Word: skillfull
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DANIEL LANOIS: ACADIE (Opal/Warner Bros.). Record producers, even those as skillful as Lanois (U2, Dylan), usually come up with eccentric gewgaws when they perform on their own. But here is an exception: Lanois' music is minimal, mystical, folklike but decidedly unfolksy. No wonder he runs with the big boys.
The holiday may be over, but it's not to late to catch one of Harvard's spookiest Halloween treats. First-class acting, skillful direction and a healthy dose of paranoia make Ten Little Indians a sure bet both to frighten and entertain. And after seeing this production, you might...
Wilkinson, who has also written books about police work on Cape Cod and moonshine enforcement in North Carolina, finds and displays much genuine cause for outrage here, but he also brings back a richer, more complex story than he seems willing to acknowledge. Better pay and treatment from the growers...
If Western Europe's plane ride toward market unity in 1992 has finally reached cruising speed, that is due in large measure to the skillful maneuvering performed by the craft's chief pilot, Jacques Delors. It was the shrewd but sometimes prickly Frenchman, shortly after he became the European Commission...
"The old soft version of Anita had disappeared entirely; she had been recruited by the Nazi party," writes Bernays, whose narrative voice has now been completely subsumed by Barker's character. Bernays is so skillful at presenting the sexist-male viewpoint that, as the anger builds over such an offensive...