Word: skillfull
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The students seem to be losing their enthusiasm for the amorphous affairs; but, more important, the Berkeley police are not losing theirs. They were on hand once more last week, as they have been since the first volatile protests started. Helmetless in the thick of a riot, cool in the...
In 1755 a skillful rococo colorist named Joseph Blackburn arrived from England. He immediately became an established painter in Boston and his work had a profound influence on Copley's portraiture. Blackburn's colors were light and gentle but the elegance of Blackburn's style drew out of Copley the...
Richard Burton, at his very best, gets sturdy opposition from Oskar Werner in a skillful version of the John le Carré thriller about a British Intelligence man who poses as a defector to East Germany.
Ostensibly a ghostwritten political promotion for his California gubernatorial aspirations, Reagan mentions nary a word of his political ambitions until the last couple of pages. But he slips in a sentence now and then so we know he's really qualified. Take his long experience as a lifeguard for instance...
To that end, under the skillful handling of the Spencer-Roberts political-management firm, Reagan has moved slightly toward center. He still spends a good part of his time inveighing against "social tinkering" and "big-brother, paternalistic government," has refused to rule out support from the far-right wing by...