Word: expertly
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...anonymous source, who is an expert on South East Asian politics, says the Malay government is becoming more fundamentalist. "There is a group of hunters and gatherers on the Malay peninsula, the Orangasli, that have their own religion. I've heard that officials have said, 'Once they become Muslim, our work is done,'" he says...
...skiing at Albertville is likely to ignite an instantaneous star: Donna Weinbrecht of New Jersey. A two-time World Cup moguls champion, Weinbrecht, 26, is heavily favored to capture the gold. Weinbrecht learned to ski on family vacations in Vermont and by age 10 had managed most of the expert slopes. That is when she decided she liked straying off the groomed trails and onto the rougher, steep stuff: moguls presented an extra challenge. "I started skiing bumps and I had fun," says Weinbrecht. "I felt a freedom of expression." Her teammate and training partner, Nelson Carmichael of Colorado...
...other economic superpower. Since three of the five Democrats have been state Governors (Clinton, Kerrey of Nebraska and Jerry Brown of California), they tend to welcome Japanese investment in America (jobs) even as they deplore Japanese trading practices (lost jobs). No Democratic candidate would qualify as a Japan expert, but all, aside from Tsongas, have visited the country. In fact Harkin lived in Japan for 18 months as a naval aviator during the 1960s, and Brown made pilgrimages both as Governor and, more recently, as an acolyte in a Zen retreat in Kamakura...
...virtues of the judicial system, the courtroom is not the best place to work out scientific truths. Lawyers pursuing drug-liability suits often depend on a small cadre of "expert witnesses" to help make their case. These hired guns, complains Frank Woodside, a doctor and attorney for Dow Corning Wright, "don't always have qualifications, and prey upon the sympathy of the jurors...
Australian Ambassador Peter Wilenski, an internationally recognized expert on management who is spearheading the reform movement, says the U.N. "is run as a club rather than an organization." Notes Edward Luck, president of the U.N. Association of the U.S.A., a private group: "The organization doesn't know how to set priorities -- and good management starts there...