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...building a core staff of 20, can tap into a network of experts it has assembled, who number 30 so far and range from ex-officers and diplomats to former business executives and NGO operatives. For each project, it convenes small teams of staff and associates, mixing and matching skill sets to meet the client's needs. For example, Slim says, a team may have "a human-rights person, an environmentalist and a private-equity expert--now that's pretty wacky...
...sudden spate of sabotage capped nearly two years of sporadic vandalism to French rail lines that successive inquiries attributed to isolated, disgruntled trouble-makers. But the recent incidents showed more skill, and their perpetrators seemed able to act at will without detection. For that reason, French rail users were already rattled even before the coordinated attacks of Nov. 8. The saboteurs struck in virtually all corners of the nation without warning, and applied a high degree of knowledge and technical ability in putting the destructive metal hooks in place without being killed by the 25,000-volt power lines...
...human current, evoking a gut-wrenching image that Graham detailed in the subtitle to the piece: “devastation—homelessness—exile.”The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater’s performance was a reminder of what the synthesis of vision, artistry, and skill in dance really looks and feels like...
...movement whose interlocking eclecticism and traditionalism have informed generations of music makers. The novel musical themes of his 1969 debut—an entirely instrumental album called “6- And 12-String Guitar”—are only surpassed by the technical skill necessary to execute them. Kottke is the most recognizable living American associated with acoustic guitar performance and not without good reason. His career straddles the divide between the independent, underground performer and the performer who brings his gifts to the mainstream. His early-70s image as the acoustic guitar’s fresh...
...Also, the race course is short. It is sailed many times. This involves a lot of turning. How 18 boats all sailing around the same tiny buoy manage not to hit each other…in my opinion, a bona fide miracle. In reality, a whole lot of technical skill...