| 单词 | skilled |
| 例句 | A skilled writer can interleave multiple story lines, or deliberately manipulate suspense and surprise, or engage the reader with a chain of associations, each topic shunting the reader to the next. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She was getting the act cheap, and she had to admit that die bird was very good, a skilled and professional performer who almost made up for the act’s human deficiencies. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't difficult; it was enough never to sign up as a skilled worker. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the ovens seemed things of beauty, and every worker in the shop a skilled and witty fellow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z On top of that, even back then, he was a skilled trapper. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A gigantic leopard that moves silently despite its size and whose breath causes disease virulent enough to eliminate entire villages, it has never yet been subdued by fewer than a hundred skilled wizards working together. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A good reader and skilled writer, Courtney easily masters her schoolwork, except when she is indifferent to it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Well informed and a very skilled debater, Beck made hash out of my fumbling avowal, and I lacked the wherewithal to rebut him. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His strong, skilled fingers shaped the signs with loving precision. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It has the organized, self-contained look of a live creature, full of information, marvelously skilled in handling the sun. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The results favor integrative and holistic approaches that support the ideals of what a skilled 21st century student should know. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z There was a growing fear that people would soon be killed without ever having their cases reviewed by skilled counsel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Father had in our household a woman of Phoinikia, a handsome one, and highly skilled. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't know how much he knew about what my father did each day, but Schindler certainly realized he was a skilled, resourceful worker. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Laertes was more agile, but Hamlet was more skilled. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z ‘You are our guide,’ said Gimli, ‘and you are skilled in the chase. You shall choose.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z This was convenient for the planters—who were skilled at the game of divide and rule. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “You need to loosen up, and Ariadne has magical hands skilled in Swedish technique. Your body will thank you.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Listen now, and you can judge for yourself how skilled my uncle was in the storytelling ways. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Watching over the bubbling liquid was the “boiler”—a highly skilled slave. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Why would Zero, someone clearly skilled in technology, want to destroy this technology? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the white fury of the Northmen burned the hotter, and more skilled was their knighthood with long spears and bitter. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He was very good at taking things apart but much less skilled at the art of putting them back together. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He settled on the inner ash wood sill, leaning against the door jamb—cypress timber the skilled carpenter planed years ago and set up with a plumbline. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule The village master taught his little school. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Magnífico and Gerineldo, contemporaries of Aureliano but more skilled in the ways of the world, drank methodically with the women seated on their laps. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If we had more skilled farmers and hunters, and if we all worked at farming and hunting, we might be able to produce enough food to get us through the winter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Tom learned to be a lawman by following the example of the most skilled officers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After this he had gone to Europe to study under the most skilled surgeons and doctors in the western world. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In California orchards sprayed with this same parathion, workers handling foliage that had been treated a month earlier collapsed and went into shock, and escaped death only through skilled medical attention. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A skilled observer might notice there was something his gaze avoided. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Early the following morning Edmund Hillary, a rangy New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a highly skilled Sherpa mountaineer, set out for the top breathing bottled oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother was a skilled worker. Her dyes were steadfast. They have not faded.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Stones in different columns have different values, and by manipulating them a skilled user can add large numbers with great speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Mitraillette says that before the war the woman was quite a noted horticulturalist—the chauffeur/groundskeeper is in fact a skilled gardener—and she has bred and named a few of the roses herself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z For example, among bands and tribes, the big-men of some are inevitably more charismatic, powerful, and skilled in reaching decisions than the big-men of others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I eyed his bandages, my stomach clenching at the thought of something happening to his skilled artificer’s hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z East Germany's most skilled and talented people voted with their feet, choosing to rebuild from scratch rather than adjust to life under communism. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Kaitlin needs paramedics or the fire department or people more skilled than we are if she’s going to get through this.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Later I learned a truly skilled worker easily would have produced twice that number. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z A skilled tool and die maker, my father made replacement parts for broken machines and crafted forms for the glass bottles the company produced. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z That was tricky, but nothing any skilled lutist couldn’t accomplish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "You had the stonecutter put to death. And there is no one else skilled enough to mend it." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Swift admired the talents of his butchers, some of whom were more skilled than Swift himself. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was once a widow who was extremely skilled at embroidery. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In our modern society, when a man works and succeeds at a skilled job, we expect it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I crept back into the basement like a highly skilled sneak thief and then proceeded to listen to the most calming music I know: the Beatles. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But laboratory studies have shown that even skilled readers have a little voice running through their heads the whole time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A skilled debater, he advocated for the interests of farmers and businessmen in his district. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It is not possible, by listening to the music, to perceive the underlying design, although a skilled score reader may be able to plot its workings by studying the music on the page. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She convinced the woman that the men who had been sent—all of them Latino, in this case—were skilled professionals who would do an excellent job. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She was wearing only her ordinary shoes now, and she suspected that they would not be as skilled as those fairy slippers that had saved her on Souls Night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Pask has been lucky this far, he may find it difficult to obtain the kind of skilled work he desires. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Some people are surprised by this advice, because they think of the claim by speed-reading companies that skilled readers go directly from print to thought. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z While these four might be skilled, they lacked the refinement that Arobynn favored in his followers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But a skilled writer can enliven and sometimes electrify her prose with the judicious insertion of a surprising word. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z We pretended, for what if one of us still did believe? all the skilled workers had already been sent to other camps. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to ensure success, the warriors he selected had to be very skilled and very brave. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “He is quite skilled at manipulation. Did you not once lie to people yourself, telling them only what they wished to hear?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was a move only the quickest and most skilled knife fighter could’ve managed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Catherine LeMaigre died on Tuesday, despite the efforts of her three highly skilled physicians. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z First, in addition to inviting skilled Greeks to immigrate to the capital, the Ptolemies barred native Egyptians from spending more than twenty days in Alexandria at a time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Two of the assassins further proved it with easy, skilled shots. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The memories of the scary Nino Carlitos slide from my grasp like a wet bar of soap, and all I see is a thoughtful, generous man who is skilled at origami. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter how skilled a fencer you are, you can’t help but lose when your opponent has a blade of Ramston steel and you’ve chosen to fight with a willow switch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Will we all be renaissance children, skilled at every art and science, because we’ve had the time to master them? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then, with effortless ease, as a skilled musician fits a bit of catgut to his lyre, he bent the bow and strung it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The skilled orator is out not necessarily to knock down his opponent’s case tout court—but to misrepresent his opponent’s case in such a way as to make it easier to attack. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She, of course, was the Sea King's daughter—the most beautiful as well as the most skilled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Transformation is a tricky business, even for one as skilled as Xan. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Joyce bragged that the butchers “had a highly skilled trade and were high priced men.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Someone long ago—someone skilled in the art—had made the stream appear to flow by stitching white curving lines that gave a sense of foam. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was, you could tell, a highly skilled diplomat, with a broad range of mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The rules are different for the complicated, coordinated, fantastically skilled manipulations we perform with our insides. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s already very skilled at it, having helped on some of Dad’s plays back in California, but now she’s writing for herself. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Even Meggie could see that whoever had painted it was no more skilled at his trade than the sculptor who had carved the statue in the church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z No healer, no matter how skilled, can save me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A few of the riders appeared to be bowmen, skilled at shooting from a running horse. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The person was certainly skilled, but he—or she—was attacking the music with such ferocity that it bordered on madness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Calluses formed on my fingertips, my eye grew skilled at selecting friendlier fabrics to piece into the same block, and my neck is now accustomed to hunching over my work. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z More important to Italy’s musical enrichment than the cultural salvage from Constantinople was the importing, at vast expense, of skilled and celebrated Flemish composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It wasn’t fashioned after anything, but the delicate crystal and pearl whorls had been crafted by a skilled hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The man was not as skilled a rider as he claimed— none of the ironmen were much good in the saddle—but there'd been time enough. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their skilled riders use this fear to urge them forward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “He’s a skilled enough killer, though he didn’t complete the final test at the Cage.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mom was skilled at charming her way around corruption, which had helped her cut through the endless red tape it took to get the sanctuary off the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He had an international reputation as a knowledgeable and skilled veterinarian who specialized in primate husbandry. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The yellow fox was more skilled, but Pax’s fighting was fueled by an instinct to protect. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was like a perfectly delivered line by a skilled actor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The Lord flew effortlessly, twisting his body in curls and spirals the way a skilled dancer can take a twenty-foot ribbon and make it form graceful designs behind her. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcus is a good liar—or at least, someone who is skilled at hiding secrets. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Their principal dam had gone out for want of attention by its skilled architects, and the lake had drained away. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “If you win, and prove yourself both skilled and trustworthy, my father has sworn to grant you your freedom. And, while you’re his Champion, you’ll receive a considerable salary.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With so much unskilled labor looking for work, he was no longer dependent on Johnny Joyce and his skilled butchers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her parents made the match with business and stability in mind: Johann gained a skilled, hard-working partner, while Maria gained social and financial security. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope they’ve sent us more skilled workers and fewer gentlemen, as I requested,” says President Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Maria sought out wealthy collectors such as Agneta Block, a skilled breeder of rare and tropical plants, who invited Maria to visit her estate. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There dwelt the few women that had been permitted to remain in Minas Tirith, since they were skilled in healing or in the service of the healers. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Later that day, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover announced to the public that German U-boats had landed eight highly skilled Nazi saboteurs on America's shores. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “And you claim to be skilled in this so-called art?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Analyses of malpractice lawsuits show that there are highly skilled doctors who get sued a lot and doctors who make lots of mistakes and never get sued. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The children were quite skilled at identifying animal tracks in the snow, although Penelope had to discourage them from actually sniffing their way along the ground. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Fadi knew that great photos almost always showed a skilled use of light. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z "Find me a fast ship with a skilled captain," he told the steward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Already skilled at handling small guns, the boys quickly learned to operate the flak, the larger 88-mm antiaircraft cannon. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Geisbert was a skilled fisherman and a crack shot with a rifle, and he spent a lot of time in the woods. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This woman was apparently a skilled worker, and I thought it doubly unfortunate that she was not lending her talents to the creation of a pair of Levy Pants . . . pants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was only there because Lucas Cader had convinced me that it was a sure way of seeing Ada Taylor, who was becoming increasingly skilled at avoiding me and screening my phone calls. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z After proving himself somewhat skilled during practice, many of the other competitors had sought him out, but he still opted to keep to himself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Arya was a skilled climber and a fast picker, and she liked to go off by herself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If you’re skilled you don’t try to steel yourself, you actually do the opposite, you let yourself go, completely, Hoagland told me once, like you are sitting on the toilet, you loosen a certain muscle. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her aim was as skilled as an archer's. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I loved visiting him, his wife, and their four sons, all of whom were skilled tailors. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But still the book gave her no answers, and however much she read, however skilled she became with a knife and a bow, she seemed no closer to fulfilling her vow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Not that she was very skilled at it, but still. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Louis, skilled in bush lore, followed the leopard’s tracks and the trail of dried blood, until we found the body of the huge dog. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z But the majority thought it was best to include them—skilled and unskilled, men and women together. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Most of those who worked in the Yard, including the skilled butchers still employed by Swift and his fellow bosses, chose to stay put in Packingtown, a short walk from work. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It is what Vincent wants for himself eventually, when he is skilled enough—to defy convention and to be bold. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Sisters were skilled in all known languages, astronomy, the art of poisons, dance, metallurgy, martial arts, decoupage, and the finer points of assassinry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, skilled labor has gone from being heavily Democratic to almost evenly split. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z At this the grey-eyed goddess Athena smiled, and gave him a caress, her looks being changed now, so she seemed a woman, tall and beautiful and no doubt skilled at weaving splendid things. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I had already gone to nine different schools, I was skilled at being a professional acquaintance. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Beaver was incredibly skilled at taking down trees, but even he couldn’t keep up with Roz’s powerful chopping hands. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Captain Smith decides that now that some of us are well, every able-bodied man must be skilled at using a musket. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “No. It becomes a more accurate and deadly tool for a skilled swordsman. In the wrong hands, it would likely injure or kill the bearer.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But making people like you, making people want to take your part and be on your side—that I am far less skilled at. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He is a skilled carpenter, builder, and farmer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a flawless reputation for work and study; she was now a skilled and record-breaking air navigator; she had squeaky-clean connections. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But the skilled butchers were now a small part of a huge, mostly unskilled labor pool. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A swift stroke she dealt, skilled and deadly. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There were many others who could not be shuffled into convenient categories, but it was because they were skilled at hiding the signs of their satisfaction or their discontent. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The female is generally larger and more aggressive than the male, though neither should be approached by any but highly skilled and trained wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Under Somkit’s skilled hand, the taxi zipped past the other boats, flying across the water. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z As she became more skilled, Mother went from using her whole body to only her fingers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Though griffins are fierce, a handful of skilled wizards have been known to befriend one. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately he called in the most skilled stonecutter in the village. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Also, Old Tallow, who loved to hunt and was very skilled, shared her catch with them when Deydey was gone. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Elizabeth became a skilled equestrian and learned how to jump ditches and four-foot fences on horseback. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z At this school, the only real weapons were words, so I’d become skilled at wielding them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the antebellum South, the lowliest white person at least possessed his or her white skin—a badge of superiority over even the most skilled slave or prosperous free African American. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In my first year, I was not skilled enough to make any of the teams. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy with the bag of bones has become skilled at telling fortunes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He was skilled enough at his woodworking that the ever-demanding President Washington employed him several times to make objects for his household. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z All the metal tools were made by a blacksmith, and the wooden pieces were made by skilled woodworkers. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z "It is only that this painting is most amazing, even for such a skilled artist as you. This dragon painting will bring great honor to the village when we present it to the magistrate." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When Frightful discovered what skilled flyers they were, she led them onto a rising thermal. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The skilled choice of words he was exercising was exquisitely titillating. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Enrique will have to outsmart Border Patrol agents on the other side who are skilled and dogged. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I wished for my mothers friends, but skilled as they were, even they didn't surf at dusk. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She felt good when she was online, like she was skilled, and it was thrilling, the constant, intense interactivity. