| 单词 | adroitly |
| 例句 | He displayed the cigarette holder grandly on every occasion and had learned to manipulate it adroitly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The judge had been uncomfortable throughout the morning, annoyed by the sensation that he had not performed well, had not conducted the proceedings adroitly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But Hodges quickly proved to be a consummate politician of the Southern progressive type, using words like “compromise” and “understanding” while adroitly undermining any real change in the status quo. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He lived in the details and worked his magic in the context of the moment, mobilizing those forces on the ground more adroitly and with a more deft tactical proficiency than anyone else. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A fat bee crawled across the top of the dresser, and adroitly Biff caught it in his hand and put it out the open window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He drew his sword and showed it to her; a longsword adroitly shrunken to suit a boy of twelve, gleaming blue steel, castle-forged and double-edged, with a leather grip and a lion's-head pommel in gold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The winged beasts clawed at their smaller opponents, but the fairies adroitly evaded the blows and slashed off their wings, sending the gargoyles hurtling to the ground. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They were chasing crows and adroitly maneuvering among the tree branches. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z And Ms. Dhavernas and Mr. Short pull them off, adroitly underplaying Mary’s slightly loopy intensity and Des’s facade of sarcasm. Review: ‘Mary Kills People,’ but It’s for a Good Reason 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z “In Mr. Aaron’s adroitly edited version, Inman’s diary is a fascinating document, by turns bizarre and illuminating, poignant and obscene,” the psychologist Michael Vincent Miller wrote in The New York Times Book Review. Daniel Aaron, Critic and Historian Who Pioneered American Studies, Dies at 103 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z “Dave” could still rise to this nation’s turbulent occasion, by even more adroitly revealing to us how a fake president can be a better leader than a real one. Review | Despite top-notch cast and crew, ‘Dave’ dissolves into camp by second act 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z American Idiot is a knotty and challenging piece that adroitly skirts cheesiness, and bravely eschews the easy option of a pat, happy ending. American Idiot – review 2012-10-11T11:47:04Z Such is rock's power – and such is the power of an adroitly deployed piece of rock music – that it only takes a scintilla in one scene to transform a whole movie. Score draws 2010-12-04T00:05:00Z Sophie Stanton, adroitly juggling two roles, is in gleaming form as the woman’s editor who champions the “Page 3 girl” as crucial to the market-savvy equation. Review: In ‘Ink,’ a Media Mogul Is Born — Rupert Murdoch 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z It's the inscrutable workings of another mind, so adroitly suggested by Price, that really captivates. Artist of the week 191: Tom Price 2012-05-31T13:35:24Z The audience laughed, and Noah tried to press him on such a fatalistic pronouncement, but Graham adroitly dodged, beaming from ear-to-ear with that South Carolina smile. Comedy Central, hire Lindsey Graham! The trash-talking senator upstages Trevor Noah with unflappable ease 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z It's impossible to examine Morgan's oeuvre without noting how adroitly it pulls in so many influences. Piers Morgan is our greatest living artist 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The wine list adroitly spans the gap between trophy hunters and value seekers. The Grill Is Confident, Theatrical, Sharp and New Yorky 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Waldman adroitly sidestepped the “chick lit” trap by making the protagonist of her novel a man. ‘Fear of Flying’ by Erica Jong, 40 Years Later 2013-12-19T00:00:45Z The high-contrast elements are adroitly balanced, though the current company seems at a remove from the piece’s earnest emotions, introducing a hollowness, an undermining echo of doubt. Roundup: Abundant Tap Talent, and Doug Varone After 30 Years 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z “Halt and Catch Fire became the new Mad Men when it stopped trying to be,” as Time magazine adroitly put it. From Breaking Bad to Blackadder: the great TV shows with patchy first seasons 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z You also see how adroitly he borrows from Bauhaus, de Stijl and Constructivist design and from fine artists like Klee, Miró, Mondrian, Matisse and others. Review: ‘Everything Is Design’ Showcases Paul Rand, Master of Brand Identity 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z "Every scene... is expertly managed; every comic line and funny moment adroitly presented and every performance given with intelligence and love," he said in his five-star review. Mike Leigh tipped for Turner prizes 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The film adroitly sets the writer's works, his triumphs and tribulations, against the backdrop of a tumultuous period for European Jewry. 'Sholem Aleichem' documents 'the Jewish Mark Twain' 2011-09-29T20:01:06Z But the play rewards you with late revelations that adroitly undermine easy moral judgments of any of these knotty, interwoven relations. Cue the 2012 Tony Awards, and a stripped-down Broadway season 2012-06-07T21:40:41Z But the deception being peddled so adroitly here isn’t one of mistaken sexual identity. | 'La Cage aux Folles': Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge on Broadway 2010-04-19T04:59:00Z But because the screenplay adroitly adheres to the thriller playbook, you barely notice the danger signs. Review: ‘The Gift,’ a Stalker Thriller That Isn’t What It Seems 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z At the same time, storm clouds were being gathered, adroitly if a bit obviously, presaging next season’s battles. ArtsBeat: Unraveling the 'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Finale 2013-06-10T18:22:19Z As the Boy and First Angel, the countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo adroitly navigates the luminous and piercing, the gentle and chilly sides of his two-sided character. Review: ‘Written on Skin,’ an Opera of Love, Betrayal and a Little Cannibalism 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z But the filmmakers adroitly make up for that, and add a crucial humanizing element, by focusing on the women’s conflicted but supportive parents, who are co-stars of the documentary. Television Review: ‘Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer,’ in HBO Documentary Series 2013-06-09T21:13:51Z “It,” on the other hand, balances these two so adroitly that one almost takes the meld for granted. Why "It" deserves Oscars 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z In other words, as with the season’s finale of one’s most addictive television show, one felt thoroughly and adroitly manipulated. The Coy Art of the Mystery Bidder 2010-05-08T18:32:00Z Mr. Pruitt then sketches over the projection in white paint, with an adroitly businesslike hand. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The production features a bustling chorus of Woolfs, nine in all, bespectacled and drably attired; each of them adroitly handles at least one additional role, and sometimes more. Review: In ‘Orlando,’ Emma Corrin Straddles Genders and Centuries 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Thompson and her editor, Sylvie Landra, adroitly capture the eddies and squalls of casual conversation, as the polished cast works in harmonious dissonance to strike contrapuntal notes of idiosyncrasy. | 'Change of Plans': All Kiss-and-Tell and Wink-and-Nod at a Crowded Dinner Party 2010-08-26T23:23:00Z The Russian did not touch the inside pocket of his coat, into which his new identity had been adroitly slipped, until he reached the desk and produced it. Five Novelists Imagine Trump’s Next Chapter 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Anna's starting to realise the grownups around her aren't very grown up after all – and Quillévéré adroitly shifts between their perspectives. First sight: Katell Quill?v?r? 2011-03-17T22:01:01Z Meg Miroshnik's inventively comic "The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls" plugs these mythological figures into post-Soviet Russia and adroitly subverts them. 'Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls' is a subversive romp through modern Moscow 2012-10-04T20:05:08Z Mr. Howard adroitly plays both aspects of this man: the fearless, outspoken firebrand and the sly, cocky rogue. Movie Review: ‘Winnie Mandela,’ Starring Jennifer Hudson and Many Outfits 2013-09-05T21:38:48Z But in the interviews, adroitly braided with solo performances, the men don’t speak of their lives, as in “No Maps,” but about their approaches and the broader aesthetics of tap. Tap Dance, and the Hard Work of Making It All Look Easy 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Chekhov renders some of its scenes and speeches adroitly, but its construction falters, particularly in the final act. Ivanov – review 2012-11-12T18:01:24Z This was the genius of the latest trailer for "Avengers: Endgame," an adroitly bombastic masterpiece of emotionally manipulative marketing. This is why the "Avengers" and "Star Wars" trailers made you cry 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Best’s director, Jeremy Herrin, has built his career very adroitly on new plays and comes at “Much Ado” as if it were one, mining the amorous give-and-take at its center with uncommon ease. London Theater: Divergent Takes on 'Much Ado' 2011-06-07T13:00:06Z The play, adroitly brought to comic life by director Stevie Walker-Webb, begins as a kind of familiar palliative a la TV’s Huxtables: An affluent black family is preparing a birthday celebration for their elderly matriarch. Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Fairview' at Woolly: Both serious and a hoot - The Washington Post 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Unable to excel as a singer, actress or model, she adroitly identified social media as offering a cheaper, and so more easily accessible, kind of fame. Probing the Murder of a Pakistani Internet Sensation 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z In his three riveting videos — of a rolling tire, a swirling river and a scrolling brick wall — Mr. Barr also plays adroitly with the surfaces of things. Museum and Gallery Listings for Feb. 28-March 6 2014-02-27T23:20:25Z But it adroitly maps the dwindling gap between the individual and the world. ‘Fake Accounts’ Examines the Alluring Trap of Our Online Personas 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z In effect, it’s a simulacrum of a movie that takes the place of the experience of watching a movie—but does so adroitly. An Edward Snowden “Terminator” 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z In fact it's a peekaboo admission that fiction is fact adroitly displaced and rearranged, since Barnes here indirectly recreates his relationship with his wife. Levels of Life by Julian Barnes – review 2013-04-06T13:00:01Z Sarah Hemming at the Financial Times described the move from page to play as "a pleasing fit" saying "Reade's fluid version adroitly balances plot essentials and detailed scenes." Pride and Prejudice's foray onto outdoor stage 'intelligent' 2013-06-27T13:01:21Z Nevertheless, Taïa adroitly conveys the sobering message that, whether in the mid-20th century or in the early 21st, sexual stigma is often irremovable, and can even foreclose the possibility of a return home. Queer Exile: Three Novels About Émigrés, Lovers and Family 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The Yale ensemble adroitly illuminated its quirky nuances, like the siren imitation and the flatulent waltz. Music Review: Penderecki Conducts His Work at Carnegie Hall 2010-05-02T20:59:00Z However, in later years she would confuse and combine the material, so that members of the band would need to skip adroitly from one tune to another at any moment. Bi Kidude dies 2013-04-17T17:32:16Z She adroitly navigated the cultural tide of feminism, female empowerment and the #MeToo movement, transforming herself from a publicist to a veritable power broker. Audrey Gelman, the Wing’s Co-Founder, Resigns 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z And she adroitly pulls off the script’s cunning reversals at the end. London Theater Journal: Rehab and Resistance 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z They also entice the classiest Hollywood players — the Nolans, Christian Bales and Paul Haggises of the world — to enterprises that, in less-sophisticated hands, wouldn’t be nearly as smart or adroitly executed. ‘Apes’ raises a common question about reboots: Why so serious? The whole thing is glued together by a remarkable performance from Greig, who adroitly plays the role for laughs, but also movingly suggests a woman in mourning for her lost self. Jumpy – review 2012-08-29T11:29:11Z No one ever rapped more effortlessly, adroitly toggling between sneering menace and lackadaisical chill. Perspective | 25 years later, Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ remains rap’s world-building masterpiece 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement Mr. Franzen adroitly dovetails these story lines, using large dollops of Dickensian coincidence and multiple plot twists to construct suspense and to entertain. Review: In ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen Hits a New Octave 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Rockwell shows that he can lasso furniture as adroitly as any carnival cowboy, but there's a charming clumsiness to his characterization. Clive Owen and Sam Rockwell hit Broadway in 'Old Times' and 'Fool for Love' with different results 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The exhibition focuses first on Ms. Mann’s preoccupation with family relations when her children were young and she adroitly registered the endemic conflicts and convolutions in the process of growing up. Sally Mann’s Haunted South 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z In a new program, “Dutch Doubles,” which opened