Word: skillfull
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Kissinger, moreover, has too often failed to cultivate his relations with Congress. Oddly, although he is a skillful compromiser and has a remarkable feeling for the interplay of power overseas, he has been unable to deal with Senators and Representatives at home. A case in point was his emotional argument...
Even then positions may not be final, as each heavyweight will have the burdensome task of proving to Parker that he cannot be replaced by an oarsman stronger and more skillful than he. And the proving ground will be more a mine field than a playground.
There is little doubt, however, that this spring's team is the fastest and most skillful that Harvard has seen in a long time. And whether or not many wins will be the club's first and only goal, it's likely there will be plenty.
After three decades in public life. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller has a well-earned reputation as a shrewd, tough, skillful operator. But when he was sworn in as Vice President, Rockefeller also be came the presiding officer of the U.S. Senate, and the moment he entered that historic chamber he was...
Well, maybe. On the other hand, maybe Austen has once again fallen victim to her own cult, the Janeites. The Janeites take their author like warm milk at bedtime, cozily oblivious to the ground glass of her ironies and tough-mindedness. Perhaps only a Janeite would be capable of completing...