Word: skillfull
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Under the watchful eyes of American Automobile Association judges, the drivers had to keep an average speed of 42 miles per hour over the tricky course, save gas by skillful driving (e.g.,-a gentle, steady accelerator pressure), use no trick gadgets. One driver, wearing neither shoes nor socks, had sandpapered...
With the collaboration of Basil Dean, Graham Greene has transformed his novel into an extremely affecting play. Mr. Greene tells a story of Catholic sin and anguish with supreme artistry: he is a master of dialogue and characterization, and, what is more, he blends philosophic ideas and drama with great...
The author's skillful use of small details also adds interest to the latter parts of the book. For example, in Arizona Mitchell Hickok has been praised for spelling names correctly, a traditional tenet of accurate journalism. But when Mitch is interviewed by New York reporters, they spell his name...
But the main point of the book--the superiority of the simple, pure reporter over the New York publishing system--is so well made that Cleveland Amory's "Home Town" remains a skillful and humorous satire.
Like the others it is a skillful, dramatic allegory in which each character becomes an effective symbolic puppet. Like the others it deals with unpalatable human possibilities, but like most allegories it induces fairy-tale shivers instead of moral indignation.