last week at the Het Muziektheater, he adroitly combines tutus, Mozart and Beethoven, as well as high-profile collaborations with modern artists and designers. In ‘Dutch Doubles,’ 4 Choreographers, Inspired by 4 Artists 2014-04-21T12:35:07Z The movie adroitly avoids the format of talking heads reminiscing by playing excerpts from taped audio interviews over documentary footage. Movie Review | 'Waking Sleeping Beauty': Meeting Animators Behind a Decade of Disney Hits 2010-03-26T00:25:00Z In prose that adroitly mixes the prosaic and the poetic, Mr. Rebanks, 40, evokes a world essentially unknown to the 16 million tourists who visit the Lake District each year. James Rebanks, Man of Sheep, Man of Letters 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z He's given masterful help from designers Tim Mitchell and Jérôme Kaplan, whose skills with lighting and scrims shuffle the action adroitly between different scenes and time zones. Northern Ballet: The Great Gatsby – review 2013-03-06T12:53:52Z Serial killers, broken families and heartbreaking lost or tortured children are among his specialties, and “The Sandman” is an adroitly nerve-racking book full of all those things. A Monster in the Mold of Hannibal Lecter Haunts ‘The Sandman’ 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The many passages for the expanded ensemble — especially the flower waltz, topped by Andrew Jordan’s zany floral headdresses — are enjoyable and adroitly organized, filling the stage with lines, processions and concentric circles. Review: A ‘Nutcracker’ Taps and Swings 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The cast are all wise and warm, and their drama adroitly parallels the strain on traditional societies in a techno-industrial century. Reality TV, redneck-style 2013-06-21T12:00:00Z Venus Over Manhattan appeared to be using virtual displays as adroitly as any other gallery. Gallery Sues Landlord, Claiming Covid-19 Shutdown Voids Lease 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z But established series will be formidable competitors: “Succession” wrapped up its euphorically reviewed second season on HBO in October, and “The Crown” has adroitly reimagined itself with a new cast. ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘The Irishman’ Propel Netflix to Most Golden Globe Nominations 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Blain, a historian, adroitly connects Hamer’s civil-rights-era activism to today’s fights against police brutality, sexism and poverty, revealing Hamer to have been a farsighted force for change, whose vision and tactics endure. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Director Lindy Heymann begins by adroitly, if overemphatically, showing how for both women obsessing over a football star is a symptom of emotional pain caused by the absent men in their lives. Film review: Kicks 2010-06-03T22:15:00Z With hints of “The Wire” and traditional Mafia melodrama, “the combination is handled so adroitly that the show sucks you in,” Mike Hale wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Gomorrah’ and ‘Cleveland Hustles’ 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Otherwise, “Dr. Ken” altogether avoids the natural tensions of family politics, adroitly sidestepping problems of social integration and cultural clashes. Paging “Dr. Ken”: A TV show that should be one small step forward for Asian-Americans feels like two giant steps back 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Luckily the orchestra, under Lothar Koenigs, were playing so adroitly that the slipped dialogue and consequent collapse of surtitles in the prologue hardly mattered, expertly brought back on course by the nimble conductor. The Turn of the Screw; Ariadne auf Naxos; Les p?cheurs de perles; Mitsuko Uchida 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z Most distinctive about the colored-gel-on-lightbox collages that appear here, along with a pair of LED sculptures, is how adroitly they sidestep all of the usual associations. Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Speed rules from the first frame, but anger is adroitly held back. All the road rage: Fast & Furious 6 taps a modern vein 2013-05-20T13:40:02Z This visually stunning animation masterwork, steeped in Irish myth, folklore and legend, so adroitly mixes the magical and the everyday that to watch it is to be wholly immersed in an enchanted world. 'Song of the Sea' is a masterwork by director Tomm Moore 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Dispensing electricity in sparks That fizzled from a swatter he now held, Our Frenchman chased the fly, but left no marks, Since flies are so adroitly self-propelled . Style Invitational Week 1406: The news could be verse 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z There was no scripted interaction between the women: Fox improvised that line, which addresses racial and gender solidarity more adroitly than some of the film’s bombastic monologues. Vivica A Fox: 'Black Lives Matter is going to be Trump's demise' 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The filmmakers adroitly skirt both the cute and the condescending — the default registers of too many movies about geezers — to offer a dual portrait of gloriously alive men who just happen to be old. Critic’s Notebook: Mirror, Mirror: Sundance Hits 30 2014-01-23T22:44:05Z Other principal players adroitly juggle several parts apiece. ‘Spamalot’ is a successful quest for laughs 2014-02-08T03:50:51Z And he adroitly maintains the balance between discipline and release that is central to Baroque music, particularly the French repertoire. He Was a ‘Bad Boy’ Harpsichordist, and the Best of His Age 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z She notes, adroitly, that their stories “have not had a place in the great American tradition of expatriate literature.” Books of The Times: ?Dreaming in French,? by Alice Kaplan 2012-04-03T21:57:00Z Beautifully composed and adroitly paced, the film is suffused with a melancholy that Mr. Bong, in his signature trick, somehow marries to low humor. Film: Where Wit and Genre Filmmaking Collide 2010-02-25T00:26:00Z The building — adroitly refreshed by the London architects Carmody Groarke, who wrapped the structure in an undulating fiberglass screen — is a further nod to Waddington and Flack’s romance with the West Coast. T Magazine: London's Next Big Restaurant? Shrimpy's 2012-05-29T20:51:22Z Weeks of performances under the Philharmonic’s music director, Jaap van Zweden, had begun to form a portrait of Geffen’s sound: clear, clean and adroitly balanced, but a little colorless and cool, even chilly. The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z She is an artist who adroitly channels fierce work with her penetrating, brilliant sound — her performances of works by Kodaly and Shostakovich provide ample proof — and she made a compelling case for the Prokofiev. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Guest Challenges Common Wisdom 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Ms. Hunter’s fidgety, hyper-happy Harriet adroitly takes the same formula even further, transforming wholesome peppiness into what feels like a neurological disorder. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z He's riding a career wave after adroitly emceeing the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and with ABC's decision to move his late-night show into the thick of competition with Letterman and Jay Leno. Red carpet heats up at Emmys; 'Mad Men' eyes win 2012-09-23T23:08:37Z Perhaps future versions of that breaker box suit will include protections against moisture, adroitly tossed and otherwise. 'Gotham' Recap: Gordon and Falcone Fight Back 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z The resulting hybrid, a police procedural with elements of contagion thriller and vampire tale, is handled so adroitly that it requires surprisingly little suspension of disbelief. TV Shows to Watch From Hong Kong, Brazil, Sweden and More 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z I can think of few other entrepreneur/stars who so adroitly straddle her line of self-awareness and cluelessness. Our crappy healthcare system is to blame for Goop 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z For most operas, Mr. Palumbo conducts those offstage choruses — the priests inside the temple judging Radames near the end of Verdi’s “Aida,” for example — and positions himself adroitly to help with difficult cues. Donald Palumbo, a Met Star in the Wings 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z And yet Joan is also impeccably professional, handling clients as adroitly as any accounts man, and keeping the office running as smoothly as Mussolini’s trains. Why "Mad Men" is bad for women 2010-07-23T11:01:00Z Mr. Brody isn’t asked to stretch much, but he does his usual thing adroitly. Review: In ‘Backtrack,’ Adrien Brody Treats Dead People 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z A novel about a homely, forsaken child is bound to involve hardship and despair, and Shannon certainly endures both, but Ms. Celona adroitly confounds many of our expectations. Books of The Times: ‘Y’ by Marjorie Celona 2013-01-09T19:43:08Z In “Number 34,” a 1949 painting on paper, the drip technique is so adroitly scaled down that it seems overly refined, almost Rococo. Art in Review: Jackson Pollack: ‘A Centennial Exhibition’ 2012-12-06T23:09:05Z And this season employs Rudd and Streep adroitly by having them sensibly play against their respective images. "Only Murders in the Building" is the more the merrier this season 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Chibnall has handled these elements fairly adroitly, and in the first season he came up with a truly surprising and satisfying solution to the murder mystery. Review: ‘Broadchurch’ Ends Its Run as Entertaining and Moving as Ever 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Yet these sequences, while carefully parceled out and adroitly staged, have limited visceral clout. ‘Black Sea’ Stars Jude Law as a Seething Adventurer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Turan adds, "One of the most satisfying things about 'Violent Year' is how many moving parts it contains, and how adroitly Chandor orchestrates them all to achieve maximum dramatic tension." 'A Most Violent Year' is old-school in the best way, reviews say 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z But her more telling strength is a varied palette that she uses adroitly in defining the roles she inhabits, even in the relatively brief space of a single aria. Music Review: Europa Galante at Zankel Hall 2012-02-03T23:18:10Z Either of these by itself might not be very interesting, but the combination is handled so adroitly that the show sucks you in. Review: The Mafia in ‘Gomorrah,’ Reminiscent of ‘The Wire’ and ‘The Sopranos’ 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z E. to Nixon: If matters are not handled adroitly . . . you could get a resolution of impeachment. ‘The Nixon Tapes: 1973,’ Edited by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The older bodies in Youth and Dirty Grandpa, however unselfconsciously or cheerfully, can’t evoke much admiration exactly: Viagra Literature can direct attention away from the ageing male form more adroitly. Dirty Grandpa and the return of Viagra Cinema 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Rome adroitly conveys Roz’s commendable attempts at maintaining a professional facade, as well as the emotional needs that lead her close to ethical transgression. Review | A doctor, a parent, a dying child. A play about what medicine can and cannot do. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z After all, the under-25-year-olds who are flocking to “Get Out” aren’t going again and again just because it’s scary; they’re going because it’s intelligent, adroitly crafted and utterly attuned to its times. Perspective | ‘Get Out’ shows how genre can address serious issues. Why can’t serious drama? 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Owens, although usually well-behaved, can at times also be defiant, willful and immature, and Mr. James adroitly conveys his hurt and half-buried anger in subversive flashes. Review: ‘Race’ Chronicles Jesse Owens’s Rise to Olympic Glory 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Dupuy-Spencer is just as forthcoming, in her own way, with her adroitly executed paintings of small gatherings and parties of one. Art in Review: ?LEIDY CELESTE NICOLE? 2011-07-14T22:26:04Z Tobey Maguire meets that challenge adroitly in “Pawn Sacrifice,” a film by Edward Zwick about Fischer’s chess match against the Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky. Review: ‘Pawn Sacrifice,’ Another Take on the Royal Game 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z In “Iguana,” Mr. Owen — who adroitly plumbed the depths of sexual compulsion in the film “Closer” — is an unusually virile, almost gangsterish Shannon, with little of the expected touch of the poet. Hot Priests and Wayward Libidos Run Wild on London’s Stages 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Robin Miles, one of America’s most skilled audiobook narrators, moves adroitly from voice to voice, mood to mood, Ghanaian to American, as she delivers this suspenseful, atmospheric novel of desperation, corruption and murder. Review | For your playlist: The best new audiobooks of the month 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z He adroitly places his sister’s vocals front and center, affording the album with a thrilling, hypnotic feel. Billie Eilish is the new pop intelligentsia 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Her rhythmic freedom, always shadowed adroitly by Manoff, helped her create the sense of poetry being recited in music, especially in impeccable sets of French songs by Fauré, Chausson, Debussy and Poulenc. French soprano Sandrine Piau makes stunning D.C. debut 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z And as the show continues, Mr. Wheeldon adroitly keeps it flowing, with the ensemble dancers moving set pieces in crossfades and montages that impressionistically blur the boundaries between scenes and numbers. Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘An American in Paris’ Brings Ballet Values to Broadway 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z In three riveting videos of a rolling tire, a swirling river and a scrolling brick wall, Mr. Barr also plays adroitly with the surfaces of things. Museum and Gallery Listings for Feb. 21-27 2014-02-21T00:13:41Z And the fact that neither physician nor patients connect the box to erotic pleasure yields many laughs in Kurt Beattie's adroitly choreographed staging. ACT's 'In the Next Room' is a romp offering more than good vibes 2011-08-05T22:04:06Z Patterson adroitly zigzags in time, threading the women’s journeys with subtle detail and embellishing them with metaphors specific to each character. First Novels Tackle Sexism and Prejudice, Past and Present 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Their sect may be on the fringe, but it has between 1 and 3 million followers, and, Weiner adroitly points out, they are recognized by our government. 'Man Seeks God': searching for a deity to believe in 2011-12-28T21:48:03Z But the balance between dread and deadpan laughs is adroitly maintained, and there’s an appealingly casual, improvisatory vibe. Review: In ‘Mr. Inbetween,’ the Hit Man Feels Your Pain 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Every scene in this film is expertly managed; every comic line and funny moment adroitly presented and every performance given with intelligence and love. Cannes 2014: Mr Turner review – Timothy Spall plays artist JMW Turner with relish 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z In the years before the engagement, Middleton adroitly avoided being photographed in any way the could detract from her dignity. Middleton mania a cresting wave as wedding nears 2011-04-18T13:22:49Z Here, the best of all G & S scores stays mostly intact and is adroitly conveyed by a live orchestra. 5 plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: a critic's take 2011-07-31T04:07:15Z Death in Ecstasy is a very clever picture of a little coterie of worshippers in a "New Religion" adroitly put over by the infamous Father Garnett. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z De France, so impressive in the role of the crime lord's girlfriend in Mesrine: Killer Instinct, has to be both tough and vulnerable as Marie, and she adroitly balances her character's conflicts, afflictions and dreams. 'Hereafter' Review: Clint Eastwood Goes Supernatural 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z The flutist Erin Lesser, the violinist Joshua Modney and, on electronics, Sam Pluta made valuable contributions: These works demand precise interplay between vocalists and instrumentalists, and these musicians rose adroitly to the challenge. Review: Kate Soper’s Songs of Sirens and Female Identity 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Most adroitly, a woman dances a long complicated solo with three legs – the fake limb barely distinguishable from the two real ones as she dextrously waltzes and twirls. Masquerade ? review 2011-02-16T18:19:45Z At the Rep, director Wilson Milam adroitly mines the glinting comedic ore in Christopher Hampton's English translation of "God of Carnage." Review: 'God of Carnage' at Seattle Rep is amusing but hollow at its core ? like the characters 2010-10-07T20:49:00Z But is Nev ally or enemy, with his retinue of adroitly drawn handlers, managers, publicists and pills? A Musician’s Daughter Faces His Music — and His Choices 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z She’s a bit forced and shrill in her drunk scenes, but otherwise she underplays adroitly and flashes some sly humor. | 'A Beautiful Life': A Contemporary Romantic Melodrama 2011-05-20T00:08:33Z The following year the critic Dixon Scott described the new process as mobilizing “a fabulous army” of “starch grains colored green, violet and orange, densely and adroitly marshaled, some four million to the square inch.” How Photography Cast New Light on Art 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z So much of the play adroitly balances the everyday and the extreme — while suggesting how crisis pushes reality into the realm of nightmares — that I felt a bit cheated by its bluntly fantastical conclusion. Review: In ‘The Treasurer,’ a Son Remembers Mama, as She Forgets Everything 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z George Harrison’s later back-of-a-bus passage into legend is also documented adroitly, though here, as was sadly the case in the life of the Beatles, Harrison plays a supporting role. Protest music?s odd conservative turn 2012-05-21T15:38:00Z And note, by the way, how eagerly and how adroitly the very slightest thing strives to slip away from man, and how inclined it is to suicide. Man and Things 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The up-to-the-minute script is a tidy fit for Studio, where director Joanie Schultz handles the shifts of tone as adroitly as she did two years ago with Robert Askins’s far darker comedy “Hand to God.” Review | Metzler’s comic ‘Cry It Out’ sings the new-parent blues 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Holt adroitly traces the evolution of activism throughout time and across regions. The Twists and Turns of Black History 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The Reviewend: “Still, his life, as this biography so adroitly establishes, is central to understanding the primary lesson of the 1960s for black America.” This is the best thing about the New York Times Book Review 2014-03-24T17:38:00Z Seen in its flat format, the film looks ordinary, especially in its first half-hour or so, as Cameron none too adroitly sets up his premise. Avatar on DVD Review: Pandora's Skimpy Box 2010-04-24T04:50:00Z Slender and glamorous, Mutter produces a violin tone that glistens like molten platinum but solidifies into adroitly shaped musical phrases solid as concrete buildings. Review: All-star piano trio leaves listeners with a royal flush 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z One of the most satisfying things about "Violent Year" is how many moving parts it contains, and how adroitly Chandor orchestrates them all to achieve maximum dramatic tension. The stakes are high in J.C. Chandor's gripping 'A Most Violent Year' 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z In one of the adroitly deployed subplots, he disinters a family secret that reconciles an estranged mother and daughter. Tonight's TV highlights: Republic Of Doyle 2010-10-26T23:05:00Z One facet of life the series adroitly captures in its early seasons is the paralysis brought on by too much choice, the millennial's lament often mocked by older generations. "Master of None" returns for an unexpected third season with "Moments in Love" 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z He also followed up on prior deals to provide arms and training to regional powers while adroitly sidestepping the deadly frictions currently besetting the Middle East. South Korea tightens links with Middle East on energy security 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Dannen will be judged ultimately by how adroitly he navigates the potentially treacherous waters of UW’s pending transition to the Big Ten. What new AD Troy Dannen means when he says UW must ‘stay ahead of the train’ 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z But we do need to know, as Lorenz adroitly maps out, that the story does not begin and end with Silicon Valley. Column: How L.A. really made the internet what it is 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The play’s overlapping conversation is a symphony of interruptions and resonant non sequiturs, adroitly conducted. Review: Kirk Douglas Theatre's electrifying 'Our Dear Dead Drug Lord' will test your nerves 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Ramaswamy adroitly threaded the needle on Jan. 6 with Republican voters by neither blaming nor exonerating Mr. Trump. Vivek Ramaswamy blames Jan. 6 on frustration over ‘pervasive censorship’ 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, he adroitly intertwines the eerie fairy tale with early-20th-century historical realism. Review | Victor LaValle’s ‘Lone Women’ recasts the American frontier narrative 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Wilson almost added to Wales' advantage on the stroke of half-time, but Steinbors denied him adroitly. Moore's header sees Wales beat Latvia 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Troy Brown Jr., who scored 13 points, made a clutch 3-pointer with 1:12 to play before Davis adroitly tipped in a miss in the final minute to clinch it. Anthony Davis leads Lakers past Grizz without Ja, 112-103 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The book features a cast of dozens, adroitly differentiated by the authors, making internecine corporate warfare digestible without dumbing down for the uninitiated. The bedrooms and boardrooms of the rich and loathsome — all in a media-business book 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z At the pivotal center of the spare, adroitly acted three-hander is Karen Pittman’s Sandy James, a Black New York councilwoman and social justice crusader whose aspirations are trained squarely on the mayor’s seat. Review: The path to redemption is murky in taut political thriller 'What We Do Next' 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z He’s now set his sights on becoming the world’s biggest renewable energy player, by 2030, adroitly aligning his investments with the government’s own priorities. Indian coal magnate Gautam Adani goes green 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The balance between the brutal elements and the sweet stuff is a tricky one, and Harbour and the filmmakers navigate it adroitly. ‘Violent Night’ review: David Harbour a delightful mix of naughty and nice 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Yet her public image was managed and massaged as adroitly as that of any movie star or corporate executive. Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96; Was World’s Longest-Reigning Monarch 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z When Mr. Johnson fell into trouble last year, she positioned herself adroitly, never publicly breaking with him while burnishing her leadership credentials as a hawkish foreign secretary. As U.K. Prime Minister, Truss Faces Hard Times and Johnson’s Ghost 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z This is a weird and wonderfully expansive story, adroitly executed by Morosini with the compassion to mine it for humanism rather than droll, oddball quirk. Review | ‘I Love My Dad’: Weird and wonderful story of catfishing your own son 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The former director of a Soviet collective pig farm, Mr. Lukashenko has secured his hold on Belarus over nearly three decades by maneuvering adroitly between East and West, playing each side against the other. Belarus’s Leader, ‘Europe’s Last Dictator,’ Burnishes Links to Russia 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The coronavirus pandemic has heightened the claustrophobia of our lives; “All the Lovers in the Night” adroitly plays off collective dissonance and sorrow. Review | In Mieko Kawakami’s engrossing novel, a woman’s demons emerge at night 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The classic college party-crawl comedy gets a smart, self-aware refresh with “Emergency,” a funny, adroitly executed satire that manages to find genuine laughs in the unlikeliest places. Review | ‘Emergency’ is a college party comedy with teeth 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z They are protean, shifting adroitly with the political winds, moving from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party and then back again, mutating from cold warriors to neocons to liberal interventionists. Pimps of war: Neocons who fueled 20 years of carnage in the Middle East are back for more 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Secondly, and also stunning: Le Pen has adroitly sidestepped any significant blowback for her previous perceived closeness with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In France, a nail-biting election as Macron’s rival surges 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z They adroitly checked my phone, offered a few suggestions to help fix it, and when that didn’t work, went on their computers and handed me printed directions to my remaining addresses. Rant & Rave: If you have a large order, please skip the drive-thru 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Very adroitly, pretty much reflexively, we had avoided the elephant in the room. Perspective | How I learned to talk about death and dying 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z This is breathtakingly pretty and a very cool moment — all adroitly captured. Snow geese land with the flying colors of a rainbow on Fir Island 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z As Russia pursues its ruthless invasion, Mr. Zelensky has used social media adroitly to outmaneuver his nemesis, President Vladimir V. Putin. A Surge of Unifying Moral Outrage Over Russia’s War 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z A few years thereafter, Taft complimented his Pasadena hosts more adroitly with the tweak on Julius Caesar’s prose, “I came, I saw, I am conquered.” Presidential visits trace L.A. history from small town to big-money donors 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z But Johnson approached the nomination of his celebrated “first” more adroitly than Biden has handled his. Opinion | Biden should have been ready to make his Supreme Court pick 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z But they’re all handled adroitly here, notwithstanding the odd nonsensical cog thrown in to make the bigger wheels turn. ‘The Afterparty’ is the delightful murder mystery you need to watch next 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Nagy, who so adroitly distilled the essence of 1950s repression in her Oscar-nominated screenplay for “Carol,” here dramatizes the steady cracking of those confines more than a decade later. Sex positivity, abortion rights and volcanic eruptions among seven early gems at a virtual Sundance 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z But while some analysts have portrayed Mr. Putin as a wily chess player adroitly manipulating the West, his latest gambit could backfire. Can the West Stop Russia From Invading Ukraine? Here’s What You Need to Know. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Attorneys who worked with inmates in Alexandria say Lawhorne handled those challenges adroitly. Stepping down after 16 years, Alexandria sheriff laments mental health crisis in jails 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z As a solution, Scott has adroitly handled contentious legislation by signing into law only those items that are time-limited and conditional. Opinion | Memo to Glenn Youngkin: A playbook for Republican governors in blue states 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Wilde didn’t create the “aesthete” generation, but he adopted its mannerisms so adroitly that he soon exemplified it. Review: Oscar Wilde's life was a tragic work of art. A new biography sketches it perfectly 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z She adroitly managed other crises, including the 2010 near-meltdown of the Eurozone economy that threatened the global financial system, though her insistence on severe austerity measures in Greece prompted some to call her coldhearted. The unassuming power of Germany's Angela Merkel. What does she leave behind? 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z British officials cited the deal as proof of their ability to move adroitly in a post-Brexit world — in this case, at the expense of a European neighbor. Submarine Deal Gives Post-Brexit Britain Its Moment on the Global Stage 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z More than a decade Gauff's senior at age 28, Stephens also handled her opponent's faster serves adroitly, breaking three times. Stephens overpowers Gauff at US Open; Osaka's foe withdraws 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z More than a decade Gauff’s senior at age 28, Stephens also handled her opponent’s faster serves adroitly, breaking three times. Stephens overpowers Gauff while Osaka’s foe withdraws at U.S. Open 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Abrams and Fisher adroitly narrate the trial, making the legal maneuvering understandable and fascinating, while offering some well-chosen digressions. Review | The trial of the man who killed the man who killed Kennedy 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z McPherson believed that if L.B.J., a solitary man at heart, had had an intimate, he might have navigated Vietnam more adroitly. Opinion | Friends in High Places 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Some in England believe the club could win the Premier League for the next decade if it continues to use its wealth as adroitly as it has. The Game of Tomorrow, Today 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Holland adroitly funnels his vulnerability — the core of his screen presence — into someone who uses his weaknesses to justify terrible behavior. Review: Overamped 'Cherry' takes on plight of PTSD-afflicted war veteran 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Bush, who he says adroitly ended the Cold War and deftly managed the 1991 Persian Gulf War. In his new memoir, Barack Obama writes of hope, despair and life at the center of a divided nation 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Bush, whom he says adroitly ended the Cold War and deftly managed the first Gulf War. In a new memoir, Obama writes of hope, despair and life at the center of a divided nation 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z But she is also the daughter of a London newspaper editor and has made a career out of anticipating and responding adroitly to cultural trends. The White Issue: Has Anna Wintour’s Diversity Push Come Too Late? 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z More often than not — as he did on Monday — he handles it adroitly. Solutions Are Expensive. An Aura Is Priceless. 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z “Mr. Courtney adroitly manipulated government officials and private individuals for several years for the purpose of enriching himself.” Former government spokesman pretended to be CIA operative in $4.4 million scam 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z I think Colbert adroitly changed to the “at home” format with consistent humor and authenticity. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: What the flyover coverage overlooked 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Nor is she playing her cards adroitly: she’s too smart, too argumentative, too intent on influencing policy, too secretly Protestant, and too prone to miscarriages. My favourite Mantel: by Margaret Atwood, Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright and more 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Lewin in his story and his screenplay adroitly mingles these ingredients, and sets the narrative amid the poetic and flamboyant landscapes of nature and life in Spain. Review: From the Archives: 'Pandora and the Flying Dutchman' provides rare enchantment 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z In power since 1994, Mr. Lukashenko has long maneuvered adroitly between East and West, tilting one way and then the other in search of support. Putin Rejects Oil Deal With Belarus, Increasing Pressure for Merger 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z And for the first time in his UW tenure, Hopkins is facing the kind of adversity, criticism and second-guessing that he managed to adroitly sidestep during his first two seasons. Honeymoon is over for UW Huskies coach Mike Hopkins: ‘Winning is not going to teach you anything’ 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z He hosted “Saturday Night Live,” where he adroitly exhibited his genuine aw-shucks bearing for comic effect. Eli Manning Announces His Retirement 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The shift, military and intelligence officials said, is also part of an effort to move resources toward countering the rise of China and to more adroitly compete with Beijing. U.S. Intelligence Agencies Prepare to Pull Back Officers From Africa 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Pan, but not before he smoothed Reed’s path, working the officials as adroitly as any N.B.A. coach. Tiger Woods Leads by Example in Presidents Cup Comeback Win 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s odd to think that Beck’s first few albums preceded the rise of file sharing, because they so adroitly reflect the thrill and terror of having everything all at once. Beck Is Home 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z But perhaps no one has leveraged the Broad network more adroitly than Joseph Wise. How billionaire charter school funders corrupted the school leadership pipeline 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z In one way or another, all characters begin as strangers to both viewer and actor — but few dismantle the boundary as adroitly as Adams. Commentary: Why the Emmys shouldn't overlook 'Sharp Objects' ' Amy Adams 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Monday’s match was a contrast in philosophies as Osaka tried to direct traffic with her heavy strokes while Bencic adroitly managed to redirect it with her flat groundstrokes. Naomi Osaka Is Ousted From the U.S. Open by a Resurgent Belinda Bencic 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z But she’s lived her whole political life in the disintegrative phase of our political system, adroitly pushing back against disintegrative forces. Democrats' Trump-era quandary is familiar: Play offense or defense? It ought to be obvious by now 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z “Cities of Last Things,” which adroitly makes the most of handcuffs as a visual metaphor, displays a keen, wry understanding of that gimmick, and it makes for a surprisingly effective slice of dystopian noir. Review: Ho Wi Ding’s dystopian noir ‘Cities of Last Things’ looks back knowingly 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The German immediately opened up and cornered Fury, but the big man adroitly escaped and fired back a combination. Tyson Fury puts on a show with two-round destruction of Tom Schwarz 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Salieri adroitly handles the dizzying array of situations that Beaumarchais throws his way, generating Oriental marches, love duets, shepherd masques, and bloodthirsty monologues. Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z The performers handle their often perplexing assignments adroitly. The Shed Attempts to Inject Culture Into Hudson Yards 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The second act’s radical tonal shift into Holocaust legacy poses the play’s biggest challenge, and director Jonathan Fox adroitly navigates it with maximum impact. Review: In ‘Everything Is Illuminated,’ family skeletons in the stage spotlight 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Instead, I See You dodges clichés equally adroitly in terms of directorial style. I See You is a beautifully crafted puzzle of a horror movie 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Di Maria ran to the back post to adroitly volley in Julian Draxler’s pinpoint cross from the right in the 80th. PSG beats Strasbourg 2-0 but star Neymar limps off injured 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It was the unsheathing of a multipurpose device, one he used adroitly in tandem with the endlessly adaptable political vehicle provided by social media during the election campaign and now during his presidency. Opinion | Don’t expect Trump to go quietly 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Who else in the current House could have handled Trump as adroitly? Pelosi vs. Trump: ‘Don’t Characterize the Strength That I Bring,’ She Says 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z He was a master at building coalitions, a skilled diplomat who understood how to corral balky allies, like Britain and France, and deal adroitly with failing adversaries, like the Soviet Union. Mourning Not Just George Bush’s Death, but the World Order He Helped Build 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z It also can create bigger, less nimble companies; juggernautlike conglomerates often respond less adroitly to the fast pace of contemporary business. Luxury Brands Buy Supply Chains to Ensure Meeting Demand 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The place has made its name on a strange balancing act between frayed-at-the-edges and unexpectedly, adroitly transporting. Art Outings: 2 Seattle Times writers experience — and sometimes endure — the dinner and antics of Teatro ZinZanni’s ‘Hollywood & Vine’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Argentine asado is at the heart of this ambitious restaurant in the new Charter Hotel, where chefs adroitly manipulate the fire of the parrilla. Patagon: Chimichurri your way to deep South America via this new Seattle restaurant 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Ms. Sinema also adroitly handled the changing currents in Maricopa County, which encompasses Phoenix and ranks among the fastest-growing counties in the United States. How Kyrsten Sinema Won Her Senate Seat and Pulled Off a Historic Arizona Triumph 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z He was without a first-round selection in April because of the trade to select Mahomes last year, but he nevertheless moved adroitly around the draft board to acquire players he liked. Chiefs GM Brett Veach making all the right moves 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z As we ascended the steps of the palace, the retinue so adroitly arranged itself around Yan that he resembled a revered emperor or a preëxecution prisoner, depending on your perspective. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z They tend to lumber along at a steadier pace than their private rivals, which respond more adroitly to market ups and downs. China’s statistics are bad. Many criticisms of them are worse 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Steadying himself with the bat he bends his knees into a kind of a mini-curtsy which adroitly reconfigures the apparatus into the comfort zone. Bringing up a ton: what you learn about cricket as a 99-year-old 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But every time he threw a combination Joshua adroitly stepped back, making his opponent’s floundering punches fall short. Anthony Joshua's road to Deontay Wilder remains rocky | Sean Ingle 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Like the best of dreams, familiar yet wondrously different, "On Body and Soul" adroitly mixes recognizable cinematic tropes with extraordinary ideas that are very much the filmmaker's own. Oscar nominated 'On Body and Soul' is a magical movie experience 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z He adroitly wove his conservative policies inside an attractive tapestry of generally self-evident American truths, while extending a fist of compromise to his opponents. Can Trump Hold the House? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z While Vines settled in on one end, adroitly navigating to the elbow and sinking several pull-up jumpers for nine first-quarter points, Jones went to work on the other. Douglass stays hot, turns back Annapolis at DMV Winter Classic 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Those are the moments no broadcaster can ever prepare for, and only the most accomplished can handle as adroitly as Michaels has over the years. NBC’s Al Michaels prepares for 10th Super Bowl broadcast 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Republicans adroitly accused them of supporting the federal government’s shutdown to demand a solution for undocumented residents. Florida editorial roundup 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the films that did best this year were the ones that adroitly threaded the needle between modern and traditional. Kenneth Turan on the Oscar nominations: How the Academy threaded the needle between old and new 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Of course, now that Trump totally bungled the relationship with South Korea and over-played his hand with the North, Kim adroitly stepped into the leadership void. North Korea’s Overture Raises Hopes, but Huge Obstacles Loom 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The sense of place and character in this film is handled so adroitly that whenever the plot comes blundering back in it's a distraction — but never one that totally kills the movie. Milo Ventimiglia's in good company in the diverting melodrama 'Madtown' – LA Times 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Sally was an independent single woman who handled her job as adroitly as her male colleagues and who dated but refused to pine away for romance. Actress Rose Marie of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ fame dies at 94 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Johnson, making the leap from small-bore pictures like “Looper” and “The Brothers Bloom” to the biggest show in the universe, directs with great confidence, adroitly balancing character development with spectacle. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: a great force is with us 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z As adroitly structured by Hřebejk and Jarchovský, "The Teacher" opens with some intricate crosscutting between two groups of people meeting at different times in the same monolithic school building. 'The Teacher' has a lesson for audiences about corruption in a Communist society 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Jesús Gallardo’s 22-yard free kick also was punched away adroitly in the 65th minute by Blake for his sixth official save. Jamaica Stuns Mexico to Reach Gold Cup Final 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z The series creators have so adroitly slotted the shooter into Nintendo’s collection of lovable series, that it’s now hard to remember a time when Nintendo developing a shooter sounded like heresy. Best games of 2017: Splatoon 2, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and more 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z She is a natural evangelist for one of the region’s most important public institutions, and adroitly navigated the protests and counter-protests wrought by public troll Milo Yiannopoulos. UW regents must make public transparency a priority 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Tapping into that transitional juncture where limitless possibility crosses paths with nagging uncertainty, filmmaker Michal Marczak adroitly captures the youthful, restless spirit cradled within the pulsating beat of its immersive, ambient soundtrack. Polish millennials on the prowl in 'All These Sleepless Nights' 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Now our boy is all grown up and ready to take on the task that NR used to perform so adroitly: policing the boundaries of rightwing discourse. Burst your bubble: conservatives on Mike Cernovich and Trump's foreign policy 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z And no one understands this better, and handles him more adroitly, than Carroll. Can Seahawks and Richard Sherman make it work again? Of course they can 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Instead, the party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who adroitly co-opted Mr. Wilders’s tough line on immigration without cleaving to its extremes, won the most votes. Relief Washes Over Europe After Dutch Vote 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z And yet the day may come soon enough that those leaders find it in their strategic interest to embrace this authority, if it can be asserted adroitly. Opinion | A win-win path to getting the Trump tax information that really matters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Many are looking to China, which has adroitly capitalized on a leadership vacuum in world affairs by offering itself — ironies notwithstanding — as a champion for global engagement. Trump’s Trade War May Have Already Begun 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z In the end his theories adroitly skirted the issue. 'Thank you for your service': what we really mean when we salute our troops 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Just as family and marriage pointed up the pathology of racism in “Loving,” this movie adroitly portrays the sheer waste and inefficiency of racism and misogyny. ‘Hidden Figures’ explores NASA’s untold history with nerve and vivacity 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Armed with a variation of human and facial recognition software used by American intelligence agencies, the drone adroitly tracked moving cars and picked out enemies hiding along walls. The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s a thrill to see how adroitly Dubuque ties everything together. ‘The Accountant’: Everything adds up in Ben Affleck actioner 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Trump adroitly pressed Clinton on the fact that she had once praised the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which she now opposes. Kellyanne Conway’s Political Machinations 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z “Remarkably, however, that did not happen with ‘8 Mile,’ a fascinating, surprisingly entertaining stand-off that has adroitly managed to satisfy both of its constituencies, allowing all sides to legitimately claim victory.” With 'Wonder Boys' and '8 Mile,' filmmaker Curtis Hanson proved to be a savvy pop music fan 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Conway has adroitly tried to restrict him to reading prepared text from a teleprompter and is attempting to qualify his positions, such as banning all Muslims from entering the U.S. Judging Trump 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Sophie Theallet showed spring designs by taking editors by appointment for private viewings, of dresses designed to transition from day into night with adroitly installed zippers. Get Ready for Fashion’s Startling Shift 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Is Hillary Clinton’s judgment better than that of Donald Trump, whom she adroitly called out as a man who can be baited with a tweet? Hillary Clinton's Reaction to Foundation Scandal Is Disastrous 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The Democrats adroitly crafted a message and an event to showcase that America is already great, and the historical moment with the nomination of a woman fit perfectly into that narrative. The Democrats Seize the Moment 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Some teams have adapted to the use of replay more adroitly than others. From All Angles, Eagle Eyes Are Fixing on the All-Star Game 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump seized a larger-than-ever “grievance electorate,” as Mr. Murphy called it, while adroitly tagging Mr. Bush as “low energy.” Trump’s New Handlers Have a Tough Task Ahead 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z On the sidelines of a Republican candidates forum here, he adroitly fields questions on his House record, the challenges of running alongside Donald Trump, and his proposals to reform political fundraising. The biggest question in Florida politics: ‘Is Rubio running or what?’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Not since “Hotline Miami” have I played a game that so adroitly lulls the player into a murderous trance. ‘Doom’ review: A thrilling, remorseless adventure 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Yet voters rejected the treaty after opponents adroitly played on fears, particularly acute in smaller countries like Ireland, that even the watered-down changes would undermine national self-determination. Voting on European Integration: A Long History of Skepticism 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z At Sirius, Tate extolled the virtues of good sportsmanship, adroitly parried McCarthy’s question about whether she had breast implants, and stressed her love of competition. The U.F.C. Takes Manhattan 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Having presented himself as a law-and-order man, he could turn on a dime and adroitly declare in his 1968 victory speech that he would “bring the American people together.” No one will be able to stop the political violence Donald Trump is unleashing 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Manning, who so adroitly pulls off those "Saturday Night Live" skits, and has made a career of staying cool under intense pressure, struggled to keep his words from wavering. Peyton Manning gives thanks as he says goodbye to the NFL 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Lang Lang can put himself down more adroitly, and with more wit, than those critics who cannot see beyond his audacious showmanship and extrovert playing. Lang Lang: 'It's about the joy that music can give' 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z He thinks NBA teams want to see him adroitly pass, drive into the lane for pullups and floaters, and work well in a defensive scheme. Away from spotlight, college sensation Jimmer Fredette hoping for one more shot 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Whenever La Motta did manage to get past that left hand, Robinson adroitly conjured up enough space to welcome his opponent inside with fierce uppercuts. How Sugar Ray Robinson made Jake La Motta his bloody Valentine in 1951 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The mainstream media adroitly handled, Trump began his disquisition on the subject dearest to his heart: his own success. White man pathology: inside the fandom of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z But at the demonstration, the vehicle performed as it was designed to do, dipping adroitly around the turns, giving a driver a sense of fun and freedom. Toyota Asks for Ideas About How to Use an Ultrasmall Vehicle 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Director Billy Bungeroth adroitly pulled everything together in a wildly entertaining barrage of sight and sound, words and moves. Second City, Hubbard Street's often-visionary fusion of comedy and dance 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z Spielberg — himself a child of the duck-and-cover 1950s — adroitly establishes the heaviness and barely contained paranoia of the time, which he depicts with rich, unnostalgic atmosphere. ‘Bridge of Spies’ is an engrossing account of a real-life Cold War case 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z That gave her a perpetual get-out-of-jail-free card that she adroitly deploys whenever the e-mail issue arises. Game over 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, as the role of the manager has evolved in baseball — away from the imperial figurehead toward someone who implements the organizational philosophies more steadfastly — Girardi has adroitly straddled both eras. Joe Girardi, Always Pushing for an Edge, at Times Goes Too Hard 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Michele has adroitly captured a quirky, nonconformist undercurrent of popular culture, and the spring collections in Milan showed that his aesthetic is taking hold. Gucci Sets Off a Frenzy in Milan 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z They maintain an impressively composed visual command while adroitly ramping up the claustrophobic, menacingly atmospheric tension. 'Goodnight Mommy' has a sadistic streak 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z And the intellectually nimble Mr Carney—who wrote a doctoral thesis on microeconomics, built a career in finance and became a central banker only later—is adroitly managing both branches of policy. Cruising, for now 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He’s back to being the Big One, not part of a Big Three, adroitly making plays for himself and his teammates. SNYDER: Teams finding stopping LeBron James proving easier said than done 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The England Under-21 striker not only has goals, youth and the ability to link play adroitly, he displays a hunger to press defenders and work for the cause. Premier League: 10 talking points from this weekend’s action 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z For business owners, a critical skill to becoming professionally very successful and consequently personally wealthy is an ability to adroitly negotiate. Successful Business Owners Want To Be Better Negotiators 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Marion was also active in leftist politics, and their two sons did extremely well at Oxford University before moving adroitly up the political ranks. UK: Impact of Miliband brothers split still felt by Labour 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z The joint-business approach requires accountants to adroitly oversee and drive the process. Life Insurance: The Often Missed Opportunity For Wealth Management Accounting Practices 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Watch as the animal adroitly stacks bread and deli meats atop one another in a five-layered epic sandwich worthy of a professional kitchen. Watch This Fox Actually Make His Own Sandwich 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z And it was clear he “relished the setting and handled questions adroitly.” Christie's New Hampshire trip: A moderate success? 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Second, despite being able to monitor, measure and predict the concentrations of ash more adroitly, considerable uncertainties remain. Test the effects of ash on jet engines 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Early in Tuesday’s news conference, she adroitly used the discussion of her personal email to try to connect with voters on issues of privacy. Early in 2016 Race, Clinton’s Toughest Foe Appears to Be the News Media 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z But 36 hours after the assassination, skilled arsonists slipped the guard at the fourth-floor Muslim mosque, adroitly placed a firebomb inside, and set off a spectacular blaze that left the place a gutted shell. ‘Death of a Desperado’: Malcolm X Was Assassinated 50 Years Ago Today 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z It will now be Bush's opportunity to move even more adroitly to consolidate his position. With Romney out, race wide open for Republican presidential nomination 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z It will now be Bush’s opportunity to move even more adroitly to consolidate his position. Mitt Romney out of presidential race:A boost for Jeb Bush and who else? 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z When committee members submitted alternative versions of the program, Mills adroitly mashed all the proposals together. The Blight of Bipartisanship 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the archbishop of Havana, is credited with adroitly navigating the difficult role of defending the church against government persecution, even as he kept contacts alive with the Cuban authorities. Under Francis, a Bolder Vision of Vatican Diplomacy Re-emerges 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z This is not to say he didn't play adroitly. Hong Kong protests: Has Beijing won? 