Word: skillfully
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...masterful at it is cliched, but it's hard not to mention the bottomless political skill of a man who can turn a rough first 100 days to his advantage: Clinton doesn't point to his specific missteps (mainly not cutting out the pork in his stimulus package when moderate Democratic Sen. John Breaux asked him to, thereby sparking a fight over the pork that the Republicans won). Instead, he says, "I may have overextended myself, and we've got to focus on big things...
...whom any sociologist would label misfits. Eric Thorsen gets by as a piano teacher and accompanist. His sister sells espresso machines at Macy's. Their father brews trouble. So do the people drawn to the Thorsens, mostly by Eric's good looks -- to which he is indifferent. Wilcox's skill is in taking the reader by the hand into his shaggy narrative and filling it with unexpected turns. Serious things happen in his books (Modern Baptists, Polite Sex), and the characters are not frivolous. Yet -- mostly in self-recognition -- the reader laughs...
...translator of tremendous skill...He has an impeccable grasp of English and Japanese...he's the best translator in the game," said Professor of Japanese History Harold Bolitho. "We're tremendously lucky to have...
This weekend in Princeton, N.J., history repeated itself. The Crimson once again showed it has the skill and firepower to play with the best--for a half...
...clash between cash and conscience is hardly novel; ! and his main target, infant formula, has been pilloried for more than a decade. What makes Three Hotels so memorable, in an impeccable production, is Baitz's ability to render people specific and real. He savors the businessman's skill at infighting and pride in the art of firing failed subordinates even as the character edges toward a moral quandary. He evokes the wife's protectiveness and pragmatic respect toward her husband's labor even as she lashes out to end it. The play implies in each partner a hint of madness...