Word: skillful
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Earlier this year Kaifu showed signs of being a lot better than that. Demonstrating unexpected skill and boldness, he engineered major progress in trade talks with the U.S. This week he could advance both his own standing and his country's by bringing more than just his checkbook to his meeting with Bush...
...skill of the army and the important role it plays in Israeli society has created another, some would argue, pernicious affect on the country. By all accounts, the army has helped to forge a country where militarism and military subjects play a prominent role...
...army, who feel they have no other home but Israel. For them, serving in the army is the act which represents their greatest commitment to Israel Also the army, along with the intelligence agencies, is the institution which has saved Israel from defeat. Their technological precision and martial skill put the Israeli Defense Forces among the highest-ranked military forces in the world...
Putting last things first is an old storyteller's trick, and there isn't a trickier old storyteller than Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A good example of his skill comes early in this new novel about the final days of Simon Bolivar, and it is worth quoting if only to demonstrate how a maestro establishes his theme...
...this skill improves with years, Wang says, adding, "the professors are better controlled than the graduate students...