Word: skillful
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...undeniable that he's led one of the majornews empires at the time when it's trying tojuggle various transitions, technologicaltransitions and the role of the Internet. I thinkthat he's done that all with great skill," hesays...
Teachers will often urge a child to solve a problem herself. But while that is a necessary skill on the playground and in the rest of life, serious sexual harassment usually cannot be handled by a child acting alone. If your daughter tells you she is being sexually bullied, first of all believe her. She has already done the hardest thing by coming to you. Go to the school and discuss the matter with your child's teachers and administrators, and follow up in writing...
...flames of a feud between Indian authors Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth by reporting that Rushdie had dismissed Seth's epic 1993 best seller, A Suitable Boy, as nothing but a "soap opera." Seth denied that Rushdie had been snide, but it is a measure of Seth's extraordinary skill and versatility--his first novel, The Golden Gate, was a tale of San Francisco written entirely in elegant verse; A Suitable Boy was the opposite, a marvelous, sprawling, and gripping tale of Indian family life--that one wonders if his latest book, An Equal Music (Broadway Books; 381 pages...
DIED. HENRY JONES, 86, Everyman actor; of injuries suffered in a fall at his home; in Los Angeles. Jones' neighborly face and subtle acting skill allowed him to slip unnoticed into roles in 350 television shows and dozens of plays and films. A favorite of Alfred Hitchcock's, Jones appeared most memorably as the coroner in Vertigo...
...nonprofit organizations and millions of citizens into giving every child at risk five things: an ongoing relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to go after school (most juveniles get in trouble between the hours of 3 and 8 p.m.), as well as a healthy start, a marketable skill and a chance to serve others...