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She didn’t want Diana to think she was rejoicing in her absence, but she was not skilled at feigning feelings she did not own. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The yeti devours anything that strays into its path, though it fears fire and may be repulsed by skilled wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As he had hoped, the case demonstrated to many around the country the need for a national, more professional, scientifically skilled force. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We were now attracting young, gifted lawyers from all over the country who are extremely skilled. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Bit by bit, the bow began to seem less foreign to her, though she knew she was far from being as skilled as Pol was. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I knew I was a skilled artificer, better than many who had worked much longer in Kilvin’s shop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He has to be skilled enough to draw accurate pictures of machines, houses, furniture, whatever people need. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Unlike Lawrence, who was skilled at communicating concepts but impatient with the burden of classroom teaching, Oppenheimer liked teaching; he just was not very good at it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Some of the inhabitants of these islands must have been skilled navigators who traded from island to island over long distances. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, time after time, quarrels between skilled and unskilled laborers left the work force weak and defeated. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had become enamored of hunting and fishing and became so skilled that when his grandfather died he was adopted by the greatest of all living Eskimo hunters. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s face it,” Southam responded, “there are relatively few skilled cancer researchers, and it seemed stupid to take even the little risk.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z From what I remember, it takes about an hour to drive from the Abnegation sector to Amity headquarters, and the trip requires a skilled driver. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your sister, even though she avoids the work, is a skilled spinner and will be a skilled wife. She needs practice in learning both, my son,” their mother said with a smile. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The Congolese are skilled at survival and perceptive beyond belief, or else dead at an early age. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Leisured, and skilled at abstracting from immediate experience, the scholar is able to see how aspects of individual experience constitute a culture. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What’s more, even very skilled composers decided there were really far too many chords available and that they needed far fewer for their purposes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z We advocated the redivision of land on an equitable basis; the abolition of color bars prohibiting Africans from doing skilled work; and the need for free and compulsory education. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Amiable rogues all three, the brothers were in truth much more skilled at deceit than they'd ever been at bloodletting. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Frankie had been as skilled at street fights as he was at boxing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Everyone knew what a skilled spire fighter was capable of, and the ones who had heard of Nok Sivapan knew just how skilled she was. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z To make matters worse, dramatic technological changes revolutionized the workplace—changes that eliminated many of the jobs that less skilled workers once relied upon for their survival. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z For a moment Matt was tempted to ask for Tam Lin’s steed, but he wasn’t skilled enough to ride it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Calling on the lion one day, the hare told him that he was very skilled at getting lice out of lion tails. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The old God of Sleep aroused his son, Morpheus, skilled in assuming the form of any and every human being, and he gave him Juno’s orders. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed someone skilled in the arts of hunting and gathering who also knew a lot about the animals, plants, and fungi of northern California. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Seeing things, eh? It was a skilled witch or wizard-who put the boy’s name in that goblet. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The Cadets and Skulls pretend to shake off the rumors, but the Yearlings aren't so skilled at hiding their fear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He was drifting into the great slipstream in which many promising jockeys are lost, their talents never tried for lack of the skilled trainer, the wise owner, the “big horse.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Under normal circumstances that would not be considered skilled driving. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a petty trick, and largely useless against a skilled sympathist, but my only hope was to rattle him in some way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I became skilled in ignoring these cosmic threats and developed a callousness toward all metaphysical preachments. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z "There is no man in the Iron Islands half so skilled with spear or sword." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Skillful as were the men of Phaiakia in ship handling at sea, so were these women skilled at the loom, having this lovely craft and artistry as talents from Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the elusive “ear” of a skilled writer—the tacit sense of style which every honest stylebook, echoing Wilde, confesses cannot be explicitly taught. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He was green, and he overestimated his resilience, but he was sufficiently skilled to last for sixteen weeks on little more than his wits and ten pounds of rice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Having expected childlike natives, empty vessels waiting to be filled by the Word, the Franciscans instead found themselves fencing with skilled rhetoricians, proud of their intellectual traditions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In childhood, he rode in the last of the great cattle drives; at thirteen, he was already a skilled horse breaker. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The lab really had an engineering staff of one: Don Cooksey, who was unquestionably skilled but who found it a challenge to maintain the technical standards of cyclotron design all by himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They could be handled by skilled nurses in a good hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lots of people work hard at skilled jobs but lack something—a degree, a credential, sometimes a union card—that would give them better pay and more job security. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z More skilled Corporalki could extract the water themselves, but she didn’t have time to fret over her lack of training. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The meal was served in enormous helpings on damask tablecloths by the skilled Italian waiters Major de Coverley had kidnaped from the mainland and given to Milo. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He was notoriously skilled at sticking his nose where it didn’t belong. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He was a new breed of spy: quiet and unassuming, but skilled at handling the equipment that was becoming vital to America's espionage campaign against the Soviets. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But at the same time, we didn’t have hoop clothes and these guys were mad big and skilled. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It was like we were doing one of those elaborate Modegan court dances, where the partners stand scant inches apart, but—if they are skilled—never touch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was rumored that he was as skilled now as the Rehabilitation Directors themselves, and that he had even developed some machines and methods to hasten rehabilitation. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He had grown into an exceptionally skilled killer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z That took time, but not much, because the Captain was skilled and, more than that, the Prince was quick to lose patience and no one dared risk that. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And in examining the lives of the remarkable among us—the skilled, the talented, and the driven—I will argue that there is something profoundly wrong with the way we make sense of success. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The first being this: attacking a member of the Arcanum skilled enough to make a binding of iron is foolish.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But a skilled practitioner can use it to tell how meaningful a correlation is—and maybe even tell whether that correlation does indicate a causal relationship. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I was not nearly so skilled with a canoe as these men, but I must say that whatever might befall me on the endless waters did not trouble me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the 1590s, the instrument was selling so well that for a short time Galileo had to employ a skilled workman to make them for him. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Not only is Jule the child of two exceptionally skilled people, she is a remarkable intellect with a fierce survival instinct. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “As Agatha Swanburne used to say, ‘Doing your best is the best you can do,’ and we have certainly The children were quite skilled at identifying animal tracks in the snow . . . done our best. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He was also, more than 100 years before Photoshop, a skilled image manipulator. Eadweard Muybridge exhibition reveals master photo manipulator 2010-09-06T17:17:00Z Chongqing chicken and mung-bean jelly proliferated as skilled chefs flocked to the city. Chinese Noodles From a Chile-Haunted Region 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z But with a skilled pilot in a properly outfitted jet boat, with no propeller to strike rocks, Class 4-5 is defined as family fun. Jet boats provide family fun on Hells Canyon rapids 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The same story, in less skilled hands, could have easily lumbered in at twice the length. Edmund White’s High-Octane Saga of Twin Sisters and 1950s Texas 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Nothing, of course, can match the thrill of watching such skilled performers live. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Cellphones are illegal in prison as are, needless to say, the weapons involved in the related attacks, but inmates are skilled at turning any kind of object into something potentially deadly. | 'The Squad: Prison Police': A&E Reality Show Spotlights Police Unit in Prison 2010-08-04T22:37:00Z Also a skilled musician, who played the violin, bass and piano, Zamparelli performed in an Army band during World War II. Zamparelli, Howard Hughes’ Chief Designer, Dies 2012-09-10T13:41:51Z There is no tradition in the United States, as there is in France, of treating artists as skilled laborers, deserving of the same respect and protections provided to those who work in other fields. Should the American Theater Take French Lessons? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Andrews wields a trumpet as easily as the trombone and is also skilled at keyboards, drums and songwriting. "Trombone Shorty" carries on New Orleans jazz tradition 2013-04-27T17:03:55Z His father was a rancher and as a teenager Brubeck was a skilled cowboy. Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck dead at 91 2012-12-05T18:42:23Z The show features skilled dance troupes with authentic performances accompanied by live musicians. Wonderful Waikiki: 5 ideas for millennials and 5 ideas for boomers 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The Renwick hopes to chart a new course for craftsmanship in a digital age and to showcase the preoccupations of skilled 21st-century artisans. Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery Reopens With a New Focus 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The performers are impressively skilled, though, and shown to much better effect in more purely physical sections that depend fundamentally on strength, poise and trust. Circa 2011-07-22T08:08:00Z They are directed by Joseph Discher, who is skilled in moving actors around a single set. Review: Yes, It’s the Civil War. But ‘Butler’ Has Some Humor. 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Far from being domestically inept, she was, in addition to her talents as a journalist, novelist, muse and consort to men of genius, skilled in the kitchen. The Gimlet Eye: A Poor Little Rich Girl at Christmas 2010-12-21T20:37:10Z Princess Emmajin, a skilled archer and horse rider, wants to fight for her grandfather, the Great Khan. Summer reading: nature's delights, the nature of friendship and life lessons for children and teens 2011-06-17T18:43:57Z The question rippling underneath this project perhaps is whether an artist’s childhood drawings are better — more skilled, competent or knowing — than drawings by the rest of us, who didn’t become artists. Marco Rios: ‘"S” Is for Sincere, Formerly Formally “F” Is for Fake’ 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z He moved to Bucks County in 1968 and lived in Andalusia, Pa. Advertisement Advertisement There he painted landscapes and still lifes and developed a reputation as a skilled portrait painter. Nelson Shanks, Who Painted the Prominent, Dies at 77 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z It may be a blessing for the film to have ended up with skilled, self-effacing mimics instead of distracting movie stars. The Farrelly Brothers on Their ?Three Stooges? 2012-04-06T13:00:00Z An uncommonly skilled boy soprano who sang in his church choir, Russell was performing throughout Ohio by the time he was a young child. Russell Oberlin, Renowned Countertenor, Is Dead at 88 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Construction jobs abounded, and as a result, skilled labor became scarcer. Eight Dream-Home Dupes 2010-04-14T21:45:00Z A good art collection is a highly personal one, so a skilled adviser should help a collector steer clear of fads and avoid the common trap of buying the same artists as their friends. Artiquette 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z When I started my own catering business three years ago, I began making a concerted effort to document and become more skilled in making many of my favorite Syrian dishes. A beloved Syrian dessert and the inheritance of loss 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z A cautionary tale about the destructive powers of fame-seeking in the age of social media, Tekashi’s story might recall that of another American villain skilled in media manipulation. The saga of Tekashi 6ix9ine: inside the story of a 'supervillain' rapper 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z I’m not skilled enough to apply liquid liner well. The Freestyle Ski Star Eileen Gu Has a Warning About TikTok Diets 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Some ranchers, convinced their horses were more skilled than others, turned it into a competition. A Swiss oil trader, his cowgirl daughter and the rodeo art of 'cutting' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The most controversial of Collier’s prescriptions will, given his likely audience, undoubtedly be those measures aimed at curbing the economic advantages flowing to the people he describes as the “smug skilled.” Saving Local Communities in a Globalized World 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Leading the orchestra will be the prodigiously skilled Mr. Adès, an insightful conductor in wide-ranging repertory and an accomplished pianist. New Operas at the Met Prove to Be Rare Breed 2012-09-09T04:55:01Z Such flights of poetry would seem pretentious and implausible in the hands of a less skilled writer, but Jiles grounds her characters’ metaphysical musings in a starkly realistic portrait of the lawless Texas landscape. Can a 10-year-old girl ever recover from years in captivity? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z My father is a gifted woodworker and his father was a skilled joiner. Grinling Gibbons: the wood-carver who took root in England 2010-09-08T09:51:00Z But ultimately, those lured in by the jaunty trailer and the cast of skilled comedians will be disappointed, as will those who loved the book. ‘Admission’: Faintly comedic drama earns a passing grade 2013-03-21T15:05:35Z Some of those tactics, including Steinberg’s favorites, involve physical force, but most, when used by a skilled abuser, require no force at all. Donald Trump is always the victim, but never to blame 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z He has also typically been blessed with actors skilled at selling dotty setups with deadpan ease. ‘Incredible but True’ Review: Track to the Future 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Hall is a skilled and insightful writer who knows how persuasion happens. A Defense of the Semicolon and Other Adventures in the English Language 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z But analysts said attribution in cyberattacks is difficult, and hackers are skilled in obfuscation and misdirection to avoid getting caught. Sony insider -- not North Korea -- likely involved in hack, experts say 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z In addition to her aunt Lucy, Elizabeth’s extended family included skilled pipers and fiddlers. Elizabeth Stewart, Champion of Scotland’s Folk Music, Dies at 83 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Preljocaj is a clever choreographer, superb at eliciting a raw, uninhibited physicality from his dancers, yet equally skilled at distancing the images of lust and anger he creates, and making them compellingly strange. Ballet Preljocaj – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-19T15:57:12Z In less skilled hands, “The Book of Mormon” would have been on a single laugh track and would have run out of steam. Tonys preview: Bet on 'Book of Mormon' 2011-06-10T15:17:44Z The writer and director Martin McDonagh is skilled with words, but he said the most surprising moment in this scene came from improvised action. Watch Scenes From These Eight Best Picture Nominees 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z In pandemic New York, as voracious demand for takeout crashed into the scarcity of skilled cooks, many restaurants jettisoned dishes from their menus, particularly complicated and time-consuming ones — for instance, banh chung chien. Labor-Intensive Vietnamese Cooking in a Summer Short on Labor 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Thousands of lost jobs were regained, mixed with imported, more skilled workers from China, but this is no late-capitalist fairytale. Streaming: Netflix and the Obamas raise the stakes 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z “Some people followed their training and act as skilled witnesses,” says Noel. Could you survive 60 days in prison? Behind bars on the ultimate reality show 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Peckham and her mother began putting together a “highly skilled and knowledgeable team of industry experts” to apply for a license in New York State to grow and distribute cannabis. Connected by Cannabis 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z If someone else is doing the work, you’ll want a skilled pro who offers sage advice. Picture frames: How to find the best companies and the best deals 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z He wakes up to find a noose around his neck, strung over a tree and tied to a horse, but because he’s such a skilled horse whisperer, he survives to continue on his path. 7 Major Westworld Revelations 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z These parallel stories, well-syncopated in Christopher's skilled hands, soon begin to merge, at times in fascinating, unexpected ways. Review: Novel draws on jazz legend's music 2012-12-31T14:54:08Z Few writers are as skilled at illustrating the ways in which personal abuses of power are not just the result but the praxis of cultural domination. 2 Novels by ‘Alternative Nobel’ Winner Take On Power and Its Abuses 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The performers are skilled enough that we don’t hear the sound of gears stripping. Theater Review: ‘Mothers and Sons,’ an AIDS Tale Starring Tyne Daly 2014-03-25T02:00:01Z Most of us are not nearly that skilled. How to eat: lasagne 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But in the hands of a skilled practitioner of the punning craft – such as Milton Jones, deadpan Canadian Stewart Francis or the evergreen Tim Vine – it yields spectacularly funny results. This week's new live comedy 2013-04-06T05:00:17Z This year our business incubator has applied for – and been granted – visas for two of its design graduates under the graduate entrepreneur scheme, granting leave to stay to skilled overseas graduates endorsed by their universities. Letters: Student visas are an open door to talent 2013-03-05T21:00:01Z With its skilled hoofers and rote dramaturgy, “Mayor of Harlem” is nice but not so interesting, except in two respects. Review: Bill Robinson’s Rags-to-Riches Tap Tale 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z As journalists continue reporting on the Great Dissembler, they need to be just as skilled and persistent at what they do. ‘No, Mr. Trump, that’s a lie’: What Lesley Stahl should have said Sunday night 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z The musician born Malik Taylor and raised in New York was a skilled, sharp-edged rapper who also became, in part through his decency, an important symbol. Mourning Phife Dawg: Hip hop lost a legend too young in Tribe Called Quest’s Malik Taylor 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Yet Fish, exceptionally skilled at foreign relations, sometimes pursued his own agenda. Ulysses S. Grant: New Biography of ‘A Nobody From Nowhere’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps he was excessively skilled with too many options at his fingertips. When He Was Good, He Was Breathtaking 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The novel demonstrates that Lippman, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, is both a skilled journalist and a masterful novelist. Review | Laura Lippman’s love letter to Baltimore and its people 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z A skilled self-publicist, Wolfe made himself instantly recognisable with his trademark white suit, hat and shoes. Tom Wolfe vs. John Updike, Norman Mailer and John Irving — and other timeless literary feuds 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z He is also survived by hundreds of skilled jazz musicians. Leon Breeden, Jazz Educator, Dies at 88 2010-08-14T04:45:00Z The cast members who circulate are trained improvisers, skilled at eliciting responses, practiced at batting those responses back. Immersed in ‘Stranger Things,’ Then Strolling to Beckett 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z There is the patient, and there is the doctor — “one skilled in the particular experience of symptoms, the other in investigating them, first- and third-person accounts vying for the same conceptual ground.” In ‘Let Me Not Be Mad,’ a Doctor Is One of His Own Case Studies 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z On this day we flew above the peaks, but Lake Clark Air is skilled in slipping small, hardy Stinson planes between the mountains’ flanks to land midriver on gravel bars. Journeys: Alaskan Road Trip, 500 Feet Up 2010-02-19T03:36:00Z Ms. Werner is a skilled pop-country songwriter, and probably a better choice for the material than a seasoned musical theater composer. ‘Bull Durham,’ a Musical Adaptation of the 1988 Movie 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The often-staid White House memoir genre gets a fresh, funny, candid boost from this addictably readable account by one of President Obama’s stenographers, who turns out to be a skilled writer as well. