Word: masterfulness
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...statesman as well as a winner, Taylor had the edge in imagination: he knew when to desist with the orthodox and try the unexpected, and he stepped in when one of his bowlers was sending down rubbish, regardless of the bowler's name. Richie Benaud was the master of appearing assured even when the plane was in a nosedive, a knack Ponting rarely displayed in England. What's not in doubt is that his players want him as captain. "I know he has a lot to offer, and there's probably nobody else who could do it at the moment...
...answer is that Lott won (by one vote over Tennessee's Lamar Alexander) because he spent the past four years quietly making himself as useful as possible to his colleagues. He lent his old strengths as a backroom dealmaker and a master of arcane Senate rules to sometimes thankless tasks. He not only won back allies that way, but he also sharpened the exact skills that his party will need for the next two years, when its main goal will be to stop Democratic bills from seeing the light of day, let alone the President's desk. As the whip...
...West needs most today is not so much a dialogue with other civilizations but an honest dialogue with itself--one that acknowledges those traditions within Western civilization that are almost never recognized. Europe, in particular, must learn to reconcile itself with the diversity of its past in order to master the coming pluralism of its future...
...Adams House co-Master John G. “Sean” Palfrey ’67 expressed concerns over the potential deterioration of House life and the possibility that students could mismanage their dining money and be stranded without meal options at the end of the week...
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Leverett House Master Howard M. Georgi ’68 suggested that many of the HUDS programs that FAS funds, such as Brain Break, should be considered a part of FAS’s academic programs...