pictures are." Seven's Richard Francis-Bruce adds that the contemplative Il Postino deserved a mention for its deft matching of shots, within the same scene, of the ailing Massimo Troisi and his body double who appears in about half of the film. "If they had known, maybe they would have voted...
...thus the scenic mountains, and thugs with pasty skin and a predilection to say "Eh?" a lot.) As the guy who cleans up a ghetto, helps a crippled kid and does battle with a rampaging Hovercraft, Chan shows off the muscle of a superhero and the charm of a deft comedian. He doesn't swagger or threaten, flash his Magnum .44 or talk dirty to women; he's Gentleman Jackie...
Robinson portrays Parker with deft restraint, convincing us that he has resurrected the sad genius on the bare, black stage. This transcendence is successful in part because Robinson intersperses his monologue with lengthy performances of Parker's own saxophone solos: "Koko", "Warming up a Riff", and "Parker's Mood". Robinson plays so well and so compellingly that we can only imagine the sublime experiences of hearing Parker himself play live. The sax provides a respite from the depressing facts of Parker's life; when Robinson stops playing, we miss its mellow loveliness. The instrument itself becomes a symbol...