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He has a chance to work out his issues with an obviously skilled therapist and instead he's turned her into a disappointing fantasy girlfriend. "In Treatment" finale recap: Jesse calls it quits 2010-12-08T13:30:00Z Long Island producers are still determining which varieties do the best, and two of my favorite skilled and experimental producers are no longer there. 10 New York State Wines to Drink Now 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z “What attracted me to this collection was the concept of these skilled craftsmen, essentially boat builders, expertly crafting furniture from their native materials,” says Klaus Nienkämper. High-Design Furniture Made for a Remote Canadian Inn 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The finest cognacs are crafted by skilled blenders from several eaux de vie with a wide variety of ages. A two-barrel salute to the friendship of Lafayette and Washington 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z During the course of this and subsequent projects, he trained a cadre of British printmakers skilled in representing the effects of paint and watercolour in line and tone that was the envy of Europe. Constable, Turner, Gainsborough and the Making of Landscape 2012-11-23T22:55:21Z It’s one of many new spins on old Jewish jokes in a set that represents a breakthrough for this skilled comic. Four Specials Take Outdoor Comedy in Unexpected Directions 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z He was a skilled guitarist who also played clarinet, banjo, mandolin, drums and even bagpipes; he often joined Minutemen onstage, Mr. Watt said, to play his clarinet during the band’s jams between songs. Spot, Record Producer Who Captured the Fury of 1980s Punk, Dies at 71 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Throw in a skilled but also wildly emotional cast of characters this season, and you've got a truly satisfying flavor profile. "Top Chef" just improves with age 2010-07-15T13:10:00Z One is that Rockwell was a wonderfully skilled artist not at all devalued by having to churn away to magazine deadlines. The norms of Norman Rockwell 2011-01-30T22:00:03Z The movement detection on the Kinect is poor so that even the most skilled players may still receive failing marks. Game On: 'El Shaddai' a worthy quest; 'Zumba' a party pooper 2011-08-29T02:39:03Z Lawrence Minter was an infantryman in World War I and a skilled mechanic. House Proud: Joe Minter’s African Village in America 2013-04-24T22:17:36Z The company today, live on screen, looks not just skilled and stylish but also enthusiastic, robust, engaging. Critic?s Notebook: Bolshoi?s ?Esmeralda? Is Vivid on a Movie Screen 2011-10-11T21:54:38Z They certainly crack up Keegan-Michael Key, who pairs a fan’s gushing enthusiasm with the skilled craftsmanship of a seasoned pro who knows that laughter can be contagious. On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z She saw them as skilled people in possession of an earthy wisdom. ‘The Yearling’ author’s homestead is a doorway to a quirky Florida subculture 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z But it’s kind of fun watching this skilled veteran of stage and television give it his all. | 'It Must Be Him': Has-Been Writer Hopes to Break Out of a Slump 2010-09-02T22:58:00Z Even for the most skilled professional saxophone players, "Yakety Sax" is highly challenging to perform. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z People think the Chinese must live in total ignorance, but Chinese my age are so skilled, they have access to everything they want. Tash Aw: a life in writing 2013-03-15T08:00:27Z Howarth is skilled at taking the old forms of the Western — the thrill of the chase, the Manichaean nonsense of “civilized” and “savage” — and reshaping them to address contemporary concerns. Review | Two Australian boys seek revenge for their parents’ murder in this blood-soaked tale 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z So Carlyle can focus on arranging a large cast of skilled dancers. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z However, Ladbrokes and other betting sites are not especially skilled at Nobel laureate predictions. ArtsBeat Blog: Dylan Tangled Up in Nobel Prize Speculation 2011-10-05T17:14:37Z Even with the help of Rightfully Sewn, a charity that trains and places refugee seamstresses, Ms. Choules can’t find enough skilled workers. The Leotard Queen 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Pasek had carried along some rudimentary songs — lyrics and basic chords — from high school days; he asked Paul, a skilled pianist, to help flesh them out. Their songs and their names will linger in your ears: Pasek and Paul and 'Dear Evan Hansen' 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Lipsky is skilled at creating taboo-busting characters and letting them reveal themselves in the kinds of long, detailed scenes actors love. Review: In ‘Mad Women,’ a Small-Town Political Family With Issues 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z There is nothing morally objectionable about Britain refusing entry to skilled people from poor countries, or insisting that students or temporary workers from such countries return home after their visas expire. Why the left is wrong about immigration 2013-03-27T11:59:50Z And I say, ‘Look, you gotta change this. I’m not an artist! I’m a photographer. A skilled craftsman.’ Phil Stern, photographer of stars during Hollywood’s golden age, dies at 95 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z "The way these children have worked their experiences through into art is not only incredibly moving and sometimes quite shocking but it is amazingly skilled," she says. Abused children turn their fears into artwork for groundbreaking exhibition 2012-06-11T14:10:03Z Casanova was a consummate Renaissance man, skilled in many disciplines. A Conversation With: John Malkovich: John Malkovich on Casanova and Other Roles 2013-05-27T21:18:58Z Substantively speaking, Clinton came across as better informed and more skilled at illuminating her policy issues and discussing her 30 years of public service. Even Andy Cohen needed a shower: Watch what happens when Donald Trump turns a presidential debate into a reality TV nightmare 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The median price for care in an assisted living facility, which provides residents with meals and other forms of assistance but not with skilled nursing care, is over $43,500. Why Medicaid matters to you 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z "The Underdogs" episode is named for her saga, highlighting her determination and skilled leadership. The strength of "Physical: 100" is in what is has to say about our view of the perfect physique 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Margot White is equally skilled as Rebecca; she and Mr. Cover create an alluring chemistry while they dance around their feelings. | 'Rosmersholm': In Ibsen, Discontent and Desires Unspoken 2010-12-01T22:20:00Z It’s difficult for even a storyteller as skilled as Mr. Gladwell to engineer surprise re-readings of history on wildly different topics. You Know Your History? These Podcasts Aren’t So Sure 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Opera Fan: These skilled stagehands are very much part of the production. Perspective | Ask Amy: Woman must reset her dorkometer for dating success 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z This Call of Duty finally calculates the contribution of less skilled or more defensive players toward team goals and rewards. Critic’s Notebook: Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Halo 4 2012-11-13T08:01:23Z “Are guns useful for self-defense? Here was one of the most skilled shooters in American history holding guns, surrounded by guns, and was unable to protect himself.” ‘American Sniper’ Fuels a War on the Home Front 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z As Cho's script explains in the expository dump that is the opening episode, deliverymen are highly skilled fighters-for-hire, able to outrun or fend off marauding bands of hunters. The working-class hero of "Black Knight" is noble, but we've done this apocalypse many times before 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z The conservators discovered that the original garden engineers were highly skilled. The real magic of the Taj Mahal 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Add a high-priced destination and a cast of privileged guests skilled at undermining their own happiness, and you have a formula for disaster, or at least a strongly worded complaint to the manager. Review: ‘The White Lotus’ Offers Scenery From the Class Struggle 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z There are no saints, but the good guys and gals are skilled at self-deception. Seduced by Ayad Akhtar's 'Junk,' the new play that picks apart the Wall Street playbook 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The two roles' demands are similar — like Geralt, Thor is charismatic, determined, skilled with weaponry and tormented by his past just the right amount to make him attractive to people who like challenging fixer-uppers. Contrary to what Liam Hemsworth doubters suspect, he'll make a fine lead in "The Witcher" 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z He’s eager to praise her, as both a highly skilled actor and “just an incredible human being.” Josh Brolin: Tough rancher in ‘Outer Range,’ softie at home 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Each group was taken by a fairly skilled or at least intent photographer; each follows a fixed subject through time. Art Review: ‘Snap Noir’ and ‘Photo Brut’ Display Found Photographs 2013-08-08T21:53:25Z Communities that fail to attract skilled workers lose further ground. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z Martín was a dancer at the Royal Ballet who, while not preternaturally technically skilled, was a performer of great wit and elan who knew exactly how to play an audience. The Nutcracker – review 2012-12-23T00:06:43Z Unfortunately, she wasn’t as skilled at driving as she thought. 10-year-old girl reportedly steals and crashes her mom's car for early morning McDonald's run 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The reason: Its area of origin, Saudi Arabia, hires skilled workers in various fields from all over the world. Worried about MERS in South Korea? Visitors can (mostly) breathe easy. 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z It needs names that evoke nostalgia for the showbiz past but also skilled triple-threats who match the characters — and one another. Casting a ‘Follies’ of the Future, With Beyoncé and Ben Platt 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Like a skilled dinner party hostess, eHarmony introduced the men and women to one another. Modern Love: When Dating Takes More Than the Click of a Mouse 2012-10-04T22:29:41Z Ms. Orlandersmith is so skilled at disappearing into her characters that I had forgotten until then what her process involved. Review: The Ghosts of Michael Brown, in ‘Until the Flood’ 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z My multiply skilled pal Scott Hill and I, concealed on the mountain, operated firing systems of increasing sophistication, though I shunned computers. The Pyro-American in Me 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z We are in every neighborhood, on the front lines, ensuring an informed, learning and skilled citizenry. One easy New Year's resolution to help save democracy in 2019: Go to the library 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z It falls to some highly skilled performers to keep us up to speed, and no one accomplishes this with more felicity than Emily Shackleford. Review | How ‘Indecent,’ about art happening against all odds, speaks to our time 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z In particular, Collier's illustrations show the power of Dave's skilled hands as he manipulated 60 pounds of clay to create huge, but lovely, pots. Prize-winning children's books by African Americans 2011-02-19T00:39:28Z Both are also quite skilled in manipulating social media, as evidenced in the mini-firestorm that erupted online when the idea was broached. Column: McGregor vs Mayweather, a freak show with precedent 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Chin is by now a well-known figure, a skilled organizer of socially provocative works that can last for years. The Plot to Put Conceptual Art on ‘Melrose Place.’ Yes, Really. 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “I’ve never thought of myself as particularly skilled with accents, voices, mimicry or anything like that. It’s scary to put that on, in a film, when it’s not yours.” Natalie Portman: The key to Jackie Kennedy was that unforgettable voice 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z An untested Santa, one who happens to look and sound suspiciously like Uncle Andy, could ruin a kid’s Christmas and shatter their sense of trust if he’s not skilled in the art of improvisation. Santas are also in short supply this year, which leads to some intriguing alternatives 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z He was also a skilled photographer and mountaineer who took part in eighteen expeditions to the Himalayas. The Mount Everest mystery deepens: Was there an international cover-up of a dead climber's ascent? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z On Wednesday’s evidence, today’s dancers are least skilled in exposed, slow movements. At Dance Theater of Harlem, Where’s the ‘Theater’? 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z But mostly the 1976 “Einstein” cast was an assembly of artists, skilled in some things and amateurish in others, but with a kind of venturesome summer-camp atmosphere prevailing during the rehearsals and performances in Avignon. ‘Einstein on the Beach’ Revival at BAM Raises Questions 2012-08-31T14:06:50Z That Mr. Descartes and especially the skilled Ms. Albergaria are devoid of movie star airs elicits our sympathy. Review: In ‘Hard Labor,’ a Brazilian Couple’s Unsettling Struggle 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Leonard Slatkin, his successor, was a skilled technician with a vision for a “National Symphony” concentrating on American music, but he was more interested in performing a wide variety of repertory than in honing excellence. The National Symphony Orchestra’s forte for falling flat 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Actors, however, are skilled at bringing other peoples' words to life. Cedering Fox's WordTheatre gives voice to authors' works 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z And certainly, in less skilled hands, the portrayal of Halston — who had an intriguing blend of masculine and feminine qualities — easily could have gone off the rails. Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston! 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z It also heavily implies that Lorraine Warren, armed with heavenly psychic powers, is a more skilled investigator than the police, and preaches marital devotion as the ultimate Godly weapon. ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Review: Church, Meet State 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z “But you will be invited to enjoy the illusion of such enlightenment in the skilled and charismatic company of Julia Roberts and George Clooney.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Dheepan’ and ‘Deadpool’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Fish said he hadn’t clocked the delicate freight of this exchange till Ms. Jones got her skilled hands on it. An ‘Intoxicating’ Singer, Whether It’s Green Day or ‘Oklahoma!’ 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z This, of course, is why we need skilled horticulturists to rise to the challenge. Why we need horticulturists 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z A skilled pianist, organist and composer, he spent nearly five decades at the helm of the Choral Arts Society. Norman Scribner, who founded D.C. Choral Arts Society, dies at 79 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z But I wasn’t confident that Bonds, a nimble writer, and Tyne Rafaeli, her skilled director, knew either. Review: In ‘Goodnight Nobody,’ a Getaway Goes Awry 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The directors and performers are skilled and inventive; what they do requires discipline, intensity and killer timing. The top 10 stupid comedies for smart people 2010-07-31T00:20:00Z But those dark rumors don’t hold a candle to this one — that we’re sliding toward despair because all the efforts of good, skilled men and women are for naught. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Playwrights have, in fact, become highly skilled at tailoring their scripts to modest dimensions, and still saying what they intend to say. Critic's notebook: In a time of cutbacks, some love for the big cast on stage 2011-08-10T19:48:03Z They have also provided opportunities for the increasing numbers of highly skilled performers graduating from musical theatre courses such as Laine and Arts Educational. Les Misérables: why the snobbery about musicals? 2013-01-14T15:25:21Z The Indian leader, a skilled orator adept at revving up crowds, arrives to deafening cheers, accompanied by his guest of honor, President Donald Trump. India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each Other or Without Each Other 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Puccini’s orchestration is skilled and well suited to the purpose of supporting the voices, but “La Bohème” is no orchestral showpiece, as Mr. Rizzi seemed determined to make it. Review: ‘La Bohème,’ in All Its Excessive Glory 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Grace is educated and a skilled typist, but her thick northern accent deters potential employers. Park Lane by Frances Osborne – review 2012-06-29T21:55:07Z Skanda was a skilled pool player; he liked to wear jewelry; he liked older men, whom he called “silver daddies.” “Uncover: The Village”: A Serial Killer, Toronto’s Gay Community, and a Podcast That Transcends True Crime 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z And it was delightful to see the skilled members of the Philharmonic so eagerly embracing the chance to act, stomp and ham it up. Music Review: ‘A Dancer’s Dream’ Includes Orchestra in Stravinsky Ballets 2013-06-28T21:18:49Z But in the hands of a skilled novelist or essayist like Solnit — whose books include “Men Explain Things to Me” and “The Mother of All Questions” — a biography becomes something else entirely. Review | Orwell was more than a social critic. Rebecca Solnit’s new book finds him in the garden. 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Hersey, in his 1843 journal, described himself as “slightly skilled in the art of flowering; that is drawing and painting upon bone; steam boats, flower pots, monuments, balloons, landscapes &c.” In Maritime Logbooks, a Trove of ‘Extraordinary’ Imagery 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z If women really are less skilled at cracking jokes, what does that say about how they think? Louis C.K. or Tina Fey? Gender, science and the age-old question: Are men or women funnier? 2014-03-15T13:30:00Z Elgar’s masterpiece is still too often overlooked, but when given such a skilled and committed reading, “Gerontius” can shine again. ‘Gerontius,’ where have you been? Seattle Symphony brings seldom-heard piece to vibrant life 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z "When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it." The Ira Glass / This American Life way of reporting the news 2013-06-23T18:30:03Z “When Philip started writing orchestral music, he wasn’t as skilled as he is now by a long shot,” Davies observes. At 80, America’s most famous composer remains a maverick. The man who’s conducted his 11 symphonies talks about why. 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z 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 I felt sympathy for the skilled players of this intrepid orchestra who had to grapple with three unfamiliar, challenging scores. Review: Max Reger, an Orphan-Composer Adopted for a Night 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The plotting is skilled, as is the sleuthing, and the landscape is stunning. Beautiful Places to Die 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z He suggested he was skilled in picking up the nonverbal cues that signal a woman’s consent. Bill Cosby Deposition Reveals Calculated Pursuit of Young Women, Using Fame, Drugs and Deceit 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z He recalled facing shortages of materials, of skilled labor and of funds. Balkrishna Doshi, Modernist Indian Architect, Is Dead at 95 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z To become a shokunin, a skilled craftsman, someone who does the same exact thing every day to the highest possible level in the neverending pursuit of perfection. Jiro: Dreams of Sushi: a film about fish, fine-dining and fatherhood 2013-01-11T11:41:34Z ELF members became highly skilled at staging arson fires and covering their tracks; several years and millions of dollars were expended before the FBI "turned" Jake Ferguson and broke the case. "If a Tree Falls": Understanding the era of "eco-terrorism" 2011-06-22T00:30:00Z He found the players, over all, experienced and skilled. Mostly Mozart, Mostly Improved 2013-07-26T20:05:06Z “I should warn you: I’m not a skilled eater,” he said, leaning forward to grab a white plastic takeout bag. Larry David on Broadway Theater, ‘Seinfeld’ and Death Etiquette 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Even for the most skilled saxophone players, "Yakety Sax" is highly challenging to perform. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z That’s a yes, so do find yourself a skilled and reputable therapist. Carolyn Hax: Tired of living without joy 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z “No matter how skilled he is, he will not be able to convey his sadness through performance once his image is damaged,” People’s Daily wrote in a social media post. Chinese Pianist Is Held on Prostitution Suspicion, State Media Says 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z If it works in Seattle, it doesn’t mean it’d work in LA or Washington DC, where the populations of less skilled people are much greater.” Dan Price: the CEO who took a pay cut to give his staff a $70k minimum wage 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z There are really good materials in Japan, really skilled people ... 'Cool Japan' struts the runways at Fashion Week in Tokyo 2013-10-18T03:44:53Z The influence of “Alien” was unmistakable, although Carpenter’s all-male cast lacked the diversity and distinctive personalities of Scott’s co-ed crew; these skilled character actors were little more than grist for the proverbial mill. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z David Stark, a brand experience designer in New York whose clients include Target, “Saturday Night Live” and Uniqlo, is particularly skilled in low- or zero-waste productions. Is Tinsel Canceled? 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z There were fewer than a dozen wrestlers at practice, including some skilled graduates who came back to help train new ones. He’s bringing Baltimore youths to the wrestling mats as a way to thrive 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Actually, he's just right for it, and it is just right for him: without Duvall's rich, supremely skilled performance, this slim period piece wouldn't amount to much. 