Word: knacks
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...possesses what may be the fashion industry's top commodity, a knack for creating a must-have. So successful has Frida Giannini been as Gucci's accessories designer, one of many posts left vacant when design deity Tom Ford departed the $2 billion luxury house last year, that she has been tapped to take over the women's ready-to-wear collection. Among Giannini's credentials: five years designing at Fendi and two seasons reinventing Gucci accessories (which make up more than 80% of sales); this spring's floral shoes and next fall's velvet-and-leather Pelham bags...
Metropolis is the story of a harmless, hapless, nameless young German immigrant, fresh off the boat in 1860-something, who has a knack for naively stumbling into complicated plots through no fault of his own. First he falls in with a violent Manhattan street gang whose members call themselves the Whyos and communicate with an elaborate, secret singing language (they are selected for their musical ability). Then he falls violently in love with a fetching Irish Whyo named Beanie, "a sassy girl gangster who sometimes wore trousers." Against his better judgment, our hero gets embroiled in the Whyos' various capers...
...that he can practice his calligraphy between deals. On weekends he studies oil painting with his 7-year-old daughter. He hopes that by the time she grows up, he will have become chairman of China's largest gold mine--a fitting aspiration for a man with a knack for spotting buried treasure. --By Susan Jakes/Shanghai
Much of the material does not age well—in original or in imitation. The series’ most consistent contributor, Kevin McCarthy, has a particular knack for producing believably B-rate work. He makes his stories too simplistic to appeal to modern readers, but does not authentically emulate the era of his story...
...most compelling credential might be that he’s—gasp!—a college drop-out. After leaving school, Auslander rose through the ranks of a New York advertising agency. Somewhere along the way, he appears to have acquired a knack for writing in 30-second sound-bytes...