Word: skillful
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Without his father around for some tutoring, Abdullah will find the going tough as he grapples with Jordan's blighted economy, disenchantment with Israel, and Saddam's dangerous regime. The biggest fear is that in times of trouble the son will lack the authority and skill that enabled his father to straddle the divides...
There are risks. Recombinant pro-urokinase, like TPA, increases the chances of dangerous bleeding in the brain. And the treatment requires a doctor with great skill at threading a catheter into the brain...
...Usually we are forced into a defensive style because we don't have the skill to keep up," Union Coach Kevin Sneddon '92 said. "Tonight we went at 'em and for the first time in a long while we played to win instead of not to lose; there's a big difference...
...stuff of legend. He foiled scores of coup plots and assassination attempts, prevailed in a civil war and nurtured his impoverished fledgling country into a key regional player despite being surrounded by hostile neighbors. In the end, cancer was the only thing his legendary courage, charisma and political skill were unable to overcome...
After a year spent denouncing Clinton's character--the lies he told, the friends he betrayed, the garbage he collected in the campaign to save his skin--even his enemies last week were left wondering at the political skill that goes with it. The most hardened pros could scarcely imagine the assignment Clinton took on. He stood Tuesday night before an audience that included the Senators who are in the process of deciding whether all the ways he dishonored his office warrant stripping him of it--and then he flaunted its power and magic, bet the farm, promised the moon...