Word: masterful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Tsang? Unlike Tung, the Shanghai-born heir to a Hong Kong shipping empire, Tsang does not come from a privileged background. The eldest son of a policeman, Tsang joined the civil service?Hong Kong's iron rice bowl?soon after high school. His diligence and loyalty pleased his British masters, who sent him to Harvard to get a master's in public administration and granted him a knighthood. Tsang acted as a crucial bridge during Hong Kong's handover to China in 1997, and fought off currency speculators during the Asian financial crisis, postcolonial Hong Kong's first big challenge...
...player since winning his first championship in 1985; in Moscow. A fierce, innovative competitor, Kasparov's victories were so numerous that his few losses were better known-like his 1997 defeat by a 1.2-ton IBM computer, Deeper Blue. "I am a man of big goals," the Russian grand master said upon his retirement, "but I no longer see any real goal in the world of chess." An outspoken opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kasparov said he would now spend more time focusing on politics...
Costumes, too, reflect the production’s deliberate commitment to simplicity. As a result, the design adheres to traditional symbolism—white for the bride Zerlina, black for the mourning Donna Anna, a brown vest for the dingy servant Leporello, and a tuxedo for his master...
...Master of Ceremonies, Baratunde R. Thurston ’99, a former Crimson editor-turned comedian, lead the ceremony with witty introductions of both the Woman of the Year and other tributes to black women...
...bulletin also notes the Iraq-based master terrorist's apparent belief that "if an individual has enough money, he can bribe his way into the U.S.," specifically by obtaining a "visa to Honduras" and then traveling across Mexico and the southern U.S. border. Al-Zarqawi's aide also revealed that his boss, after pondering the absence of attacks in the U.S. in recent years, concluded that a lack of "willing martyrs" was to blame. Al-Zarqawi believes, according to his lieutenant, that "if an individual is willing to die, there was nothing that could be done to stop him," even...