'Get Low' Review: Robert Duvall Raises the Bar 2010-07-30T21:00:00Z The Lisles’ 14- year-old son, Thomas, is now skilled in the related tasks of honey extraction and bottling. In a challenging, exhausting year, the garden has been a lifeline for many 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The men explained how skilled the tailor was at ironing, and then showed me the unique type of iron the store used to press its garments. Big City: Closing of Loehmann’s Reflects Changes in Shopping 2014-01-24T21:12:30Z In terms of patterns, arresting images, varied use of stage space, constant changes of tone and musical attentiveness, this — using 20 dancers — is remarkably skilled dance-making. Dance Review: Ballet Memphis and Ballet Arizona at Kennedy Center 2010-06-18T22:15:00Z Point being, you can't always count on either the real deal or a skilled hobbyist being around. Survival tips from TV we didn't know we needed 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer the flat-bottomed boat with each stroke. Lake Bled: Exploring Slovenia’s romantic alpine retreat 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z People might feel they are not rewarded if they are high-productivity employees or highly skilled, so that’s one of the problems he generates and he might have difficulties sustaining it over time. Dan Price: the CEO who took a pay cut to give his staff a $70k minimum wage 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z When you’re as skilled in the art of narcissism as these people, finding a camera should be the easiest thing in the world. Caps, cravats and Casey Affleck's existential crisis: the Oscars 2017 class photo 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z And, in something of a musical gift, it will also include the premieres of 11 piano pieces written by Nonesuch composers for Mr. Hurwitz, himself a skilled amateur pianist. At Nonesuch Records, Star Treatment for a Boss Who Plays 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z While the government has not revealed exactly how it wants to manage immigration post-Brexit, the broad thrust of policy seems to be tougher restrictions on unskilled labor, with more avenues for skilled workers. For London's food and wine businesses, Brexit has a bitter taste 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z This led police to believe that Hart was an expert woodsman and exceptionally skilled at hiding in the vast wilderness. The 5 most shocking moments from “Keeper of the Ashes,” Hulu’s Oklahoma Girl Scouts murders doc 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Yes, she’s talented, funny and quick on her feet; her reputation for being one of the most skilled people in her field is well-deserved. Domhnall Gleeson: ‘As far as I can remember Phoebe Waller-Bridge smelt lovely’ 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z He was the soloist here, offering a skilled and passionate performance, the gut strings on his instrument producing an earthy sound that sometimes grew less distinct in the lower register. Music Review: Dusting Off the Real Dragonetti Concerto 2010-10-05T21:15:00Z In the past, the museum might have shown the work of highly skilled artists toiling in isolation to create some exquisite object, Ms. Broun said. Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery Reopens With a New Focus 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Fielding’s Jones is lucky to be played by a performer as skilled and subtle as Zellweger, thinks Beeban Kidron, who directed the second film in the series, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Renée Zellweger: there is so much more to her than Bridget Jones | Observer profile 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Songs like “Cookie,” “Crazy Sex” and “Legs Shakin’ ” start off as promises of highly skilled sexual attentions, but end up as to-do lists. New Music: New Albums by R. Kelly and Parmalee 2013-12-09T22:29:43Z Bissell is cerebral and ruthlessly meticulous, skilled at melding disparate elements — catchy melodies, jagged guitars, complex lyrics, multiple modulations and tempo changes — into infectious rock songs that disguise his torturous process. The 18-Year Wait for New Wrens Music Is Over. Sort Of. 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The people who find it quickly tend to be: really lucky; really passionate about or uniquely skilled in a specific field that pays well; or generally content and not too worried about life’s specifics. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Anxiety over a partner’s career quandary 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Databases of ads for slave sales, as well as runaway slaves, are full of references to slaves as skilled whiskey distillers. Jack Daniel’s Embraces a Hidden Ingredient: Help From a Slave 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z And more skilled people may be more likely to be in work, benefiting from exercise, social interaction and mental stimulation. How to keep your brain healthy 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Yet even if American music is one of Mr. Martins’s attention-grabbing devices, now we have Mr. Peck choreographing fresh, vital, skilled pieces to scores by Mr. Stevens and Philip Glass. Critic’s Notebook: Peter Martins and City Ballet Over 30 Seasons 2013-06-11T21:24:09Z The young Mr. Metropoulos is skilled, according to his corporate biography, in developing marketing campaigns that “connect brands with contemporary audiences and regain relevance, both in the marketplace and pop culture.” Meet the New Owner of the Playboy Mansion 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Wine professionals like sommeliers and retail merchants are skilled at translating emotions to wines. How to Buy Wine: Five Questions to Ask 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z You play the world's most skilled contract killer who gets to avenge the death of her mentor, Sam Jackson, all while matching wits and emotions with the very equally dangerous Michael Keaton. Maggie Q returns to action with "The Protégé" despite an injury: "Everyone around me was terrified" 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z She doesn’t understand why casting directors call on her to play these terrifying women, why they never see her for nice moms, fun grandmas, skilled surgeons. Ann Dowd Sails Around New York Harbor 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The polished knowingness and merrily slick timing of these determinedly cute, brilliantly skilled pranksters backfires. Review: Twyla Tharp’s Choreography Celebrated to Bach and Jazz 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z To those I will add a few superlatives that were not celebrated at my own high school: most melancholic, most quizzical, most skilled at vibrating the deepest strings of the anthropoid heart. Gary Shteyngart’s Pandemic Novel Is His Finest Yet 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Boles says “Garner was also a skilled driver and will be remembered as one of the first true celebrities to be given the honor of leading the field of 33 to the green flag.” Indianapolis Motor Speedway mourns death of Garner 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z He was a skilled celebrity photographer who knew everybody who was anybody, and is certainly good at dropping their names. ‘The Bettencourt Affair,’ a Buffet for Scandal Aficionados 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Kissinger began as a Rockefeller Republican, transformed himself into a Nixon man and then — a skilled navigator of politics' rocky shoals — survived Nixon's implosion and made himself indispensable to President Gerald R. Ford. 'Kissinger's Shadow' explores diplomat's long reach in U.S. foreign policy 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z It centers on Cola, a skilled upstart pilot whose adventures form a tale set in a world where humanity lives among the clouds in floating airships while avoiding the broken, poisoned earth. 'Wild Blue Yonder' features sky pirates, adventure 2013-06-19T16:34:08Z But there's plenty of actors just as skilled as me that didn't get a chance to play Dwight Schrute and haven't gotten a chance to do great projects like "Utopia" and "Blackbird." Rainn Wilson opens up about life, death, "Blackbird" and being "#blessed" 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z It’s not that lead singer Tom Chaplin isn’t a capable and skilled vocalist, or that—when isolated—the piano melodies aren’t beautiful and uplifting. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z In addition to his writing and teaching, Mr. Zinsser was a skilled jazz pianist who occasionally performed in clubs. William Zinsser, author of the classic guide ‘On Writing Well,’ dies at 92 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z And throughout, 11 skilled dancers keep the stage aswirl with elegant, complex patterns. Dance Review: Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance at Danspace Project 2012-06-29T23:23:49Z Slap bass seemed of its time: one individual, set apart from the band, skilled, virtuosic, but not part of the overall sound. Paying homage to 'slap' bass 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Last year's "GBBO" was a mix of middling bakers with one or two superbly skilled competitors. "Great British Baking Show" was a showstopper, redeemed this season by fantastic contestants 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z The lack of access to skilled birth attendants and lack of knowledge about emergency obstetric care leads to the high number of maternal deaths in the region, according to the Ibis report. Desperate for health care in Myanmar 2012-06-22T14:06:00Z Given the meteoric rise of the Digital Age, the welded steel façade represents a newly endangered form of skilled craftsmanship. 2017 California-Pacific Triennial at OCMA: The art of building up (and tearing down) 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z For the designer Kozaburo Akasaka, it was punk deconstruction that fueled a skilled first collection he created as an extension of his senior thesis project at Parsons and titled “Brutal Sensitivity.” Dash of Punk Opens Men’s Fashion Week in New York 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z “David’s so technically skilled, I’ve been collecting his work ever since.” Inside Art: Meals as Art at MoMA; David Altmejd at Peter Brant?s Gallery 2011-10-27T22:47:46Z This results in high wages not just for skilled workers but for most workers. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z About 2 million highly skilled people are employed in the field. Bakewell, Bragg and Puttnam speak out as Lords debate arts funding cuts 2011-02-04T11:32:01Z He presides over a team of variously skilled operatives, and “Rabbit Hole” starts out looking like a “Leverage”-style variation on a caper series. In the Long, Paranoid Shadow of ‘24’ 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z You also need a pianist skilled at projecting on the concert stage, not one who is ideal for rehearsal. John Adams' operatic essence and Stravinsky's inner pagan revealed through pianos and chorus 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Jared Stanley was particularly skilled at selling candy bars door-to-door, even going into office buildings. Seven Buds for Seven Brothers 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z In mainland Europe, highly skilled artists similarly emerged from government-supported art schools; they used their skills to depict patriotic national stories, snapshots of daily life, or scenes of factory workers and the oppressed. At Seattle Art Museum, ‘Victorian Radicals’ is certainly Victorian. But radical? Not so much. 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z And four highly skilled people reporting to me had sought the top editing position I was given. I’m in ‘Spotlight’, but it’s not really about me. It’s about the power of journalism. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z She’s skilled with a gun, and content in the dangerous hills despite the absence of her husband. ‘The Legend of Molly Johnson’ Review: Reclaiming the Australian Frontier 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Hapaska is skilled in arranging finely tuned creative catalysts for reverie. This week's new exhibitions 2011-08-26T23:05:08Z I am fairly skilled at this myself, and still my fastest effort clocks in at about 45 minutes. Perspective | Take it from a butcher: A turducken isn’t worth the trouble 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The museum had been founded with the specific aim of teaching the importance of skilled craftsmanship combined with good design. Natalie Rothstein obituary 2010-04-20T18:10:00Z “Lying and stealing and invading, it should be said, make for captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as skilled as Anderson.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z A 2019 study showed that elite controller T cells are particularly skilled at breaking down amino acids in HIV, which undermine its ability to replicate. The 'elite controllers' who can naturally suppress HIV 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z None more than Bob, who seems passive and slow-witted until his skilled disposal of a severed arm provides a clue to his true nature. ‘The Drop’ Unfolds in a Brooklyn Underworld 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z A recent analysis of Lego sets demonstrates this dichotomy in what they emphasize for boys — building expertise and skilled professions — compared with girls — caring for others, socializing and being pretty. How toys became gendered 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z In between, we find Armstrong & Miller, two skilled practitioners of the sketch show form whose broad appeal is reflected in a continuing run on prime time BBC1. This week's new comedy 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z We see one veteran after another attest to how serving in the military made them better people: more skilled, mentally and physically stronger, more attuned to people from other cultures. ‘American Veteran’ Honors the Many Faces of the U.S. Soldier 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z There was always danger down in the mines, but a skilled operator with the right tools had a better chance of surviving than most. Sherrod Brown thinks he could have helped Democrats win in 2016. But what about 2020? 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z High expenses, for a skilled work force protected by powerful unions, which are going up faster than ticket prices can be raised, making fund-raising more desperate than ever. David Gockley, Opera Impresario, Hangs Up His Cloak 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Hieroglyphics was a complete written language, and while even an illiterate person could recognize and understand some basic symbols, the scribes worked according to strict rules and had to be highly skilled. Emojis Meet Hieroglyphs: If King Tut Could Text 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z I suggest you encourage Survivor to discuss her options with a skilled therapist. Ask Amy: Teen’s nighttime roving alarms neighbors She’s an award-winning English poet and a playwright, and when she’s backed by the synthesizer-topped wallop of her band, she’s also a fully skilled rapper with vehement momentum and an intense rhythmic drive. SXSW Music 2015: The First Day's Worthy Showcases 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The success of a city fosters more success, as communities that can attract skilled workers and good jobs tend to attract even more. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z And he grew up to be a man skilled enough at evading questions about his teenage drinking to stop just short of a lie. ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ Takes a Hard Look at the Supreme Court Justice and His Accusers 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of fantastically skilled and talented people working safely,” he said, “but there are also a lot of people relying on luck.” Amid ‘Gung-Ho Mentality,’ Stunt Deaths Renew a Debate Over Safety 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Next, find a new way to apply your skilled and rested self toward the greater good. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A midday nap is American ingenuity at its best 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z There is a real sense of an online world here, with plenty of opportunities to find skilled drivers looking for a quick challenge. Game On: "Fate of Two Worlds" is fresh 2011-02-16T02:45:17Z Emotion reading Another possibility is that future techniques will be able to detect moods, emotions, desires, and dislikes more accurately than can skilled human perceivers. Mind reading is possible! 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z I recognize that, for regular theatergoers and readers, the information that Nussbaum is still among this city's most vital, skilled and moving actors is not news. Nussbaum lets loose in 'Broadway Bound' 2011-06-17T18:47:32Z When he saw the Broadway production of “August: Osage County” in 2008, Mr. Ruddy imagined what skilled improvisers could do on its elaborate, multilevel set. No Script, No Roles: It’s No Problem for the Actors of ‘Stolen House’ 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Each bicycle is the product of weeks, sometimes months of skilled workmanship, starting with several hours spent measuring the rider to determine the best possible dimensions for the frame. Design: New York Museum Showcases Custom-Made Bicycles 2010-05-09T19:00:00Z The local guides are die-hard football fans and are skilled at creating atmosphere. 36 Hours in Buenos Aires 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Firstly, in her role as a skilled couturière with many customers among the international elite who vacation on the Costa Smeralda. Style: Turning Cork Into Couture 2011-08-22T11:36:34Z A statement of purpose from a Los Angeles original, Lamar's third album already has the makings of a classic, one courtesy of the most skilled, thoughtful and lyrically accomplished voice in contemporary hip-hop. Essential albums of 2015: Bjork, Kendrick and 8 others on the edge of pop 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z On Sunday afternoon, however, Mr. Benjamin demonstrated to a nearly full house at Alice Tully Hall that he is a highly skilled conductor. Review: George Benjamin, at Mostly Mozart, Shows Depth as a Conductor 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z “Whenever a skilled person makes something with their hands, that’s craft,” according to Glenn Adamson, a scholar and the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. Made by Hand in America: A New Book Tells the Story of Unsung Artisans 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z We see Brooks as the skilled comedian who is deflecting criticism and barbs left and right. Who’s the Greatest Star of ‘The Prom’? Me. Me. Me. Me. 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z At other times, though, when a particularly skilled rider drives his all-terrain vehicle down a Baltimore street, popping wheelies or standing tall in the saddle, you’re suddenly watching a charioteer in his glory. ‘Charm City Kings’ Review: Growing Up, and Almost Spinning Out 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Is there a franchise other than the Marvel Cinematic Universe that's as skilled at lending its most mediocre titles an air of essentiality by hiring A-list talent? With the sleepy "Moon Knight," come for the MCU, but stay for Oscar Isaac's dodgy cockney accent 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra played with organic unpredictability yet skilled precision, and brought animalistic intensity to the Orff. Review: Two Operas Conjure Apocalypses Personal and Cosmic 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z For these artisans, perhaps their greatest problem will be continuing to find skilled workers willing to wield a 15-centimeter, or six-inch, needle. All Hail the Humble Espadrille! 2010-08-16T13:10:00Z Heading towards this palace of pleasantness on Friday are a duo bringing together skilled deckmanship with one of the very few percussionists able to properly bring drum'n'bass's power and intensity into a live setting. Clubs picks of the week 2013-01-12T06:00:17Z The Etowah and the Chestatee Rivers are also an option for skilled boaters to canoe and kayak with predominantly Class I and II rapids. Last-minute road trips to take in the South over Labor Day weekend 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z For ages 14 and up: Tate must persuade his younger brother, Indy, a skilled skateboarder, to move back home and finish high school after he clashes with their father. NW Books: Tales from Seattle’s Burgermaster 2013-01-28T20:33:03Z To produce this work, Auerbach relied on a familiarity of mathematics, access to specific equipment and machinery and a network of skilled technicians. In San Francisco, Art That Unspools the Mysteries of the Universe 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z It turns what would be one thing — a demonstration of prowess from some of the most physically skilled people on the planet — into something else: a story in which to become emotionally engaged. Reality or “Reality”?: Should NBC’s Olympics Coverage Be More Straightforward? 2012-08-08T12:00:20Z Perhaps the best biographer must be equal part champion and skeptic — especially when dealing with a subject so skilled at evasion. ‘Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly’ Hunts for Big — and Elusive — Game 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Moreover, Mr. Trump was skilled in the art of spinning his associations with celebrities into publicity. Trump Tower, a Home for Celebrities and Charlatans 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z A skilled stage actor and, like Mr. Linklater, a Shakespeare in the Park veteran, Mr. Ferguson is now best known as a star of the television series “Modern Family.” Theater Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ Unfolds in the ’40s, With Fedoras 2013-06-19T02:00:01Z Blinkered by their own prejudice, most AFL leaders remained skeptical of semiskilled “ethnics,” thereby compounding the challenge of incorporating their vast numbers to their skilled brotherhoods. FDR’s most important lesson: Liberal causes could still inspire activism on a grand scale 2014-04-27T13:00:00Z In the bodies of these skilled performers, the beat is obviously unstoppable. Review: The Body Is Also a Percussive Instrument 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Mr Madden is also a skilled narrator, negotiating the twists and turns in the city’s destiny without getting hopelessly mired in detail. New histories of Istanbul 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z His cuts are skilled and precise as he lovingly fans the meat onto the platter — dark meat to the right, white meat to the left. Perspective | My grandfather has carved the Thanksgiving turkey for 70 years. Here’s what he taught me. 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Through splashy runway shots, sketches and studies, and behind-the-scenes photos, Farnault familiarizes readers with the most powerful couturiers of our time and the skilled artisans creating their designs. Fantasy Made Real 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Bollen, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, is a skilled purveyor of suspense. Review | ‘A Beautiful Crime’ is a deliciously diabolical suspense tale a la Patricia Highsmith 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z All of the potters on the show are very skilled, but they’re getting access to equipment and resources that most home potters would never see. For This Tearful TV Potter, It’s All About the Clay 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z He wants his students to be skilled at pitching ideas in the real world of developers, zoning boards and skeptical neighbors. ‘The best thing since the brick’ 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The garments were made by skilled costume designers whose work was often on par with couturiers. Jane Fonda: The Reluctant Fashionista 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z He was a skilled pianist and in 2010 released an album of his own works, “Contemplations & Remembrances.” Lance Reddick, Star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick,’ Dies at 60 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z A skilled fencer, Lee guessed that he participated in more sword fights than any other actor in history. Christopher Lee dies: Six of his sinister villain roles 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The corporate world reluctantly accepts a skilled professional working part time while raising small children, but home schooling — so retrograde, so unprofessional — is harder to understand. Motherlode Blog: Owning Up to Being a Home Schooling Parent 2014-01-23T01:11:08Z A highly skilled and thoroughly prepared animal became much more important to a production’s success. Are Animals Getting Better at Acting? 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z An educated man who gives her the equivalent of home schooling, Will is a skilled survivalist, and not so unworldly that he doesn’t organize periodic forays into town, where the grid dispenses needed benefits. ‘Leave No Trace’ Review: Love Under Siege 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z He was a brave soldier and skilled with his troops. Compassion, Sacrifice, Endurance 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Suddenly, there was an elderly white couple turning some skilled, joyful ballroom moves. The R.N.C. on TV: Another Unbelievable Evening 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z They are also particularly skilled at raising and selling them. A flower show offers some calm amid the storm 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z In a technical sense, this requires skilled calibration by the author. Review | Laila Lalami explores life on the margins in ‘The Other Americans’ 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Spencer proved to be a very skilled host for episode that was otherwise fairly average. Saturday Night Live: Jeff Sessions as Forrest Gump and those Russia connections 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z "I think when filmmakers are talented enough and skilled enough, they will be able to work wherever they choose to," he said. Canadian directors hear Hollywood's call, but may not head south 2013-09-13T13:08:10Z He’s skilled at martial arts but rarely fights. Spock: Half-Vulcan. Half-Human. All Outsider Role Model. 