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z However, despite adroitly picking and choosing his battles, critics believe Inslee remains dedicated — almost singularly — to radically reducing the state’s carbon emissions. Is Gov. Jay Inslee an absentee governor or a patient strategist? 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z In her speech, Clinton adroitly walked the line between both being a good Democrat stumping for a fellow partisan and laying out her own vision – even if there were jokes about her preeminence. “Listen, Hillary Clinton test-drives lofty speech before friendly crowd 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Burke ended up serving as commerce secretary for almost three years under Doyle, a period now being highlighted by Walker as the central case against her ability to adroitly run the state. Wisconsin's Amazing Governor's Race Pits Scott Walker Against Mary Burke 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Google is making the transition to mobile, but not quite as adroitly as rivals Facebook and Twitter Twitter. Tech Earnings Results Make This A Stock-Picker's Market 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The left-hander actually made an encouraging start to his innings, looking solid in defence and leaving adroitly outside off stump. Ballance ton leads England recovery 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z As Aharoni adroitly noted: “We believe that trying to censor an exploit once it’s published is a sure recipe for a backfire.” Researcher: I Was Suspended For Finding Flaws In FireEye Security Kit 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z More than 400 Europeans fighting in Syria are Facebook users, and jihadis have also adroitly used other social media sites, including Twitter and Ask.fm, to champion their cause. Western 'Jihadists' Trekking to Syria, Iraq Pose New Terror Threat 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Jet-fueled planes ended up fulfilling that ambition more adroitly, but the Airlander is the product of a team passionately convinced that airships still have a role to play in the modern world. Airlander 10: up close with the gigantic airship the US Army wanted 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z However, Clinton adroitly outmaneuvered a Republican House, forcing compromise on welfare reform. Leadership: If You're Not First, You're Last 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The adroitly crafted, manually wound tourbillon with double mainspring barrels promising ten full days of power is already a timepiece that is highly pleasing to look at. Armin Strom A Winner At The Poker Table With Royal Flush Tourbillon 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Marine Le Pen adroitly articulates the feelings of these "invisible French". Are the fascists coming back to France? 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z And even if you navigate all those shoals adroitly — spending large amounts of money the whole way — there also has to be some luck, a serendipitous grab of the zeitgeist. The Media Equation: Yahoo Rolls the Dice on TV 2014-04-14T00:29:27Z He adroitly deflected all of the speculation, even as he remarked that even his own teammates have asked him for autographed jerseys, in anticipation that this could be his last appearance in uniform. Jenkins: Super Bowl 2014: On Media Day, the circus comes to town 2014-01-29T01:10:27Z Had she chosen to retire voluntarily at the end of her third term, Ms. Dikshit would have been universally lauded for adroitly steering the city through a time of rapid transition. India Ink: Delhi’s Popular Chief Minister Couldn’t Escape Anti-Congress Wave 2013-12-10T11:47:04Z Mr. Zardari and his lawyers fought back adroitly, eventually sidestepping the charges. Making History in Pakistan Simply by Serving a Full Term 2013-09-09T00:01:58Z Any way to conduct ourselves that steers adroitly between the shoals of Scylla and the vortex of Charybdis? What Network Can You Trust? 2013-09-04T15:18:00Z Perverse incentives within the existing system represent an uncomfortable reality that digital health entrepreneurs must recognize – then consciously leverage, adroitly avoid, or imaginatively overcome. Digital Health Update: Investors Hopeful But Disruption Elusive 2013-07-01T13:00:00Z Russia has recognized this fact and has adroitly supported the side it favors without getting ensnarled and suffering casualties. U.S. and Israel Target Syria's Weapons Stockpile 2013-06-15T00:05:22Z As serial entrepreneur Steve Blank has pointed out, the internet provides a historic opportunity to scale. “ has adroitly capitalized on market forces on a scale never seen in the history of commerce,” he writes. Growth Junkies: The Neurobiology Of Startup Addiction 2013-06-07T17:30:13Z What's for sure is that he's a Machiavellian operator who picks his spats as adroitly as he picks his teams. José Mourinho: second coming of the Special One? 2013-05-18T23:03:14Z The Villa forward linked adroitly with Benteke, twice bouncing passes off the Belgian to carve open the Sunderland defence and leave him bearing down on goal. Aston Villa 6-1 Sunderland 2013-04-29T21:03:17Z In each one, adroitly tapping readers' nostalgia, she was in 1950s-style underwear. Media Monkey's Diary: John Witherow, Petronella Wyatt's undies and Twitter 2013-04-07T18:02:01Z Josimar, out on the right touchline, clipped the ball inside to Muller, who adroitly drew it into his body, turned, and knocked a short pass to Junior, all in the same fluid movement. The Joy of Six: football misses 2013-03-22T10:50:47Z There was a mighty buzz about the place and the term "Super Gras" was adroitly coined by locals to celebrate the fact that the Super Bowl was coinciding with the Mardi Gras parades season. New Orleans and the 'Super Gras' 2013-02-01T17:21:13Z Ironically on one occasion when Lennon did dodge Kilgallon adroitly and direct a deft chip in Bale's direction, Bale headed disappointingly wide from 10 yards. Sunderland 1-2 Tottenham 2012-12-29T14:56:21Z He was just better than most, at boxing, and, until the end, sidestepping the truth more adroitly than he did Mr Senchenko's concluding, merciful blow. Ricky Hatton can be ranked among the best of British boxers 2012-11-25T13:00:15Z On a nightmarish day England managed to achieve something against him: they kept him off strike adroitly. Virender Sehwag and India's Dad's Army expose England's ill-discipline 2012-11-15T12:50:07Z He adroitly used Pauling’s first — mistaken — publication on DNA to persuade Bragg that the American chemist would triumph again unless Crick was allowed to resume his model building. Books on Science: ‘The Double Helix’ Review - Twists in the Tale of the Great DNA Discovery 2012-11-12T19:35:27Z Since then, he has methodically climbed the ladder of success by adroitly mixing science and business. L.A.'s richest man ups the ante for city, cancer fight 2012-10-03T04:08:56Z “There’s very little confidence among many Iranians in the government’s ability to adroitly manage economic policy.” Iran’s Rial Plummets Against the Dollar 2012-10-02T01:30:05Z But in the final balance, Olazabal not only got lucky, he also played his cards more adroitly than Davis Love III. On Golf: An Unforgettable Victory, Though Some Would Like To 2012-10-01T20:06:18Z Very often, the key to success is to share adroitly branded and highly relevant content with users who, in turn, pass your content to like-minded people they’re connected to. Are You Effectively Using Social Media for Business Development? 2012-08-17T15:38:54Z He has huge experience of the Premier League as a player and coach and in his relatively short managerial career has played difficult hands adroitly. Premier League preview No10: Norwich City 2012-08-10T12:00:01Z But ultimately, in order for this multidimensional system to hum, the quarterback must be able to adroitly decipher everything he's looking at. The Fifth Down: Miami Dolphins, 2012 N.F.L. Season Preview 2012-08-07T09:44:12Z Strauss, who had been leaving the ball adroitly throughout his innings, now sought to defend against Steyn on the back foot and gave a simple catch to AB de Villiers behind the stumps. Pulsating Kevin Pietersen holds the whip hand against South Africa 2012-08-04T18:45:28Z They wonder if the fund's recent returns are unsustainable, since Calpers moved adroitly into assets like apartments and major metropolitan-area office buildings as the run-up was getting going. Calpers Cuts Risk and Finds Reward, for Now 2012-07-24T22:16:16Z The film, which adroitly plays on stereotypes only to puncture them with an underlying message of tolerance, was among the highest-grossing films in the country’s history. Serbia Becomes a Hub for Sex-Change Surgery 2012-07-23T23:42:05Z "A couple of hundred fans raised me up in the air and carried me head-high home," he later groaned, while adroitly balancing a bag of ice on his forehead. The Joy of Six: how we'll remember Euro 2012 2012-07-01T22:01:02Z That’s not to say health care couldn’t have been handled more adroitly, nor that one of these other options wouldn’t have been politically superior. Health reform: What if Obama hadn’t tried it? 2012-06-07T14:55:42Z It is, however, very plain that the journeys taken by abbesses and prioresses were not always strictly concerned with the business of their convents, or at least they combined business most adroitly with pleasure. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z At the adroitly spaced comic scenes the audience had gladly relaxed, joyously relieving the emotional strain with welcome laughter. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z Very adroitly and diplomatically also he had hinted of the good time they might have together. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Never a dull moment, the Festival adroitly integrates science and engineering discovery with unforgettable hands-on encounters, such as below, that your family will not want to miss this April: – Meet Science Celebrities. What is: USA Science & Engineering Festival 2012-04-10T18:15:00.400Z Well, I suppose I'd open the matter delicately, and, perhaps, adroitly. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z She therefore adroitly changed the conversation to his own comforts in a cup of tea before he went to bed. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The business had been managed very adroitly by the female spy, who had accompanied her employer from Baltimore to Philadelphia to assist him in this, the most delicate and important affair of his life. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z Having taken his station a little in the rear of the flower-scattering medium, he saw her adroitly slip one hand beneath her skirts and draw out branches which she tossed into the air. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z He was very disagreeable about the house when he returned home, and his wife adroitly kept out of his sight. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z "Miss Neville is too sensible a girl to be won over by a little fulsome flattery, however adroitly administered." It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z The boss was a swell; probably belonged to clubs and society which he adroitly pilfered. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z He is a tremendous glutton, boastful, talkative, cunning, exceptionally inclined to the other sex, full of curiosity, a liar, a trickster, deceiving most adroitly, and is deceived himself at times. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z If Eusapia had been able to adroitly slip her hand around and seize the book through the portière, the bare outline of the book would not have been seen, but a protuberance of the portière. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z She adroitly evaded answering directly all queries respecting his quarters. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z This admirably exerts the upper limbs and the muscles of the chest, and, indeed, when adroitly employed, those of the whole body. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Amalatok was the man we met on Northumberland Island, who will be remembered as skinning a bird so adroitly, and offering us lumps of fat scraped from its breast-bone with his thumb nail. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Look, Michael; should war come betwixt King and colonies, neither King nor colonies should forget that our frontiers are crowded with thousands of savages who, if adroitly treated, will remain neutral and inoffensive. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z It was immediately granted, and the prince, after having, according to the custom, knelt three times, managed adroitly to let fall at the very feet of Sixtus a pair of pistols loaded to the muzzle. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z He did so; and on going into the field to select them, writes Colonel Stone, "she adroitly smuggled young Sammons into the group, and led him away in safety." Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z He benefited from the help of a thorough lawyer, who adroitly knocked down two key claims. IT and espionage on Wall Street: Cracking the penal code 2012-02-23T17:07:45Z To this spiteful book Camden replied in Latin, treating his opponent with the scorn he deserved, exposing his illiteracy, and at the same time adroitly waiving such of the charges as were really well founded. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Truly, they wheeled and halted and marched and counter-marched most adroitly, carefully preserving distances and alignment; and I thought the major a martinet that he found nothing but fault with the officers and men. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Black gondolas with white canopies and brilliant American flags were propelled adroitly by their standing boat-men. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z I regret to state that the abb�, when in conference with the marquis, adroitly added to the chafing, by covert scratches and the insertion of little pins. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z When Isadore seemed on the point of talking about this, she adroitly changed the subject. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z He has walked these delicate lines adroitly and wins praise from diverse groups. Letter From Europe: America's Economic Bright Spot: Farming 2012-02-12T16:50:06Z This was done so adroitly that Lemuel Dalton did not know but that the failure of the package to reach its destination was due to his poor marksmanship. