Word: skillfull
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Rewind to 2000. Broderick had been gamely vamping his way through big-budget nonsuccesses (Godzilla, Inspector Gadget) while quietly surprising a few dozen moviegoers with skillful turns in low-budget indies (Election, You Can Count on Me). Lane had given what looked like, and should have been, a breakout performance...
In the middle of the first half Johnson left the goal to do battle with a Black Bear forward who had snuck past Harvard’s three defenders and was able to take the ball away with a skillful tackle.
For all its flaws, though, “The Third Brother” makes even more clear what readers of “Twelve” already knew: McDonell is a skillful storyteller who deserves the awe and admiration of his fellow students—even if he ruminates over...
There's a lot going on here, some of which is underdeveloped. Other parts are just plain distracting, particularly the notes from beyond, which are more often hokey than profound. But Goldberg is a skillful, smooth writer who has clearly done her research, and readers who can tune out the...
Why would a sport vanish from a country? And how does it then reappear and flourish? The first question is the harder one, and answering it involves a short trip through history. From the writings of George Vason, an English missionary dropped on one of the country's 170 islands...