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Some argue that whereas well-heeled metropolitan institutions are likely to be able to afford skilled fundraisers, smaller and scruffier outfits in less well-off areas may be disadvantaged. Will philanthropists save the arts? 2010-10-21T19:30:00Z In a skilled acrobat she saw a panda trying to snowboard. Review: The Big Apple Circus Is Ripe for Another Bite 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z But he's so skilled at it, that you're able to focus on both melodies at the same time and not be distracted from the lyrics, which I think is an amazing accomplishment. Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Topiary was the least skilled of the group when it came to hacking, but he had another talent to make up for it: His wit. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z Words are only a sequence of glyphs without the participation of a skilled reader's imagination, memory and wit to dress them with the gifts the senses bring. Calling on the audience to live the dream 2010-08-21T06:00:00Z On one side you have Trump, an incumbent skilled at manipulating the media and creating an obfuscating cloud of distraction and rage that has floated around him from the moment he was sworn in. “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden” gives insight into the "life method" of our next president 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z “Palladio was as sensual, as skilled in visual alchemy, as any Venetian painter of his time,” he wrote. James S. Ackerman, Author of Enduring Books on Architecture, Dies at 97 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z It is a lengthy recording — 10 hours longer than the audio version of the New Testament — but Obama, a master orator, is skilled at keeping the listener’s attention. Audiobooks to Get You Through the Most Distracted of Times 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z She is also skilled at plot and pacing: this is a story which will keep you turning the pages. A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd – review 2013-03-01T17:50:01Z He placed the blame squarely on the personnel, who felt enormously insulted, considering it was their skilled reaction that managed the fire and prevented an actual meltdown. ‘Atoms and Ashes,’ a Frightening Tour of Six Nuclear Accidents 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z “They came back around the beginning of the next decade, some of whom had worked in bars in London and New York, and were highly educated and skilled in making cocktails.” Is This the New Cocktail Capital of Europe? 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z A model citizen of the strong, silent type, he is well liked in his small, unnamed town and always seems to appear just when an extra skilled hand is needed. In Clémence Michallon’s Debut, a Serial Killer Deceives an Entire Town 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Fuller, a skilled stylist, is very good at letting you get to know Frances by degrees and at describing a setting in which the ordinary rules of life feel suspended. Misfits, Stalkers and Kiddie Sociopaths: The Latest Thrillers 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Even apparently simple shots realized in a studio were the work of a battalion of highly skilled technicians deploying tools of mighty artifice. The Brian De Palma Conundrum 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z And yet the very skills gay people had to develop to survive — studiousness, compartmentalization, discretion, itinerancy — made them uniquely skilled, Kirchick points out, to sensitive tasks like espionage or high-level advising. ‘Secret City,’ an Epic Narrative History of the Closet in the Capital 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z June Hardwick, a Mississippi public defender, cites the case of a skilled laborer who lost her house, job and possessions while in pretrial detention because she couldn’t afford bail. Movie Review: Defending the Underclass, in ‘Gideon’s Army’ 2013-06-28T01:49:48Z Lamar is skilled in vocal metamorphosis, and he uses that skill on this album to dramatize his inner conflicts, most memorably on the track “u.” Kendrick Lamar’s Capacious New Record 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s a reassuring, if temptingly reductive, message, consonant with recent war films that have rejected boo-yah bellicosity for more restrained portraits of military operators as principled, highly skilled professionals. ‘13 Hours,’ Benghazi and the slippery definition of ‘political’ 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z A deeply cynical movie masquerading as a complex moral dilemma, the Australian drama “Felony” proves only that skilled actors and slick photography can tart up even the most problematic script. ‘Felony,’ a Drama About a Police Cover-Up 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z It's a very difficult task, no matter how skilled or honest you are. Author Jim Lynch: 1962 'launched modern Seattle' 2012-04-09T04:10:05Z The evening’s skilled actors are more than game for the physical challenges of low comedy. Theater Review | 'Lend Me a Tenor': LaPaglia and Shalhoub Clown Around at the Music Box 2010-04-05T02:09:00Z America loves a skilled winner, but it has vastly more affection for people who fake their way to success. "Bullsh*t: The Game Show" and our love of liars and lying 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The skilled dancers are both flashy and precise, throwing in big scissoring lifts between their snippy footwork. Tanguera 2010-08-05T20:31:00Z Talk to your husband about your fears — and/or a skilled therapist, if appropriate. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: An empty-nester worries about the grand plan 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z I spent years working extremely hard and became very skilled at editing. The indirect director 2012-12-06T01:00:00Z They stick not only because they are so creepy, but because the build-up is so skilled, so deftly handled. Your next box set: Ghost Stories for Christmas 2012-11-30T09:19:32Z Michael Kramer, as psychiatrist Martin Dysart, anchors the cast of skilled performers who are in tune with the slightly declamatory, confessional style of the piece and secure in a range of British accents. Constellation Theatre revives ‘Equus’ to great effect 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It's like adding a secret layer of zing to your baked goods, much like a skilled baker might use almond or vanilla extract to heighten the flavor interplay amongst the other ingredients. Italian rosemary buns for a sticky-sweet Easter treat 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z On this team, the kids are more aggressive and more skilled than his rec league teammates, and he seems very intimidated. Perspective | My tween gives up at the first sign of struggle. How can I help him stick with things? 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Bursts of rage are common in “Wakatt” — so common that over time the fighting turns repetitive, even with dancers as skilled as these. Review: A Dance for Our Times Travels to a Dark Place 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Pancakes are one of my daughter’s favorite breakfasts, and at 16 she is old enough and skilled enough to whip up a batch for herself. When I make this pancake mix, my teen makes pancakes. Win-win. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z She did eventually marry Ron, a fellow spearfishing champion who was also skilled with an underwater camera, and they began making films documenting marine life together. The Woman Who Captured ‘Jaws,’ Then Worked to Undo the Damage 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z This season’s conceit, in which the show appeared to be focusing on skilled contestants over punchline-ready singers, felt like a bait-and-switch. ArtsBeat: "American Idol": The Top 12 Guys 2011-03-02T10:40:23Z In the hands of a skilled winemaker, technology is not the enemy of terroir but the instrument of its finer expression. Terroir may sound romantic, but to some winemakers, it’s precise 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z And the new season, crucially, does no favors to Comer, whose Emmy-winning performance as Villanelle has always been an exterior creation, a highly skilled collection of mannerisms, vocal inflections and sly mugging. Review: A ‘Killing Eve’ That No One Was Asking For 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z He was remarkably skilled at reading what his interviewer wanted to hear and then reshaping himself and his answer accordingly. Football is Trumpball Lite: Who needs Super Bowls when Trump’s real-life plays are more aggressive? 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The supreme master that he could be when sketching then gave way to a skilled craftsman producing the conventional images guaranteed to win him wealth and high position. Review: A Florentine Artist's Two Aesthetic Lives 2010-02-19T13:15:00Z Cruise once again plays Hunt, the athletic miracle worker around whom the I.M.F.—the Impossible Mission Force, an American team of top-secret, superbly skilled agents—is organized. The Vacuum-Sealed Efficiency of “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Six more highly skilled hoofers completed the team. Dance Review: Michelle Dorrance in ‘The Blues Project’ at Jacob’s Pillow 2013-07-26T20:58:56Z If you use the streets of New York City with any kind of frequency, there’s a good chance you’re a skilled avoider of things that take place at ground level. Crawling Through New York City with the Artist Pope.L 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z To watch these two legends smile at each other was to witness one of the unspoken keys to the Seattle music scene: egoless respect of skilled players. Shining debut of rock supergroup Walking Papers rivals the sun 2012-08-18T20:22:03Z Despite all the blather about it being impossible to hide from the tweeters and Instagrammers lurking in every nook and cranny of the Chateau Marmont, moviedom is still extremely skilled at hiding stuff. In Hollywood, Apps Like Whisper Dish Dirt 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Manigault appeared on Trump’s reality programs, “The Apprentice” and “Celebrity Apprentice,” where she became known as a combative personality skilled in undercutting rivals. Journalist says Omarosa Manigault bullied her and mentioned a ‘dossier’ on her 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z But only Mr. Lovano is recognizably skilled as a saxophonist; the others were adding amateur energy, which this band knows how to use. Music Review: Jack DeJohnette’s Spring Quartet at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2014-03-02T21:26:07Z We need very competent and devoted and skilled mountaineers. Sherpas inexplicably blamed for mounting Everest accidents 2013-05-31T16:52:00Z The expertly skilled animals — which cost about $50,000 to train — are free to qualified applicants. This dog knows 40 commands and can play cards. A hospital hired him. 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z According to the institute, this crumbling bridge between high school and college means California could face a shortfall of a million skilled workers by 2025. California education’s painful decline 2012-10-02T17:01:00Z Morera is clearly skilled at unearthing spectacular finds – and he needs to be, because growers cannot easily perpetuate a cactus trend. Looking sharp! How the cactus became the planet’s most-wanted plant 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z It delivered some classic Halt And Catch Fire moves, tech arguments that were really about personal issues, heavy metaphors made light by the skilled performances. Halt and Catch Fire: not Mad Men in the 80s, but so much better 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Why demand authenticity from those so skilled at seeming larger than life? How Hollywood scandal was born 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z He is a thorough researcher and skilled storyteller who excels at drawing characters and scenes. 'India: A Portrait': Patrick French's new history of India since 1947 2011-07-27T19:39:04Z “I’m a gunman and farmer,” he responded, explaining that by the former he meant to say that he was a skilled hunter. Latin America 2011 : Suriname, South America?s Hidden Treasure 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z Mr. Tyson isn’t nearly a skilled enough performer to pull off those kinds of transitions. Theater Review: ‘Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth’ at Longacre Theater 2012-08-03T02:00:00Z As soothing music played, we received what we agreed were skilled if very standardized foot and body massages — they ended at almost the same second. Budget-Friendly Seattle, From Meals to Massages 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z In the Summer Isles, those who are skilled at giving pleasure are greatly esteemed. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z He is skilled at homing in on the moments of the highest uncertainty, and transforming them into stories with quick and destabilizing twists and turns. The Upheaval in the American Workplace 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z There’s a well-known bias in the Recording Academy toward what one might inadvisably call “real music,” played by skilled musicians on conventional instruments. Two Turntables and a Keytar: The Night Herbie Hancock Rocked the Grammys 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Miéville also called for a uniform, blanket salary for writers, novelists and poets, equivalent to the "wage of a skilled worker". China Miéville: Writers should welcome a future where readers remix our books 2012-08-21T18:15:42Z Although he sang in the choir of his Catholic school and was a skilled pianist, he originally planned to devote his career to engineering and mathematics. Pierre Boulez, conductor of bracing clarity, dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In Whedon, Marvel got a director skilled in episodic storytelling, experienced in wrangling a large number of characters and, maybe most important commercially, beloved by the fan community. Joss Whedon: From 'Buffy' beginnings to 'Avengers' domination 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z After all, So You Think You Can Dance does not crown America’s “best” dancer, or “most technically skilled” dancer, but “America’s Favorite Dancer.” Fox’s populist dance spectacle 2012-09-18T18:08:00Z Michelle has the cognitive competencies required for many skilled jobs, and yet just crossing the street to the bus stop alone is a daunting prospect. Becoming Disabled 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z A review board cited “grossly inadequate” security, a lack of Diplomatic Security agents and poorly skilled local guards as factors in the rout at Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. After Benghazi, learning to defend U.S. consulates through more intensive training Nonetheless, these performers were skilled enough to let us sense the discomfort, doubt and resentment beneath the surface of their stoical characters. ‘Lungs’ Review: Claire Foy and Matt Smith Chase Love in the Dark 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z A skilled worker, Noah knows he can find work in the North and live as a free man. The genius of “Underground”: A gripping slavery drama that dares to be entertaining 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z He was also incomparably skilled, and his facility often made what he played seem easy. My hero: Ravi Shankar by Amit Chaudhuri 2012-12-12T17:35:01Z The film gives an accurate portrayal of the archaeological excavation in the 1930s, conducted using workmen with just a few skilled excavators and qualified academics. "The Dig" on Netflix: a refreshingly accurate portrayal — according to an archaeologist 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z But in 2008, after seeing an all-Battle evening with his own company, BattleWorks, I ended my review by asking, “Is Mr. Battle a genuinely exciting choreographer or merely a skilled sensationalist?” Dance: With New Director, Ailey Says It?s Open to Change 2010-04-28T22:37:00Z But since this orchestra is so skilled at making whole seasons seem essential, it’s a challenge to convey all its many facets during a short tour stop. Review: Dudamel and Los Angeles Bring the Noise to New York 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z But there was no such shocker Tuesday night; just more evidence of why this show endures: distinctive characters, skilled actors, an ability to mix humor into the gloomiest situations. ArtsBeat: 'NCIS' Watch: How to Resolve a Cliffhanger 2012-09-26T03:30:36Z The hardest part of the shoot, though, came when she realised she would have to ruin the skilled work of Pinewood Studios' carpenters. Set designer Eve Stewart: 'Get me nine tons of Scottish seaweed!' 2013-02-03T20:00:03Z Even then, many hosts and journalists were more skilled at the art of the interview than King was. There's a little bit of Larry King in every decent interviewer, whether they like it or not 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The latter demonstrate the power of skilled drawings to capture the full detail and vitality of these subjects. ‘Field Guide to the Natural World of Washington, D.C.’ displays a city’s wildlife Most interesting, fizzy-drink companies are skilled at swatting away attempts at regulation. Popped 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Not quite what it says on the tin, but still ridiculously charming and outrageously skilled. Circa: Beyond – review 2013-06-06T16:03:45Z One reason to be negative, other manufacturers counter, is that skilled labor is becoming more difficult to find as younger generations increasingly reject the years of training and technique required to craft accordions. Italian Town Corners the Market for High-End Accordions 2011-07-01T20:30:06Z He called Mr. McFarland “an extremely skilled and convincing liar” and a forger who had “destroyed trust” and deserved “a long prison term.” Fyre Festival Organizer Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z In response, the first nationwide attempt to keep more skilled entertainers working on these shores will be launched Monday . UK's best circus performers will compete in bid to develop a 'British Cirque du Soleil' 2013-02-24T00:06:02Z At Taberna, the food is traditional Portuguese as seen through the eyes of an imaginative, skilled chef. In London, Portuguese Fare, Served With a Twist 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Hazanavicius is the opposite: an unmistakably skilled maker and manipulator of images and styles with nothing much to say and no conviction that anything needs to be said at all. Review: If You Love Godard, You’ll Hate-Watch ‘Godard Mon Amour’ 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z He finds an ideal match in the skilled Josh Daniel, who plays the composer-lyricist Hunter Bell, and their alluring chemistry renews itself in every scene. Review: Revisiting Four Nobodies in ‘[title of show]’ 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z The protagonists of Comyns’s books are evident alter egos, skilled in cunning lore, herbalism and potions, traditionally viewed as domestic, female arts. Evil Stepmother, Reimagined 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z How can humanity, so skilled at dying, become better at living? Tyranny and resistance: Albert Camus' 1948 drama 'L’État de siège' carries new relevance 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Individuals have to take ownership of their careers, he says, but there is also an onus on the government and employers to provide work programmes and apprenticeships to maintain a skilled older workforce. Five ways work will change in the future 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Vanessa, a frustrated writer who works as a hotel concierge, is particularly skilled at this art. Girl, Interrupted 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z And the scientists, while brilliant in their fields, are often less skilled as interviewers. Review: ‘The Most Unknown’ Tackles Science’s Big Questions 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z How do we find someone skilled enough to do this task successfully? Painting cabinets may not be as easy as it looks 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z All of the performers are skilled singers and actors, filling in the generic contours of their characters with proficient professionalism. Review: ‘Holiday Inn’: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Recycled Movie 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z MZS: Here's the frustrating thing, though: As you point out, this sort of role is indeed a gimme for any skilled British actor. Great Oscar debate: Why was Franco nominated? 2011-02-24T21:20:00Z Stop there and you would say that computers are getting quite good, but not quite as good as highly skilled humans, at least at this task. Three Books Consider What Happens When the Robots Take Over 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z “Pat was skilled at using wigs,” her son Michael says. The unsung women of Star Wars: buns, a dead Obi-Wan and the script doctor 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Adequate criteria for anxiety disorders must take into account normal human variation in anxiousness and must separate genuine pathology from both high-end anxious temperaments and low-end skilled suppression or endurance of natural fears. Our new era of anxiety 2012-06-02T22:00:00Z To win his approval, prospective clients had to be charming, sympathetic, and prepared to spend lavishly for exquisite objects, textiles, and skilled craftsmanship. A New Book Explores the Work of Geoffrey Bennison 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Lunch ended with some not very skilled acrobats throwing each other in the air. T Magazine: The Last Casbah 2011-05-20T14:00:57Z This might be expected to sow confusion, but the actors are skilled at shifting gears, and the textual nips and tucks are so deftly handled that even scenes that pose obvious challenges come across cleanly. Theater Review: Michael Benz in ‘Hamlet’ at the Schimmel Center 2012-10-03T21:57:28Z Layout: A skilled designer will help you think about how the space meets your needs. What to know about renovating your kitchen during covid 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Two guest soloists, each skilled in the art of improvisation, appeared in New York City on Friday night with the cutting-edge chamber group Ensemble Signal. It’s Alive! It’s With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The honorees run the gamut: There are actors, of course, but also directors, screenwriters and musicians, as well as artists skilled in animation, costume design and makeup. ‘I Don’t Take a Single Second for Granted’: Asian and Asian American Nominees on the Oscars 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Columbus, my school’s textbook said, was a brave, skilled sailor. It’s 1492 all over again: Police arrest Dakota Access Pipeline protestors on Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z There are few more skilled at dispatching internet haters than you. Keep up the good work, Cher Lloyd 2011-08-07T19:30:02Z Burges was well travelled, meticulous about research and detail, uncompromising in his use of materials, obsessed with the Middle Ages and was a skilled metalworker, jeweller and designer before he became an architect. Stairway to heaven: Jimmy Page’s castle is his home 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Fortunately, New York is full of highly skilled musicians and conductors who are committed to bringing classical repertory to a broader public. Weekend Miser: Chelsea Symphony Offers Holiday Music 2012-12-06T20:51:05Z He is simply saying that skilled manual labour – or indeed any craft – is one path to a fulfilling life. The art of craft: the rise of the designer-maker 2011-08-01T15:08:33Z Luckily, the real bomb squads have so far mostly had to deal with klutzes, not the kind of brilliantly skilled practitioner Perry introduces to us in his work of fiction. Review | A believably creepy villain plays on the fears of a city 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Led by its spirited music director, Louis Langrée, the festival’s orchestra is a skilled freelance ensemble. Music Review: Alice Coote and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at Mostly Mozart 2013-07-31T21:15:18Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton David Edgar is a skilled adaptor and playwright. Arthur and George | Theatre review 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z Just from the less skilled watching the more skilled? Review: Jérôme Bel’s ‘Ballet (New York),’ an Exercise in Changing Locations 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Most performers in movies, she added, “are skilled in being able to do strange things.” In ‘There There,’ the Actors in the Room Are Far Far From Each Other 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Chaiken is “not only skilled, she’s incredibly insightful about human emotion” and with a different “rhythm” than he has, Wolf said. New breed ‘Law & Order’ brings back NYPD detective Stabler 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Most skilled gamers will be able to thoroughly enjoy this as a weekend rental, and should make it a point to take another stroll in Bond's tuxedo. Game On: 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' one of the year's best 2010-11-18T05:16:00Z He is a member of the New York leadership council of Upwardly Global, a nonprofit organization in New York focusing on employment opportunities for skilled immigrants and refugees. Emily Grossman, Michael Diamond 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z The Cocktail Party: The party kicks off with some one-on-one time with Amy Long, a local news reporter who is very skilled at holding a fake microphone during a fake interview. The Bachelor Watch: Juan Pablo Goes To The Dogs 2014-01-14T04:58:17Z In less skilled hands, the wines could just as easily be thick, sweet and syrupy. Finding the Heart of Zinfandel 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z It turned out that Mr. Greenberg was as skilled with cards as he was with a piping gun. William Greenberg Jr., Baker Who Sweetened Manhattan, Dies at 97 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z With a crowded field of highly skilled M.C.s, this sport has achieved a standard of lyricism that many feel is missing from mainstream hip-hop today. The Fierce, Flourishing World of Battle Rap 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Great con men are good at reading people and are skilled at saying what people want to hear. What made George Santos lie so much? Experts weigh in on his deception. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Mr. McKenzie, known as a highly skilled partner in his day, stepped in. Wendy Whelan, Tyler Angle and Others on Collaborating 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Still, Sofiya wrote, she painted, she played the piano and attended concerts, and she became a skilled photographer. Sofiya Tolstoy’s Defense 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z He wasn't as skilled and powerful as the Frank that appears in the book. "House in the Pines" thriller author on the "dark side of nostalgia" with a narrator no one believes 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z And our drummer, Bert, is a really skilled drummer who does a lot of D.C.-type of stuff. Meet the reggae band with global cred made up of white guys ... from Arlington 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z One of them toted over a chess set, placing it in the grass between himself and Mr. Harrelson, a skilled player. Woody Harrelson, Rogue Number One 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z If you aren’t skilled with a needle and thread then the tailor at your local dry cleaner can help. The consequences of disposable fashion: The year I quit shopping to help the environment 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Please enlist reputable professional help — including a skilled family therapist and an attorney with mediation experience, just to keep that less-disruptive option open. His wife isn’t the woman he married. Should he stay in the relationship? 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Tflow, the guy who’d brought everyone here, was a skilled programmer and mostly quiet, a person who strictly followed the Anonymous custom of never talking about himself. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z Ye, by contrast, is a skilled content creator with his own mighty tools of propagation. "Blacks and Jews" authors on Chappelle, Kanye caught in the "face of Black antisemitism" loop 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z No one seems particularly passionate about what they’re doing, perhaps with the exception of the more skilled workers, like the plumbers, but we don’t really get to know them too well in this story. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Acting and Amateurism 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Each employment opportunity provides mind numbing repetitive but skilled work for low pay, as well as a series of restless co-workers that are both amusing and irritating. The 10 best Labor Day movies for folks who can't watch "9-to-5" one more time 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Domingo is one of the most comprehensively skilled musicians in the field of opera. Review: ‘Ernani,’ With Plácido Domingo, a Tussle to Hold on to a Love 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The nation and the world require leaders skilled in nuanced diplomacy and concerned with the welfare of their people and the planet. Trump’s NAFTA speaker phone call to Mexico: Reality TV posing as “breaking news” 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps this is a side effect of being so skilled at commandeering stories: it becomes intolerable to imagine a story out of your control. The Book on Taylor Swift 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Insects are aerodynamic, engineered for flight and naturally skilled at maneuvering around obstacles. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z A skilled writer, Díaz is meticulous in her craft, and on page after page her writing truly sings. Abused, Addicted, Biracial and Queer: Jaquira Díaz Is Anything but ‘Ordinary’ 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z They may have trained as potters in Africa; slave traders there often kidnapped skilled laborers in the villages. Antiques: Pottery by David Drake, a Slave Craftsman in Edgefield, S.C. 2012-08-30T21:17:32Z After a bout with the flu last February weakened her enough to need a 10-day hospitalization, she was sent to her village’s skilled nursing facility. Nursing homes move into the insurance business 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z “Now we’re looking at what the skilled maker brings to the larger world around us.” ‘NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial’ Opens on Tuesday 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Van Reybrouck is a skilled polemicist, but his solutions to remedy “democratic fatigue syndrome” are naïve and unfeasible. How Endangered Is American Democracy? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Technically skilled and wildly inventive, the rock nomad Mary Timony is routinely held up as a guitar god. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Any reasonably skilled novelist can evoke on the page the texture of memory, drawing the reader into the half-remembered, the blurred edges, the nervous nostalgia, the meandering associations across time and geography. Six novelists on their favourite second artform 2013-04-27T07:00:18Z The familiarity of its framework doesn’t necessarily have to be a deterrent, and we haven’t viewed this story as told by these skilled actors. Smart Watch: HBO's "Euphoria" is a party drug for some, effective birth control for others 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z As the 25-page complaint details, Ms. Gaprindashvili did, in fact, play against many highly skilled male champions over the course of her career, including before the episode in question takes place. A Chess Pioneer Sues, Saying She Was Slighted in ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z If you shoot zingers back—unless you are very skilled, like Elizabeth Warren or whoever Hillary Clinton’s millennial tweeter is, because she needs a raise—you risk the old wrestling-with-a-pig conundrum. The R.N.C. on TV: Another Unbelievable Evening 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z With no experience in the medium but aided by a skilled assistant, she welded together found steel parts in a way that evoked the work of David Smith. Helen Frankenthaler, Abstract Painter, Dies at 83 2011-12-27T15:27:38Z My eight-year-old son loves the humorous approach to piano music and can’t wait to get skilled enough to play some ragtime himself. Charles Manson: what made him a criminal? - podcasts of the week 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The successful door-to-door salesman must be skilled at driving, walking and talking. Bill Porter, an Exceptional Salesman Who Inspired a Film, Dies at 81 2013-12-10T01:38:58Z As a developer, Mr. Trump had a mixed record, but he was skilled at branding — he even rebranded lying, in his book “The Art of the Deal,” as “truthful hyperbole.” Review: ‘The Choice 2016’ Lets the Chips Fall Where They May on Clinton and Trump 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Part of the fun of going to a show is to see orchids that are fussy and need the right environments and skilled care. The moth orchid, while lovely, has overshadowed other, less common varieties 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z There were no politics — the host Kelsey Grammer oddly restrained — just a guild honoring its members, a group so talented and skilled that it was palpable. | Inside the Directors Guild Awards 2012-01-31T16:27:55Z Daphne is also a rather skilled spy herself. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for November 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Indeed, Tekashi is skilled at absorbing bad press and turning it into something positive, knowing that attention is the currency of fame. The saga of Tekashi 6ix9ine: inside the story of a 'supervillain' rapper 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Since the spring, skilled but nervous growers across the land have been raising one of their most economically important, and finicky, crops. Reinventing the poinsettia: A classic Christmas flower’s colorful new looks 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Ausubel, like skilled fabulist Carson McCullers before her, somehow makes the introduction of a giant seem natural. 'Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty' is a charming summer tale of wealth and its loss 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z "Parasite" tells the story of the Kim family, which attempts to overcome horrific and seemingly insurmountable poverty by misrepresenting themselves as skilled workers to infiltrate the home of the wealthy Park family. "Parasite" ready to stream 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Goal four envisages the arts leadership and workforce as diverse and highly skilled. Museums, libraries and the arts have much to gain from each other 2011-07-14T18:30:01Z Many highly skilled cooks in the region have been overlooked for years, said Hanna Raskin, a former restaurant critic for The Post and Courier in Charleston, who writes a newsletter about Southern food. A Cook Who Never Used a Cookbook Now Has Her Own 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Another maestro might be a skilled collaborator but lack the artistic vision to bring the orchestra to a higher level. Seattle Symphony picks Thomas Dausgaard to succeed Ludovic Morlot as music director 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Seeing skilled actors at work also showed her what she had to do to bring her characters to life. The Many Lives of Jeannette Walls 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z “Yes, there are those of us who are very skilled at that,” she said. Meet the book club that’s helping to quickly vaccinate its town 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z For one reason, it’s fascinating to watch a skilled investigative journalist comb through the shrapnel of a story that nearly everyone else abandoned after it exploded. Perspective | We can’t let go of the Al Franken question. There’s good reason for that. 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Their efforts offer pointed commentary on the medium, particularly in its most cash-dependent forms: large-scale public sculpture and pricey portable objects that involve complex techniques, skilled artisans, expensive materials and demanding maintenance regimens. Art Review: In West Chelsea, Sculptures Speak in Dialects 2010-06-01T22:51:00Z Sanitation Workers Get That Swing On an abandoned airport runway, slick with rain, a skilled crane operator dips and swings the arm of his vehicle through a series of graceful, fluid arcs. Movie Review: ‘Trash Dance,’ a Documentary Out of Austin, Tex. 2013-04-26T01:55:48Z Months and years after the camera crews leave, the affected areas will need teachers, business consultants, nurses, behavioral health professionals, agricultural experts and skilled volunteers. Don’t be a ‘disaster gawker’: 6 travel tips on how to help after a catastrophe 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z He’s less skilled at bringing his brash strands together into a succinct package. Review: In ‘Mad Women,’ a Small-Town Political Family With Issues 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z A skilled draftsman, he created exactingly linear, subtly colored portraits of family members and friends. Will Barnet, Painter, Dies at 101 2012-11-13T23:34:33Z Don’t be shy about running these possibilities by a skilled family therapist. Perspective | Grandparents who undermine your rules are really just doting on themselves 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Shortly after midnight on Aug. 13, 1961, East German troops began erecting a barbed-wire barrier to prevent skilled workers from fleeing to West Germany. Half of Germans unaware of when Berlin Wall built: survey 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Hollywood imports are losing their luster in China as local studios become more skilled at making blockbuster-style movies. With $218 Million Haul, ‘Black Panther’ Smashes Box Office Records 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z The presence of many college-educated residents changes the local economy in profound ways, affecting both the kinds of jobs available and the productivity of every worker who lives there, including the less skilled. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z Moreover, as Mr. Sims writes in the catalog, production of Mr. Estes’s prints “is left almost entirely to highly skilled printmaking artisans and specialists.” Review: ‘Richard Estes: Painting New York City’ Features Works in Abstract Realism 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Prickly and desperate, she needs help; and Mully, wise and empathetic beyond his years, is about to prove himself not only a skilled chauffeur but an accomplished breastfeeding coach. ‘Joyride’ Review: Irresponsible Adult 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Doctors had been persecuted for performing abortions in the 1940s and '50s, which meant that fewer skilled practitioners would be willing to risk their careers for the procedure. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" gives us a refreshing take on abortion, but how realistic is it 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Shibumi, which has sold 2.3 million copies, focuses on Hel as an older man, at the end of his career as a skilled killer. Killer idea 2011-04-28T07:50:00Z Today, each instrument still passes through the hands of dozens of highly skilled workers. A Family’s 400-Year-Old Musical Secret Still Rings True 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z In many tellings, Mulan is a skilled fighter before joining the army. Mulan, a Most Adaptable Heroine: There’s a Version for Every Era 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Storyboard P, who won outstanding emerging choreographer this year, also performed, although, perhaps in tribute to the theater, he mostly let himself be upstaged by Moses Harper, a skilled Michael Jackson impersonator. Bessies Feature Many Winners, and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Steve Paxton 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z “And he was such a skilled editor and producer that he needed very little help to get it up and running.” ‘Song Exploder’ and the Inexhaustible Hustle of Hrishikesh Hirway 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Offerman also runs a wood shop where he creates intricately crafted furniture and canoes, proving that he’s as skilled with his hands as he is with his humor. Here’s where to find laughs in Seattle this season 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Maybe a little time off and the shedding of other botched TV projects along with lessons learned from his Netflix hit, reminded Gaiman to value conciseness, economy and a skilled writing partner. After four years, "Good Omens" returns for a jolly if rather hollow romp that falls short of sublime 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z “Adoption agencies are desperately seeking skilled baby cuddlers, and no, this is not a drill,” an AOL headline blared, describing the position as a “dream job.” Sorry, the last thing adoptees need is strangers’ cuddles 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The company has always been rich in skilled comedians, and it has a panoply here, like Pickup, with her exuberant Lady Gay, Robert Zukerman, as her blinkered husband, Adolphus, and McPhillamy as the deluded Harcourt. Review: ‘London Assurance’ Minds Its Manners 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z The author envisioned a realistic cop as her protagonist, a dedicated and skilled professional — and yet “something more than just a policeman, you see, a complex and sensitive human being.” P. D. James, Novelist Known as ‘Queen of Crime,’ Dies at 94 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The organization recruits skilled locals to lead tours and teach classes in Kathmandu. In Kathmandu, dumplings are everywhere — and now I know how to make my own 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Hollywood imports are losing their luster as local studios become more skilled at making blockbuster-style movies. ‘Jumanji’ Charges Forth, ‘The Last Jedi’ Fizzles in China 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z So this is a really early sign of just how broadly skilled Hitchcock was. Lost Alfred Hitchcock work discovered in New Zealand 2011-08-03T11:58:25Z “Everyone starts somewhere,” he said of playing with less skilled enthusiasts while on a recent family vacation in the Dominican Republic. How to Make Fast Friends While Traveling? Try Playing Pickleball. 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The artistic director of Lone Wolf Tribe, Augustine is a skilled puppeteer and a puppet maker. La MaMa Festival Is Still Moving, if Somewhat in Place 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z He was skilled, nonchalant, big hands unfazed by the flailing creature. Past Into Present: 4 Journeys That Changed Us 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The show had an earlier tryout in the Village Originals series, and its official debut is delivered with zing and gusto by a nimble cast, under the skilled direction of Richard Gray. Review: 'Gypsy King' has some princely moments, but some poor ones, too 2010-03-22T21:03:00Z The food itself is the work of a skilled technician with impressive command over an array of influences. 10 Reasons Washington Is a Great Restaurant City 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Abused and abandoned, she is like the orphan princess in a fairy-tale, stoic in the face of adversity and skilled in the ways of survival. ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Review: A Wild Heroine, a Soothing Tale 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z When Charles Gaines was in elementary school in Newark, N.J., one of his teachers noticed that this son of a construction worker and seamstress was skilled at drawing. How the dense grids of artist Charles Gaines took the ego out of art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z The vast majority of the people have to understand what’s going on here—union busting tactics being used against 12,000 highly skilled workers. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z His comically inelegant works look as if they were created by a manically inventive but not especially skilled handyman in his basement workshop. ‘Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony,’ at the Noguchi Museum 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z That, Mr. Reiner affirms, is when skilled comedians rise to the challenge. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Excavating the 2,000-Year-Old Man' 2012-02-29T22:09:20Z Both actors are highly skilled at the challenge that comes from impersonating a living individual without simply mimicking them, and the resemblances are astonishing. Cannes: Naomi Watts on Valerie Plame 2010-05-20T17:30:00Z “Not only is it a very skilled practice and highly crafted, it’s totally needful, not ostentatious at all,” Ms. Nevins said. Make Mine the Burlap Wrap 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Since he’s skilled and flexible, there’s a whiff of unpredictability to Wiki’s rapping. Critic’s Notebook: Ratking’s EP ‘Wiki93’ Is Thoroughly New York 2012-11-06T22:30:05Z Chores are seldom well-received and yes, even the most skilled parents need to nag a bit, but helping to train your children to work is important and needed. Perspective | A mom struggles to connect with her rough-and-tumble boys 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z In the program notes, the conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin refers to Schumann’s “supposed lack of skill as an orchestrator”; any deficiencies are fully dissipated in this skilled performance. Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z But demand expanded and it was soon a cottage industry, produced by highly skilled, poorly paid women who, unlike many male laborers, did not have the protection of a guild against, say, damaged eyesight. Lace, That Most Coveted Textile 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z They found highly skilled individuals whose talents were mostly spent making “Venetian tourist industry gadgets,” as Gamper puts it. | In Milan, Martino Gamper’s Clever Scheme to Showcase Italian Craft Traditions 2014-04-10T20:06:06Z As with too many Labyrinth shows, the production’s reason for being seems to be to allow skilled actors to strut their stuff, no matter how thin the script. ‘The Muscles in Our Toes’ Follows Friends on a Mission 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Records are spotty, though references to slaves skilled in distilling and whiskey making pop up in slave sales and runaway-slave ads from the early 19th century. When Jack Daniel’s Failed to Honor a Slave, She Stepped In 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Cuiffo is a skilled if more ordinary performer, who is open about his debts. Is Originality Even a Worthy Ambition Anymore? 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “Sneaky Pete” asks a great deal of viewers in proposing that we embrace this sketchy premise, but the writers plausibly establish that Marius is incredibly charming, skilled and, most importantly, prone to overreach. Must-devour TV: Bryan Cranston’s “Sneaky Pete” is your new binge-watch obsession 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Watching them record a song is like looking on as a group of skilled chefs make a sandwich together; even in a B.L.T., they can foresee endless possibilities. The National Agenda 2010-04-23T13:00:00Z But nearly every lowbrow form, from gangster flicks to horror movies, eventually gets repackaged as prestige, and in recent years, some skilled pranksters have been making their move. In This Prank Show, the Joke’s on Misogynistic Men 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z As a skilled instrumental composer, Vivaldi accompanies the arias with vivid, intricate orchestral music. Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z Would there be no audience for a show that follows a good indie band around on tour, or a series documenting some of the world's most skilled musicians? MTV Searches for ‘Jersey Shore’ Magic on the Florida Panhandle 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z “She possessed a very good eye. She was very skilled in the art of composition and also in technique,” said Sue Canterbury, curator of American art the museum and organizer of the exhibition. Works of Georgia O’Keeffe’s sister to be exhibited 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The Guardian said of "From Here to Eternity" that until its final 10 minutes, evoking the raid on Pearl Harbour, "the overriding sense is of a musical based on skilled professionalism rather than expressive need". Lloyd Webber, Rice lose their touch in London as musicals close early 2014-02-26T19:03:15Z Real estate executives describe the elder Mr. Durst, who died in 1995, as a tiny, polite if eccentric man, a skilled negotiator but one who rarely raised his voice as Mr. Langella’s menacing character does. Film: That?s Me on Screen, but I Still Didn?t Do It 2010-11-24T19:49:00Z It's raucous stuff, delivered at breakneck speed by McKnight, looking fetching in a white dress and handsome in a kilt, and holding the room with the charisma of a skilled MC. Little Johnny's Big Gay Wedding 2010-06-07T22:20:00Z It’s his personality that lets him glide out of scandals that would’ve cooked more skilled and intelligent politicians. If Donald Trump’s America is Hell, who is Satan? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z But in its execution “Loki” demonstrates that a skilled cast and capable writers can work a company-mandated guest star into its plot without surrendering its identity to that person and/or their character. "Loki" speaks to Marvel's biggest concern – if only the studio will heed it 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Sometimes he produced skilled hackwork, obviously on purpose: paintings of Aryan nudes or works that seem based on Hollywood publicity stills. Francis Picabia, the Playboy Prankster of Moderism 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Initially, she thought she would simply write about the women, but making pasta is a skilled, very physical process. Hey, Look! Nonna and Her Pasta Are on YouTube 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z “My sense was that he was tough enough, ruthless enough, ambitious enough and skilled enough to become a big star.” Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I’m fascinated by my own anger’ 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z It would certainly require a skilled purse snatcher to disentangle the bag from its owner. | Clutching Men’s Bags, Big or Small 2014-01-18T18:46:56Z This new series follows Jeff Evans and his Alpine Rescue Service — skilled Sherpas and helicopter pilots — as they patrol Mount Everest from its base camp to its balcony, about 1,300 feet below its peak. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Rectify’ and ‘Lip Sync Battle’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Soon after that, she flew to Factory & Co. in Paris — a city skilled at producing delicate croissants and light-as-air brioche, but flummoxed by the bagel. The Cradle of Global Bagel Baking? (It’s Not New York) 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z He is as much a guru as skilled technician of the art, sounding more like a transcendental poet than choreographer. At the crossroads of dance 2011-05-18T18:31:00Z Nonfiction author and New Yorker journalist Maria Konnikova, who started studying poker last year for a book about the nature of luck, became so skilled she soon turned pro. Researching Your Book? Hit the Casino 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Villeneuve likes big stories with big stakes, and he’s very skilled at working your nerves. Review: Aliens Drop Anchor in ‘Arrival,’ but What Are Their Intentions? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The puppets — animated and voiced by skilled puppeteers — star alongside Ms. Andrews in “Julie’s Greenroom,” a new children’s show produced by the Henson Company and available on Netflix beginning March 17. The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Julie Andrews and Henson Puppets 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z If I didn’t buy some of what takes place in “American Hero,” I certainly didn’t mind watching Ms. Silverman’s skilled cast at work. ‘American Hero’ Finds Comedy in a Fast-Food Franchise 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Cancer Research UK originally warned that it would not be enough just to admit highly skilled scientists to maintain Britain's place as a world leader in medical research. Arts and science bodies can nominate 1,000 people for immigration to UK 2011-07-20T12:22:04Z The time was right, the victims brave, and the reporters not only skilled and determined, but backed up by institutions with deep pockets and intestinal fortitude. Perspective | Don’t forget how the movement that changed Hollywood started: With great reporting 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Movie critics largely agree that "Fury," like the crew it depicts, accomplishes what it set out to do with unflinching violence and skilled execution — though not without its share of casualties. 'Fury': Brad Pitt tank drama carries out its mission, reviews say 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Choreographer Denis Jones was as skilled at lending elegance to the skulking denizens of the underworld as with fashioning a wedding party dance that would kill on TikTok. Review | At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z But the puppets convince brilliantly, even when their skilled operators are visible. Spare Times for Children for Jan. 18-24 2013-01-17T23:15:26Z Gradually, as she became a more skilled dancer, she raised the height to three, even four inches. At Midsummer Night Swing, Shoes Speak Volumes 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z So he hires a young man, the Boy, skilled in script and drawing, to write it. Review: In ‘Written on Skin,’ George Benjamin Creates an Unusual Love Triangle 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z The skilled driver who gets lost while steering beautifully is not a model. Learning From Henry Kissinger 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z It was only a lack of skilled teaching, he added, that prevented the emergence of “perfect dancers.” From the Music Hall to Ballet Royalty: A British Tale 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z He became a trouser presser, a skilled business in Edwardian England. What was my grandfather running away from? 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Kaplan is skilled at painting a scene, and he turns readers into "flies on the wall." 'Frank: The Voice': James Kaplan chronicles how Frank Sinatra went from good to great 2010-12-03T22:28:00Z While at its core "All the Old Knives" is a poignant reunion between a couple who were once passionate lovers, it is also a tense cat-and-mouse game between skilled operatives. Olen Steinhauer's new novel reunites spies with a shared history 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z While all of those films had a number of subplots unrelated to their central themes, the filmmakers were skilled at juggling those narratives while maintaining their focus on the main tales they wanted to tell. "Tolkien" has a good idea at its center, but the execution is mixed 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z For this show, produced by him and the Joyce, he has assembled a pickup company of eight lithe and skilled freelance dancers. Review: A Choreographer Stakes an Independent Claim 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z In July, he hired more than a dozen skilled seamstresses from Gee’s Bend, starting at $16 an hour. Saving the Artwork of the South: Deep Investment, and a Drone 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The vocals are largely handled by a trio of skilled back-up singers; Burt, meanwhile, is at the piano, bringing the magic as he has done for half a century. Burt Bacharach, Leo Blanco, the Congos: this week's new live music 2013-06-22T05:00:17Z As his character develops, Radar is also revealed to be an animal-lover, a skilled musician, and a master of impressions. What “M*A*S*H” Taught Us 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z While the stories are by no means uniform in style or detail — some informants were more skilled storytellers than others — patterns do emerge. The Haunted Past 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Budget constraints have led the city and county of Los Angeles to employ fewer artists skilled in calligraphy — targeted as an unnecessary taxpayer expense — and computers now produce portions of proclamations. Calligraphers still aiming to be letter-perfect 2011-08-15T15:55:21Z I watch other filmmakers less skilled than I P.R. themselves with tenacity and fervor and it makes me crazy. The indirect director 2012-12-06T01:00:00Z Few of us were skilled improvisers, which made the conversation awkward, though maybe less awkward than it might have been in person. In These Immersive Shows, the Jury Is In (Your Home) 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z He was drafted into the NBA directly from high school in 1996 at the age of 17 and in his initial years enjoyed a stellar reputation with fans as a highly skilled player. Basketball star Kobe Bryant, wife file for divorce 2011-12-17T01:43:59Z Seth Popper, the director of labor relations for the Broadway League, which represents producers and theater owners, called the stagehands “incredibly skilled tradespeople.” Hey, Stars, Be Nice to the Stagehands. You Might Need a Loan. 2013-12-28T02:11:03Z Half a century ago, the notion that most Americans would soon be at least a generation removed from skilled manual labor would have seemed remarkable. How Thom Beers Built a Reality-TV Empire 2012-12-16T23:37:47Z Like Forced Entertainment's cunning creations of chaos, the mess is expertly controlled, the clumsiness deliberate: in reality these performers are highly skilled, not just in circus but also on various musical instruments. Popcorn Machine 2013-01-15T12:35:23Z He made fun of his propensity towards failure and disappointment, often, but he was a very creative, skilled and bright guy, who was different than anybody else I’d met and very inspiring. Anthony Bourdain: ‘I put aside my psychotic rage, after many years being awful to cooks’ 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Steve Hackman, a composer and arranger skilled at this crossover, discusses the music and the stylistic overlaps with musicians from the orchestra. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in January 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Rhodes is a skilled traffic cop, and his choreography is appropriately restless and stylish throughout, though this is not the kind of show to make you feel like dancing. Review: Divine Decadence Revisited in ‘Grand Hotel’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Many years later, she’s confronting what happened to her: how she was cajoled and groomed by a skilled predator, and how his actions were imprinted on the rest of her life. The #MeToo Movement Gets Its Novel 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Because many are gifted actors, they are also skilled at making the answers seem fresh each time. Coaching Stars to Avoid a ‘Racist Against Whites’ Moment 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The dentist was skilled, and the extraction was almost pain-free, but the experience was not entirely pleasant. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: A few (end of) life hacks for the young geezers 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Your answer is fine; you are reasonably treating them as polite people looking to hire you for skilled work, and you're responding accordingly. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Best friend blows up over last-minute destination wedding 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z A reader who is skilled in music parodies did this one. Video honors mythic Chicago hero: 'Kasso' 2011-11-29T18:44:00Z The filmmaker David Lowery had proven himself a skilled maker of moody dramas by last year, when he released the Arthurian romance “The Green Knight.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches’ and Awards Shows 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The strong cast makes their performances register in what could have been, in less skilled hands, a routine thriller. 'The Debt' with Helen Mirren is a master class in acting 2011-08-31T16:04:52Z “True to form, more than half is still in its wrapper, hidden from greedy hands and greedier palates, one end neatly cut away as if by the hand of a fantastically skilled mohel.” Couples Who Eat Together May Not Stay Together 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z I became skilled at layering to conceal holes. How to give up clothes shopping: 'I became skilled at hiding holes' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z If so — or regardless — please consider talking through your family dynamics with a skilled, reputable pro. Perspective | Concerns about a daughter’s modesty expose more about the mother’s mind-set 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z He was skilled at blending tea leaves from multiple suppliers; why not try mixing a variety of the coarse single-malts he carried in his store? Behind The Booze Brands 2010-06-25T16:30:00Z Here we meet the skilled raconteur whose tales promote vacillation, and whose humor disguises costly indecision and delay. Lincoln Served Six Ways: Reframing a President 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “Our TSA officers are very skilled at detecting firearms and other prohibited items,” said Tom Carter, TSA’s Federal Security Director for New Jersey. TSA catches New Jersey man with assault rifle 'artfully concealed' behind suitcase lining 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Rather, she is a professional food designer — skilled in building flavors and textures, versed in arcana like the aftertastes of alternative sweeteners and the umami of dried yeasts. Meet ‘the Million-Dollar Palate’ Behind a Flood of New Foods 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the New York Virtuoso Singers, a highly skilled chorus founded and directed by Harold Rosenbaum that specializes in contemporary music, commissioned 25 composers to write 25 short works. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Leonard Bernstein, Keller Quartet, Cassandra Miller and More 2013-12-18T18:17:02Z Presidents became skilled at reassuring the public that they preferred comfort food — often made by black cooks — over fancy food. In the White House kitchen, hiding in plain sight How do you rank such technically skilled and diversely gifted pianists, who are still forming artistically? Critic’s Notebook: Exploring Bavaria and the Busoni International Piano Festival 2012-09-07T23:47:51Z “Hale County,” set in a rural mostly black part of Alabama, and “Minding the Gap,” set in a mixed Illinois industrial city, are first features by skilled and intuitive young directors. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The answer turned out to be a private guide, one skilled in finding both castles and cousins. One trip, two agendas — and an Irish guide to make it work 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z On either side of her sat Holly Curran and Elizabeth Brown, two of the company’s current roster of five vibrant and skilled dancers. Dance Review: Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet at City Center 2013-09-08T21:50:52Z Mr. Shen’s dancers were skilled, committed, well rehearsed; but the capacious space of the Koch dwarves them. Review: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance at David H. Koch Theater 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z And there is something magical too about the darkness in which craftsmen like Brian Dowling do their highly skilled and once highly valued work. Analog ? review 2010-12-26T00:05:14Z Forsyth believes these may have been the work of a jeweller called Thomas Simpson, known as a skilled but sharp operator. Cheapside Hoard of 17th-century jewels set to dazzle at Museum of London 2013-06-04T14:40:41Z Perhaps because of the personal angle — or just because Koryta is such a skilled writer — the story feels like the real deal. Missing Bodies, Missing Killers, Deadly Missed Opportunities 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Russell was a woman of far more poise, Cahn assumed, but she knew that Russell was also a skilled actor. In ‘The Diplomat,’ Keri Russell Shows Her Good Side 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The composer, a highly skilled orchestrator, told the audience why he had at first resisted a commission to write a percussion concerto. Review: NY Phil Biennial’s Ambitious Wrap-Up, From Boulez to Bolcom 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z Knausgaard is skilled enough to convince us that he is giving us himself, but he purposely leaves us with a complete stranger in an alienating world. Letters to the Editor 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Eligible production workers would get a $50,000 bonus to retire by next March, while skilled workers would get $100,000. UAW Workers Offered Extra Icing At Ford 2011-10-04T20:22:54Z If you’re skilled enough on skis, tuck into the position that Alpine racers use. 2010-01-28T06:21:00Z Washington's and Malek's performances are initially stalwart enough to keep our attention, and as mentioned earlier they're both skilled as acting the hell out of whatever situation they've been placed in. Great acting can only take HBO Max's throwback noir "The Little Things" so far 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z But she isn’t skilled enough to create a persuasive inner life for Julie, and because Hogg avoids scripted exposition, her actress can’t lean on the dialogue to help fill in the blanks. ‘The Souvenir Part II’ Review: Life, as She Imagines It 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z That's right: 50 repeatedly breaks Russian writer Anton Chekhov's rule of skilled storytelling by alluding to weapons without pulling the triggers. 50 Cent makes another horrible pitch with 'Animal Ambition' 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Throughout her career, she was widely praised for her thoughtful musicianship, skilled acting and attractive stage presence. Anneliese Rothenberger, German Opera Singer, Is Dead 2010-05-28T03:53:00Z During his brief reign as the King’s Hand, Tyrion proved himself a far more skilled political operator than his predecessor or his siblings. Game of Thrones Watch: Dead Lords and Monsters 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z He switched to the cello, on which he became skilled enough to perform with his own group, David Baker’s 21st Century Bebop Band. David Baker, Who Helped Bring Jazz Studies Into the Academy, Dies at 84 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Over all the troupe proves itself skilled, with sharp timing and a graceful stage presence. Theater Review: ‘Mulan the Musical,’ at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-12-28T19:04:38Z But it’s equally about our willingness, with the help of some highly skilled guides, to accept the extraordinary, to will ourselves into believing that what the actors tell us is happening is really happening. Theater Review: ?Peter and the Starcatcher,? With Christian Borle 2012-04-16T02:57:15Z Even as embodied by performers as skilled as Ms. Taylor and Mr. O’Keefe, they emerge as brainwashed products of a corrupt society. Theater Review: Steven Soderbergh Directs ‘The Library,’ at the Public 2014-04-16T02:00:01Z By now, this bride was skilled in improv — so she tossed her skirt and belt to the curb, leaving just her jumpsuit. They got married in the middle of the friendliest street in town — and the neighbors all came to help 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Pratt is a savant of the reality-TV form, and he was, back in the day, skilled at inhabiting a nasty character, with his muscular tantrums and tremendous ego trips. “The Hills: New Beginnings” and Our Warped American Reality 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Add to that a double high-wire act on bicycles and a swinging trapeze with triple twists, and there's no doubt you are watching some of the most skilled performers in the world. Kooza – review 2013-01-09T14:18:11Z As with any new technology, it takes time to learn and become skilled at using an electric vehicle, especially for long hauls. When hitting the road in an electric vehicle, plan for the unexpected 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The real sweet potato scores were the pies obtained from some other skilled baker. Thanks, Patti Labelle: Sweet potato pie will always beat pumpkin in my household 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Every skilled soul singer sings about pain, whether it be internal or societal. Review: St. Paul sings about justice, with soul 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Most of us are already skilled mind-readers, using facial expression, tone of voice, body language, and our own experience to infer what the people we interact with are thinking and feeling. Mind reading is possible! 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z It’s a delicate process that takes hours with a skilled and patient hand. An Intimate Look at Italy’s Saffron Harvest 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z To arrestingly depict creation in the wake of that, let alone sustain all the tension, uncertainty and wonder that comes with that effort, requires skilled restraint. HBO Max's must-watch "Station Eleven" brings comfort and joy after the eerily familiar apocalypse 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Kaiser — who ran the Kennedy Center from 2001 to 2014, and earned a reputation as a skilled architect for turnarounds at troubled arts institutions — says it is the next stage that worries him. Arts groups in distress call on a former Kennedy Center president for help 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z But in recent years, he has worked to establish himself as a skilled Wagnerian, too, starting with Lohengrin, an otherworldly knight who comes to the rescue of a virtuous duchess in medieval Brabant. A Tenor’s Secrets to ‘Lohengrin’: Golf and a Blunt Spouse 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Alas, even with the help of skilled librarians in our Central Library, we did not find it in the paper itself. Takin’ it to the streets: Depression-era protesters in Seattle, 1937 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z In Tempest's work, these lives are dense with meaning, and through her wildly skilled performances, they will certainly be heard. Rapper-poet Kate Tempest opens U.S. tour with memorable Echo set 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Another highlight: the smooth and skilled tapping of Wayne Doba, who really puts on the Ritz in his homage to Fred Astaire. Take a visit to 1930s Chicago at the new ZinZanni spectacle 2012-08-16T21:01:10Z The Luddites hit the alarm bell, and not without reason: The automation of weaving and spinning technology displaced an entire class of skilled artisans. 'Rise of the Robots' and the threat of a jobless future 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z And, to judge from the photographs here, it turned skilled painters into bumbling amateurs. Art Review: ?Snapshot: Painters and Photography,? at Phillips Collection 2012-04-06T00:25:38Z After a rigorous application process, the program accepted 120 skilled American students, ages 16 to 19, drawn from 42 states, into a training residency. Music Review: National Youth Orchestra Takes Purchase; Washington Is Next 2013-07-12T21:08:59Z Betsy was a skilled and enthusiastic baker who tackled all sorts of technically challenging pies, cookies and pastries. A casserole redux befitting of leftover turkey 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z His “Acis,” which ran through Sunday here, while never less than skilled and entertaining, is slighter and more flawed. Dance Review: Mark Morris Stages ‘Acis and Galatea’ 2014-04-28T21:20:19Z Home working textile jobs that are labor intensive or require skilled handiwork are not new to Italy. Inside Italy’s Shadow Economy 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z They work only on the innards, but suggested getting someone skilled in restoring antique wooden furniture to repair the cabinet. How to repair an heirloom radio This culinary leader must be an educator, a skilled communicator, a mentor and an innovator, someone who’s charting a gastronomic course to greatness and bringing the American public along. How do you keep Julia Child’s legacy alive? Pay it forward. 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z My cast-iron skillet I’m not very skilled at cooking, not yet at least. Colin Hanks Finds Perfection in ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ and Tacos at Every Meal 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The skilled cast members must flesh out their characters, and the unselfconscious Ms. Lynskey, who invites the audience’s mockery and ends up with its sympathy, is the revelation. Review: In ‘The Intervention,’ There’s a Big Chill in the Air 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Benjamin is like an overly chatty but skilled magician; she earns herself a few twee flourishes by telling a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids. Rage Sets a Couple on a Collision Course. Who Will Absorb the Impact? 