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z It had certainly been most carefully and adroitly planned, and it had every advantage in the soft climate of the West of England. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Through difficult circumstances Selborne adroitly picked his way in lively speech. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z For instance, in Yucatan one man danced in a cowering attitude round a circle, while another followed, hurling at him bohordos or canes, which were adroitly caught on a small stick. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Injury reduced North to one outing in the 2011 Six Nations, but in the World Cup he became a pivotal member of a back division that was adroitly conducted by Priestland. Wales' George North, a giant with finesse, to set Scotland a problem 2012-02-10T19:41:00Z He adroitly avoided an abrupt disclosure of his design, for he knew, or feared, that if it came too suddenly, it would have shocked even my father. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The singing and dancing on that song was smartly choreographed, as Madonna moved more deliberately but still adroitly in moves that took into account that she's now in her 50s. Madonna headlines Super Bowl halftime show 2012-02-06T01:21:12Z They are then "split," the inner skin, called the "mutton" or "lining," being adroitly separated from the outer "grain." Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z She adroitly led him on to talk, and presently bade him light his pipe. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Belshazzar knew Ribâta to be, for the moment, enamoured of his purchase; and he escaped her adoring presence as adroitly as possible. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z She could find no way of speaking to him, and dared not even signal, so adroitly was his Grace stage-managing the scene. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z During his married life he had adroitly covered them up as business trips—cases in other cities. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z At the baronet's allusion to that most difficult subject, the lapse of time, Lady May winced and simpered uneasily; but she expanded gratefully as David Arden disposed of it so adroitly. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z On the floor a small company of bookmakers, distinguished by their scarlet caps, shouted in every direction, and betting paper was thrown adroitly through the air in hollow rubber balls. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z But he had a way of saying what he wanted, and of saying it shrewdly, adroitly, and very effectively. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Hoisting a mere rag of sail, the daring rescuers headed for the open, the boat speeding under the pressure of the howling wind, while Tom Cherry steered her adroitly to meet each threatening comber. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z He enjoyed the knowledge that Keegan was able to see what a successful liar he was and how adroitly he managed to deceive people. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The two chatted very pleasantly together over the evening meal; but towards the end of it Mr Smith managed adroitly to turn the conversation to bygone times. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z "Do you mean to say——" Like the lady she was, she checked herself very adroitly. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Or did they shirk their duty to their country so very adroitly that they hate to be reminded of it? Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z I thought I was saved, but last night I learned, through my maid, that my husband had questioned her very adroitly, evidently for the purpose of finding out if I was often absent from home. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z He on his part seemed equally astonished, and, I think, would have backed out again, but that Boone adroitly slammed the door behind him. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Haimet lowered the rod, which he had sharpened like a dart, and struck it in the pot so adroitly that he drew forth a portion of the bacon from out the cauldron. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z As a particular friend of the house, he turned the tables by adroitly chaffing Lady Pridmore and the Prince, and by ministering gaily to Mary's and Silvia's tempered ecstasies. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z During the talk, the woman, every time she uttered a sentence, said, "Am I right?" and when told that she was wrong, she adroitly changed her statement. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z So far, that pile of savings has been adroitly channeled into the bond market, either indirectly via deposits at Italian banks or directly through Italians’ purchases of government bonds. Fate of Euro May Hinge on Italian Savers 2011-11-23T02:54:47Z He said many more things in this vein, all uttered low, and all accompanied by his smile, that seemed either to mean volumes or to leave his true meaning adroitly ambiguous. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z It perches adroitly, and walks securely on the branches; but its ordinary station is on the ground, where also it reposes at night. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Some of Mr. Lincoln's contemporaries at the bar were more learned, and better lawyers, but no one managed a case, which he had time to thoroughly study and understand, more adroitly. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Then she gradually drifted to other things, and finally to their first meeting, after which she adroitly led him to speak of his college life, struggles, and experiences. The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo 2011-11-15T03:00:18.930Z It is well known," says Goldziher,696 "that the earliest persecution was directed against those individuals who managed The Zindíqs. more or less adroitly to conceal under the veil of Islam old Persian religious ideas. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z You lead up to it very adroitly; I might play the r�le of ignorant innocence, if I chose. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z You must manage this adroitly, or they may find you out, and be offended. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Some mouth takes it up, and piano, piano, it slips adroitly into the ear. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z He adroitly led Staunton, introducing the resolution, to yield the floor. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z A relentless strategist, he has used 10 relievers through Games 1 and 2 after adroitly using an army of them in the first two rounds of the postseason. Dugout Phones: Last Bastion of the Landline 2011-10-22T18:01:01Z He adroitly secured a decision that the preliminary "Declaration of Rights" should be discussed first, as there could be endless talk on those generalities.* The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z But lions usually know how to get away adroitly. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z In this letter Paine adroitly prepares the way for his purpose of saving the life of Louis XVI., for whose blood the thirst is growing. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z His British merchants, although fully realized characters, are what today might be called free-trade fundamentalists, adroitly dodging any moral criticism of their position. River Of Smoke - By Amitav Ghosh - Book Review 2011-10-09T02:30:56Z There was a great disturbance round the booth; the King rushed to it; but Cosel escaped adroitly and disappeared with Zaklika up a side street. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z I adroitly led the conversation to the subject. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z "But you called me steward, Mr. Dent, and I like to be called steward," rejoined Jewson, adroitly. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Usually, though, Islamic hard-liners need something to get outraged about and Dheeraj provides that something — before adroitly converting their outrage into publicity. The Lurid World of Indonesian Filmmaker K.K. Dheeraj 2011-10-02T05:55:00Z Coming against a miller, named William Clark—"a tight built lal fellow"—from Hesket-New-Market, in the fourth time over, Robinson was very adroitly brought to the ground, amid the deafening cheers of the assembled crowd. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z After songs, incantations and gesticulations, all the while rubbing her head, he adroitly liberated the lizards and roaches, which ran off, making Elsie scream. Octavia The Octoroon 2011-09-26T02:00:30.547Z Madame Wtorkowska had adroitly seized the opportunity of drawing nearer him whom she already called, to herself, her son-in-law. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z That evening on the piazza that gifted friend adroitly turned the conversation to the subject of matching goods and colors. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z You led up to the proposition very adroitly, but I saw through the ruse almost at once.” The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z These commodities are temptingly arranged on large circular trays, which they poise very adroitly on their heads by means of a small cushion resembling a quoit. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z "No, but if you like, I'll go and draw it from her, adroitly." The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z On one occasion she adroitly hid behind a case of Indian corn. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z This misdescription of the case, so adroitly near the mark and yet differing from the truth in the all-important word "pretending," made the Duke catch his breath. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z The expression around the mouth and the eyes and the characteristic set of the shoulders were adroitly imitated, and already the Phantom had picked up several of the reporter’s mannerisms. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Zagloba was trying to discover adroitly Makovetski's opinions; at last he turned to Pan Michael and asked without ceremony, "And for whom will you give your vote, Michael?" Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z "But what about his patient?" adroitly inquired the doctor. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z These she hid adroitly under the mat on which she was sitting, and waited eagerly for the first stroke of the bell. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z Pulling on his prosecutorial experience fighting organized crime, he adroitly noted that, despite his Italian heritage, he needed to say he was fighting “the Mafia.” Giuliani Not Ruling Out Presidential Run 2011-09-06T21:45:40Z Perhaps by adroitly working on the policeman’s evident pusillanimity he could induce him to make a clean breast of it. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z A man of wit, he shines in composition; although adroitly calculated, his own humor always appears spontaneous and natural. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The interest of the table naturally centered on Grémond, who managed adroitly to keep the conversation off himself, thereby winning the admiration of his hostess—she rather enjoyed a lion who did not roar. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z She very adroitly attached herself to the King, her father-in-law, leaving him as rarely as possible; she was with him on horseback, in hunting, and in war. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z The rivalry of the town factions he diverted adroitly into a race for the favour of the Maestra. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z A second campaign was undertaken against the Christians of the north, in which the generalship was really done by Ghālib, the commander of the frontier forces, a brave officer, whom Almanzor adroitly made his friend. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z You have calculated very adroitly; but when a man has no father, the Scriptures say that he must obey his uncle. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Even in that brief interval he had arranged his plan of action, and carried it out adroitly. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z A tattered, rusty-looking man came prowling along, then, stooping over me, adroitly managed to drop a clumsy, cotton umbrella, and carry me off instead. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z But Cecil and Car did not for many years lose their hold on the King, whom they treated adroitly. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z A young constable who tried it once, getting ahead of two companions in his ardour, was laid low as he emerged from the passage, by a fire-grate adroitly let drop from an upper window. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Reason with the sinner, he will meet you with subtle argument; threaten him, and he will meet you blow for blow; against future interest he will adroitly balance present pleasure. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z As Mrs. Hipple said this, she glided out of the room, clasping her hands softly together as she went down the corridor, and smiling as such women will, when conscious of happiness adroitly conferred. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Thus adroitly she had taken the dinner upon herself. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z Incidental to the heroic dramas which the puppets play are interludes of ballet-dancing like those which are intercalated, more or less adroitly, into the grand opera performed by full-grown men and women. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Wilson adroitly covered Wood with some of the brush, making the heap so that it would not attract attention, and then crawled under beside him. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The plot is complicated and is managed adroitly... Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z “Thank you,” he said saluting, and Peggy could not have told how he concealed the note, it was done so adroitly. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z “Because you want to get up early,” replied Ruth, this time sliding out of her berth so adroitly that she did not bump her head. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z II There are a score of other little plays like the 'Broken Bridge,' adroitly adjusted to the caliber of the juvenile mind. