Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Show. With his customary skill, Senate Majority Leader Johnson has placed himself directly on top of the session's key issue. As chairman of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee, he will sit as prosecutor and judge while the civilian and military brass from the Pentagon is summoned up to the Hill and cross-examined on U.S. defense shortfalls. The committee's report will have a strong impact on what Congress does about defense. Working closely with Texas' Johnson in the defense area will be the chairmen of the House and Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittees, Texas' Representative George...
...Nikita himself does not yet have absolute power, is still best described as chairman of the gang. And to control such a gang, as Nikita well knows, takes far more political skill than Stalin ever required. Khrushchev's Russia needs its thinking men?its scientists and its technicians?and Khrushchev must allow them to think. They demand respect. They can do without Khrushchev, but Khrushchev cannot do without them. Within the party there may be younger men who will overtake him when he slows or stumbles. But in 1957, Nikita Khrushchev outran, outfoxed, outbragged, outworked and out-drank them...
Close to the Nerve. Russia's goateed Premier Nikolai Bulganin plunged into this already troubled atmosphere with purposeful skill. In separate notes to NATO nations Bulganin warned that the placement of U.S. missiles in Europe would "seriously" increase "the danger of a new war." In each the Russian Premier carefully jabbed at the recipient's most-exposed nerve. Examples...
...these agreements would demand all the skill of U.S. diplomacy, all the force of leadership the U.S. could summon, both at the summit conference and thereafter. "Our relations with Europe," said one foreign policy expert last week, "are now entering the acute phase. Europe's bargaining position is very high now and will get higher before it declines...
...more than satisfied. The asparagus stalk they used to know has developed into an extraordinarily graceful giant. When his slow-starting teammates let St. Joseph's sneak into a first-half lead (26-23), Wilt took command, collected passes from all over the court, and showed his familiar skill at dunking scores. On defense, his long arms wove a screen in front of St. Joseph's basket. With time to regain their poise before the Wilt-worshiping crowd, Wilt's teammates turned to, added 35 points to Wilt's personal 31, and won the game...