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z As soon as the door had swung far enough he stepped adroitly through it as if this were the most natural thing in the world, and said, very quietly,— "A pleasant evening, Mr. Turner." Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The whirlwind caught him up and brought him to the room where so recently the judges had dealt out law adroitly, and he learned how Guido had upset it all. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Mr. Legare, who had kept his eyes averted and turned a deaf ear to the disclosure, now adroitly changed the topic by speaking of the hunt. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z As this ingenious mixer of seed throws out some good truth, he adroitly mixes into it his heresy, and makes it so plausible, that, if possible, it would deceive the very elect. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z This illusion was accomplished by the aid of mirrors adroitly secreted amid hanging draperies. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z With that she caught hold of the four corners of the bedspread and with a yank deposited the whole thing adroitly on the floor, butter side up. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z This the girl did in her gracious way, but adroitly kept the conversation away from the West. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z The king wielded his lance adroitly and parried his adversary's thrust. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z The action of the American commissioners in arriving at an agreement without consulting the French ministers was not pleasing to Vergennes, but Franklin adroitly pacified him. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Then, adroitly singing soft praises of Sansuta to the brother’s pleased ear, he insured in him a faithful ally and warm panegyrist. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The author holds his puppets adroitly suspended from his finger-tips, without ever entangling their threads. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z But still I was uncertain, and resolved to examine Evunia adroitly, at least in as far as was possible. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z “He adroitly read between the lines that the Government of the United States did not then, nor would it at any future time, recognize his authority,” says the writer. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z He knew, too, that his vanity and egotism were only to be adroitly excited, and he would throw himself in a general and continued splurge, in any presence. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z His question was adroitly timed for she had just given the glass a slight toss and was already carrying its rim toward her lips when his words checked the movement. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z She was quite convinced that the doctor was by no means satisfied; she could see that he was a shrewd, clever man of the world, and that he meant to question her adroitly. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z When a slave held a sword adroitly and with sufficient strength, one instant ended all. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Every day some new surprise was adroitly brought forward to delay our departure. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z This then was the trap the Squire was adroitly laying for his nephew. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z The thrust was daring, but she parried it adroitly. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z He had equivocated so adroitly as to bar cross-examination, he hoped, but Jessie's curiosity was not easily parried. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Then, in the course of a long and eloquent speech, he adroitly led the thoughts of his guests to an episode in which both clans had equally covered themselves with glory. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z As for the pigeon's head, it was adroitly whipped off by the servant, who had received his orders to that effect in German. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Surely I was no school-girl to be thus adroitly put upon my good behavior. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Up to this present Sunday I have not succeeded in finding out why Gustavus arrived at Scheerau five days later than he might have done; he evaded even my inquiries more distressfully than adroitly. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z His dual game was adroitly conducted, and the result was a triumphant cap-sheaf to his harvest of hearts. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z After much persuasion and argument on one side and many doubts and questionings on the other, Mary’s scruples were at last overcome, and the transformation in both parties effected so adroitly that detection seemed impossible. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Quickly she conquered it, adroitly turning the conversation into a more pleasant channel. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z The letter is adroitly written, but has no signature. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Colonel Clark responded in his usual way, mixing adroitly with his parade of cool arrogance, and entire indifference, a tone of gracious condescension. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z He thus adroitly eludes an argument which the public mind was not yet capable of comprehending. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z I once questioned Caiaphas at the gate about my father’s condition; but he evaded me adroitly. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Mignon decided that she would adroitly shirk the unpleasant duties of the club, but still retain her office. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z It was not for me to regulate a visitor's movements in Mr. Lee's house; and so adroitly were they managed, that no power, however on the alert, could have reached them. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z When the desired impression had been made upon them, and they had offered alliance, he would adroitly win them to his purposes by friendliness and flattery. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z This verse had been introduced by Sir Thomas Wyatt with no great effect; it was adroitly adopted by Spenser to give a full cadence to his stanza. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Bodwinkle shook his head sulkily, and Spiffy, seeing me, adroitly turned the conversation. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z During the last week Wilson has been adroitly endeavoring to get the Allies into the stage of note writing and peace discussion with an only partially beaten and entirely unconquered Germany. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z And others," she said, adroitly, "are so gentle and unselfish, that they live in the happiness of their friends. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Thinking her conversation on general topics had been of sufficient length, Mrs. Doggett began adroitly to lead up to the object of her visit, by a little judicious flattery. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z From a black ambush, a branch like the arm of a Titan reached out to seize, but adroitly she swayed from its grasp and only the twigs and leaves touched lightly the bent figure. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Did he, waiting on the stairs, Watch until you passed him by, Then adroitly, unawares, Plant one on your weather eye? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 2011-05-24T02:00:14.667Z For many a long year the Morbitzer's house hadn't boasted anything approaching to such a stock of timber, part of it purchased, part adroitly collected. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The Choiseul party, which had gradually been reconstituted, under the influence of the queen, the princes, parlement, the prebendaries, and the trade corporations, worked adroitly to eliminate this reformer of lucrative abuses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Never were the poorer classes of a people, and those classes so largely in the majority, and all inhabiting the same country, so basely duped, so adroitly swindled, or so damnably outraged. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z The troopers' comrades were mixed in the m�l�e without; she and they, too—so adroitly had the moment for striking been planned—might be swept down in the volleys from the ramparts. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z The archers, dodging adroitly beneath the trees, were able to get near the wall, thus threatening to put the defenders between a cross fire. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The other seized him very adroitly by the arms, turned him over, held him down, and began, as it is called, "strangling" his victim, and apparently this proceeding afforded the lighthearted Arkady Ivanovitch great satisfaction. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z He succeeded in this by playing very adroitly on the ambition of Elizabeth Farnese and her husband Philip V., who was to reign in France notwithstanding any renunciation that might have taken place. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z She handled the shuttles adroitly; and few, even among the younger generation, could send them flying forwards and backwards as fast as she. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z Thus, with these adroitly constructed fabrications, she lulled Lawson's suspicions to sleep. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z "And gave them the adroitly nimble fingers to fit the pockets they pick." A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z I also noticed at supper that she swiped some bread and very adroitly concealed it in her middy blouse. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z I want the thing done adroitly, as if the notion originated with you, and so that, if he approved, you could then suggest it to me. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z The Sheffield Telegraph:—"Attention is arrested at the outset, and so adroitly is the mystery handled that readers will not skip a single page." First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Froment touched adroitly the paternal fiber in Dumesnil's heart, and the good fellow, as we have seen, had let his child become the child of Count Barineff as much from affection as vanity. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z This business so adroitly accomplished, Jack released the fair prisoners in the castle, delivered the keys to them, and, like a true knight-errant, continued his journey without condescending to improve the condition of his purse. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Here was a question adroitly insinuated, to induce what might lead to some disclosure as to whence she came, or where she had been. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z In a few moments the stranger had squeezed his person adroitly through the low window, and stood in the interior of the room. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z So adroitly had he managed the matter of the espionage, that Henry Holtspur could have no suspicion of what had occurred. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z As he was less easy in this discussion than he wished to seem, the painter adroitly turned the conversation, and they began talking of other things. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z "Well, Alice, for her part, seems ready enough to carry on his works of charity," said Mrs. Parish, adroitly, with an emphasis ever so slight on the possessive pronoun. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z In the heat and fury of the discussion which she had so adroitly precipitated, Miss Greta stretched out a hand and took up her knitting. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z We should be inclined to propose that the brother artist who most adroitly put the delinquent to torture, should be his successor, holding office under a similar tenure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Let me know when you have succeeded; and if you do the business adroitly, I shall double this douceur.” The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He began adroitly with the young woman by avowing his pure and platonic love for her. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z This last conjecture was the more likely, though so secretly and adroitly had they managed their migration, that not a trace of the movement could be detected. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Upon a certain occasion there one of these rustic professors of the "noble art" very adroitly and successfully practiced the "fancy" upon several individuals at one time. The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 2011-03-21T02:00:12.857Z If a man has adroitly stolen three or four hundred thousand pieces of gold, we respect him, and we go and dine with him. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z But all at once he sank back upon the bench; and only by adroitly balancing his body did he save himself from falling upon the floor. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The governor urged the Bishop of Quebec to exercise his ecclesiastical authority to effect this purpose, but the prelate adroitly excused himself. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z A rider could not have leaped more adroitly to the saddle. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Gladstone's small army of rich bourgeois were adroitly compared with Marx's large army of miserably poor. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z If Seward desired the defeat and destruction of the Whig party, he could not have acted more adroitly. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Willitts took the seat beside the chauffeur, adroitly disposing his legs among a pile of suitcases, golf bags, umbrellas and walking sticks. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z He then adroitly slipped the sheet of paper from the table to his lap and thrust it carefully beneath his jacket with his left hand while continuing to write with the other. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z |
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