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z But there is no doubting his skilled craftsmanship and musical intelligence, both of which he will surely tap in an in-house choreographic academy, which will begin in September 2015. Benjamin Millepied Takes Over at Paris Opera Ballet 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z A skilled lyricist with a gift for vivid imagery and a powerful singer, she makes her every gesture feel conversational, intimate, off-the-cuff. Jill Scott: No sugarcoating, even when the White House calls 2011-07-28T15:27:00Z Hers was a musical household: Her mother, a skilled self-taught pianist, was an accompanist at a dancing school run by one of Jane’s aunts. Jane Little, Atlanta’s Venerable Bassist, Dies at 87 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z He was a skilled performer of his own work, much of which depends on complex verbal effects. Edwin Morgan obituary 2010-08-19T17:23:00Z A quintet of skilled and spirited musicians, they were at the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on Thursday, playing expertly but more carefully than in the past. An assured, polished concert from Imani Winds 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z A skilled soloist as well as a section leader, he was occasionally featured on camera. Snooky Young, a Big Band Trumpeter, Is Dead at 92 2011-05-19T01:05:17Z Budgets were barely mentioned, and when they were it was with a skilled performer's roll of her eyes and an engaging laugh. A ballerina of the boardroom and activist for the arts -- say hello to the new Music Center CEO 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Star Trek writers were skilled at constantly adding depth to the aliens who reappeared through the series. Why Aliens Are So Important to 'Star Trek' 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Writers these days are so surpassingly skilled at the buildup that they can’t come up with a payoff that matches it. The Nonsense of an Ending: In Defense of the Middles of Books 2012-01-04T15:58:18Z Sadly, as Mr. Gaddis shows, history is replete with examples of leaders who were weakly skilled in the art of strategy and who thus drove their countries to ruin. ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Sleigh revels in the moment in Jordan when a skilled Syrian refugee finds a new life as the baker of a honeyed bird’s-nest pastry called kenafeh. A Traveler to Troubled Lands, Called to Bear Witness 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Our entire modern project has been about delegating power over us to skilled people who want to do the work and be rewarded accordingly. Evgeny Morozov: 'We are abandoning all the checks and balances' 2013-03-09T19:20:02Z Yet none of that would matter if Pelosi weren’t a skilled — and, at the moment, highly successful — politician. She may not acknowledge it, but Nancy Pelosi is a fashion icon 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The rest were skilled cooks who were hired outright or recommended to the first family by a friend. In the White House kitchen, hiding in plain sight And maybe it’s unfair to ask that an author this skilled at invention, character and style also exhibit proficiency in philosophy and theology. On Loony Island, a Malignant Priest Strips Mental Patients of Free Will 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Pinter, like Beckett, was preternaturally skilled at the art of compression, stripping his writing so that it was all lean muscle, no flab. Remembering theater director and Royal Shakespeare founder Peter Hall, who turned language into life 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z As only the second director in its history, Mr. Attia is proving to be a skilled modern communicator: He uses social media to goad elected officials, or to collaborate with other social-advocacy or small-business groups. A Food Cart Worker’s Biggest Job: Defending Vendor Rights 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Q: Being so skilled, has it been tough to be paired with people on “Dancing With the Stars” who in many cases have never danced ? On summer tour, dancing brothers Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy get personal 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z He emerged just as the rock and singer-songwriter eras bloomed, and soon became a skilled performer in his own right. Concert review: Neil Diamond at United Center 2012-07-07T05:45:00Z “Nothing excites me more than working with young talent, and both young men are incredibly skilled and surprising performers.” ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Names Replacements for Ben Platt 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z The vast production that goes under Disney's name hides the fact that he was a brilliant, highly skilled miniaturist who invented an entire new visual language. The Perfect American – review 2013-06-08T23:06:02Z This gave skilled portrait painters a signal importance. Van Dyck at the Frick, Documenting Aristocracy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Experts on hand can help with fittings, and skilled technicians can tune equipment for sharp turns on the slopes. ‘America’s oldest ski shop’ is a New Hampshire landmark 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z "Catching Fire," among the year's biggest hits in its third week in release, stars Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen, a skilled archer who provides hope for an oppressed society on the edge of rebellion. 'Frozen,' 'Catching Fire' fuel U.S., Canada box office 2013-12-08T17:01:46Z A Conductor’s Adventurous and Reserved Sides At 82, Lorin Maazel remains one of the most prodigiously skilled and experienced conductors in the business. Music Review: Lorin Maazel and New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-25T22:03:14Z It’s not just because Cory Booker is supremely skilled social navigator, a man who knows a golden opportunity to seize a random comment and turn it into an event. Cory Booker goes on food stamps 2012-12-04T16:44:00Z He's such a skilled actor and for someone like me, watching his performance in something like Blackadder Goes Forth is amazing. Prankster's paradise: Fonejacker hits the streets 2010-04-09T23:11:00Z In skilled hands, this device restricts the evidently possible solutions to whatever the speaker already wanted, while endowing those predigested options with the apparent necessity of a logical deduction. Do guns or people kill people? 2013-03-06T13:12:00Z As I’m not very skilled in the arts of packing or organizing, I was drawn to the creator’s claim that this is a free “complete move planner.” Apptitude: My Move and Moving Day complement one another As he became more skilled he took on more solo roles, his teacher, Albina Belova, said, and he traveled extensively with the company in places including Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon. Syrian Dancer Flying, Looking for Freedom (Landing in Amsterdam) 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Mike's show is as moving as it is enlightening, riveting, funny, charged and impeccably skilled. Killer Mike – review 2013-02-15T15:19:00Z But he is far too skilled a writer and interesting a thinker for something so pedestrian and farcical. In Daniel Sada's ticklish 'One Out of Two,' twins raise questions about self and identity 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z Mr Stella’s more recent constructions—many of them plotted using computer-aided design and fabricated with the help of skilled artisans—share an industrial process with those by Mr Koons. Modern man 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z As a child, she was a diligent student with an obsessive streak: her first passion was dancing; later, she would become skilled in the sport of fencing. Greta Gerwig: 'I'm at peak shock and happiness' 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z It’s very difficult to undergo a gruelling cross-examination by a highly skilled, highly paid defence attorney. ‘I was shocked by the verdict’: Gloria Allred, lawyer for 33 of Bill Cosby’s accusers 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Brandy, 42, will play Naomi, also known as Xplicit Lyrics, who was the highly skilled engine of the group but failed to find mainstream success as a solo artist. Brandy Scored Her ‘Dream Role’ in ‘Queens’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z His father, a skilled carpenter, worked as a contractor building wooden houses. Yasuo Minagawa, Framer Who Gave Art a Concrete Context, Dies at 69 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z On Page 122, one study shows that people, when sad, will opt for friendly collaborators over skilled collaborators. Review: In ‘The Confidence Game’ by Maria Konnikova, the Siren Call of the Swindler 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Adams is clearly skilled with story structure, cinematography and his actors. Review: ‘Dig Two Graves,’ but the Goodbye Is Only Temporary 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Her public image was helped by the fact that she was a skilled horseman, physically indomitable as she ventured into Revolutionary War zones to proclaim the nearness of the End Times. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z And this group is especially skilled and inventive at layers of performance. | 'Musashi': From Hisashi Inoue, a Zen Comedy-Drama 2010-07-08T22:44:00Z They are the result of incredibly skilled craftsmanship, cutting images into steel, often using a hammer and chisel. The director of the National Firearms Museum shoots from the hip 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z When a skilled performer is able to hit all those high notes, it’s more than just technically dazzling: It makes the softly played notes to come feel even more resonant. Forget Naturalism. With Movie Acting This Year, Big Swings Are In. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Ms. Shivalingappa is a skilled dancer; she makes these changes of emphasis entirely lucid. Dance Review: Shantala Shivalingappa at Joyce Theater 2012-06-28T21:07:57Z A skilled aviator, he served stateside in the Civil Air Patrol in World War II, by all accounts the smallest pilot in uniform. Meinhardt Raabe, Legendary Munchkin, Dies at 94 2010-04-10T00:42:00Z Ms. Wasner sang and played guitar with skilled conviction, and Mr. Stack brought the same focused energy to his drumming. New Music: Albums From Wye Oak and Sd Laika 2014-04-28T21:13:32Z Fred Trump was a creative dynamo, as skilled at inventing new ways to create and market real estate as he was at absorbing the good ideas of others. The Trumpian Origins of New York’s Floating Billboard Problem 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Louis C.K. cast himself as the father, and he never appears totally convincing as the brutish man, a very different character from his past parts, in which he’s proved to be a sensitive, skilled actor. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z There’s a compelling story to be told about Lorance and his fate, but its disparate elements and unusual emotional and political fault lines would test the most skilled documentarian, or feature filmmaker for that matter. Review: ‘Leavenworth’ Puts the Army on Trial 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Still, it’s tough to forget that Ms. Beckham is a skilled performer, balancing a calculated raciness with a great show of decorum and humility. Victoria Beckham: Is She for Real? 2010-09-03T22:43:00Z But the most consistently skilled team is Stone Cold Fox, which the brigade tapped to play Friday nights in the new show “Crisistown,” a high-concept piece billed as a “choose your own adventure comedy.” Critic?s Notebook: Harvard Sailing Team Breathes New Life Into Sketch Comedy 2012-01-30T21:58:14Z In all this you get a sense of a young woman skilled at both her craft and her career. Exhibition Review: ?Emma Lazarus? at Museum of Jewish Heritage - Review 2012-01-03T22:12:56Z We release bands that are in fact highly skilled musicians who have a very different take on things artistically, as opposed to what the mainstream opinion of metal is. The hot bands of the summer – according to the labels 2013-05-16T18:00:00Z And earlier this year, even President Obama off-handedly assured, “I promise you, folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree.” Hooray for “worthless” education! 2014-03-27T17:07:00Z One of them, “It Ain’t the Whiskey,” is the best song here, capturing the intractability of deep suffering that Mr. Allan is so skilled at conveying. Critic’s Notebook: New Country Albums From Gary Allan and Randy Houser 2013-01-27T23:05:49Z “This is not a highly skilled work force that works in this room,” he said of the characters. How Long Is ‘The Flick’? It Depends on the Seats 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Cities generate the majority of America’s wealth, its culture, its innovations and its highly skilled workers, and that’s expressly because good urbanism sets the stage for those conditions to be possible. Do Democrats hate cities? 2012-09-08T17:00:00Z But the skilled use of line is one of the most effective artistic methods to convey emotion — direct and opinionated. | The Cult ’80s Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes Gets a Second Look 2013-09-03T21:38:57Z British TV producers sent 23 “skilled strangers” to live for a year together in the Scottish Highlands. The stories to read to be the smartest person at the Thanksgiving table 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Gunn's a mesmerizing musician whose allure has drawn equally skilled collaborators, and "Way Out Weather" gets deeper with each listen. Arresting beats of James Blake, Steve Gunn, Miguel 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Brokaw’s television work involved teaming up underutilized film stars with directors who were skilled at delivering low-budget movies within a few days, his family said in a news release. Norman R. Brokaw, Hollywood agent for Elvis and Marilyn, dies at 89 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Seriously skilled face work has been done; she admitted to missing a Botox injection this very day. Carrie White: Remembrances of a Hollywood Hairdresser 2011-09-23T22:14:43Z It is such a reflection of what nature and a skilled winemaker can do with a simple grape. The When and Why of Amontillado 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z “Very few of them are necessarily built or skilled for the task; they tend to be direct-mail consultants, field tacticians, or journeyman campaign-manager types.” Are Political Conventions the New Comic-Con? 2012-09-05T12:00:17Z Bergdorf Goodman will host Crafted, a shopping event celebrating collections made by skilled artisans. Take Mom to a Dance Fitness Class at Athleta 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Becoming a skilled cook/chef takes time and should be rewarded appropriately. A Worker Shortage Is Forcing Restaurants to Get Creative 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Related: Houdini's big secret: the sidekick who was more skilled than his master What about the woman? Houdini & Doyle: new show can't free itself from shackles of old formula 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Decades later, the scientific view of Neanderthals has evolved — there’s evidence that they wore decorative feathers, buried their dead and were skilled leatherworkers — and so has their portrayal in fiction. Neanderthals: They’re Just Like Us 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Adams’s performance in “Arrival” is skilled and professional, the movie is written and directed dully; her thoughtful presence is worthier than anything else in the film. The 2017 Oscar Nominations Don’t Matter but the Movies Do, More Than Ever 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Next to Pia Toscana, the stagy and skilled “Idol” contestant who joined him as a guest for a shuffle-rhythm, rockabilly “Holly Jolly Christmas,” Mr. McCreery was a gargoyle of stoicism. Music Review: Scotty McCreery at the Beacon Theater 2012-11-25T21:50:09Z Her performance suggests what Gertrude Lawrence, the skilled British comedian who created the role of Anna in 1951, might have been like in the part. How to Keep a Musical Great: Call Heather Headley and Marin Mazzie 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z As skilled as she was, Ms. Tuttle contemplated giving up music altogether. Karen Tuttle, Violist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-12-25T04:40:31Z As a contributing editor at New York Magazine, Ms. Senior is a skilled interviewer, good at finding parents and children who defy expectations. Books Of the Times: Jennifer Senior Studies Parenthood in ‘All Joy and No Fun’ 2014-01-26T22:06:59Z The woman whose wheel I latch onto is a skilled rider who maintains a regular pedal stroke and a firm line atop the crested path. One-day bike races have a passionate following in France, and amateurs can pedal the same route 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The younger actors are skilled and engaging, with Mr. Holland effortlessly conveying quiet internal activity. Review: In ‘Edge of Winter,’ an Unstable Dad With a Gun 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z When it was over, an orchestra skilled at giving a young conductor it likes everything asked of it, no matter how outrageous, was all warm smiles. The next new Finnish star conductor takes the stand in Disney Hall 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The location is ideal, and the multilingual staff, capable even in Russian, is friendly, skilled and accommodating. | Check In, Check Out : Hotel Review: Hotel Mio in Buenos Aires 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z It’s a reasonably skilled and unobjectionable job of transcription and compression, stutter-stepping among time lines to keep track of King’s manifold plot strands and characters. ‘The Stand’ Review: Stephen King’s Pandemic Story Hits TV Again 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z What the mainstream presenters are incredibly skilled at is introducing music in a careful, measured way. Radio 1's daytime takeover: liked Tinie? Try this lot 2011-01-03T21:30:01Z SAT Many options for skilled and unskilled labor for all ages at site of New Start High School, 7:30 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Early reviews have hailed this painstaking accuracy, wrought by highly skilled artisans in workrooms in New York and Los Angeles. The Marvelous Mr. Mackie 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Frances McDormand’s Lady Macbeth is sometimes reduced to a caricature of female villainy: ambitious, conniving, skilled at the manipulation of her hesitating husband. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The orchestra is drawn from the ranks of Hungary's highly skilled musicians. A new temple to Wagner on the Danube, not Rhine 2011-06-23T13:58:45Z One of the most anticipated hip-hop albums of the year, "At Long Last ..." showcases a preternaturally skilled New York rapper exploring the edges of grief, drug use, fame and temptation. 'At Long Last ASAP Rocky' a psychedelic trip through grief 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Dujardin, a skilled comedian, deftly embodies the spy’s combination of cluelessness and condescension, but it’s an act that eventually wears thin. | 'OSS 117: Lost in Rio': French Spy Spoof Set in Swinging ?67 Rio 2010-05-07T04:04:00Z “The people he was choosing to bring in were better: more skilled, more capable, better artists,” she said. One Man’s Mission to Keep Musicians’ Legacies Alive 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Rose was skilled on a variety of native African drums, but he was especially known as a virtuoso of the sabar. Doudou N’diaye Rose, Senegalese Drummer and ‘Human Treasure,’ Dies at 85 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z But while Dorrance dancers are exquisitely skilled tappers, their stage effects are not limited to percussive footwork. Perspective | At the Kennedy Center, Michelle Dorrance’s tappers pay homage to Ella Fitzgerald and Christmas 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Rosenblatt is a skilled writer who carries the reader through eras and time zones with never a break in voice. In Roger Rosenblatt’s ‘Thomas Murphy,’ a poet refuses to go quietly 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Trump is extremely skilled at manipulating the media and he uses these events to set the news agenda, generate unpaid advertising, and disseminate his racist lies and wild conspiracy theories. The news media helped Trump win in 2016. Here's what needs to change for 2020 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Yes, that means new laws mandating that only skilled professionals like Dr. Sweets try this kind of stuff. Critic's Notebook: Thug-Notes and Other Sites Translate Literature Into Rap 2014-01-24T18:13:44Z The colonists are presumably, a well-educated elite; they’re generally skilled workers, technicians and so on selected for their ability to contribute to the colony. A Second Look At: Terra Nova 2011-11-22T15:06:02Z Suck-ups are also very skilled at attaching themselves to team projects or launching initiatives or task forces, with lots of meetings but little real work. The pandemic was hard on office suck-ups. Now they’re back and ready to schmooze. 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z And so we’ve learned to be more clever, more experimental, and more skilled, often, in the telling of stories today, but I can’t say that the content is what it used to be. Screenwriting guru tells all 2010-04-21T15:06:00Z A smooth operator and skilled thief, Charlie finds himself facing changes bad and good as the series opens. Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The skilled detective is now a mother, taking care of her daughter with husband Luke Cage, Danielle, according to Marvel. Marvel Announces New 'Jessica Jones' Comic Series 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z I've been wincing through the audition rounds of this season, as the skilled singers are presented with video packages that tell their allegedly compelling narratives. 2010-02-16T17:53:00Z They were what I came to call the Female Tribe, a highly sophisticated group of skilled communicators who love nothing more than knowing everything they can about another person. How to fold a thong: A straight man working at Victoria’s Secret 2013-05-07T00:00:00Z Well, natural in the sense that it’s a photograph of a professionally beautiful person who got back in her bikini weeks ago, aided by hair and makeup artists and a skilled photographer. Elle puts a breastfeeding mom on its cover — but you won’t see it in the store 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Mercenaries, by contrast, are skilled at writing what this book sometimes feels like, which is an extended press release. David Brock’s ‘Killing the Messenger’ 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z It’s nice that we have a writer as skilled as Thomas Mallon, a prolific author who lives in Washington, to imagine that for us. Review | What was George W. Bush really like? A novelist whips up a campy portrait. 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Lithe, serpentine, flamboyant, Mr. Amaya is a far more skilled dancer than Mr. Morales, but he shares the tendency to melodrama and adds to it the vulgarity of windmilling arms and fan kicks. Review: ‘Lorca Madly in Love’ Portrays a Forbidden Romance Through Flamenco 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z If the Greek writer was even half right, you'd imagine critics to be skilled above all else in expressing such delight. Such tweet sorrow: Twitter catches critics in web of emotion 2010-09-21T13:35:00Z His job is to hunt down runaway slaves, and Victor has proved to be very skilled at it. ‘Underground Airlines’ imagines a modern U.S. where slavery is still legal 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z It is manifestly difficult to design something as complex as an airliner without a stable team of brilliant engineers and skilled workers. 'Jet Age': Sam Howe Verhovek's story of how Boeing came to rule the skies 2010-10-15T21:11:00Z I was not a particularly skilled pianist and was resistant to the kind of practicing it takes to become one. Nico Muhly on Why Choral Music Is Slow Food for the Soul 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z The objects in this show were made by highly skilled artisans working at specific times and in specific places, mostly in city states. Review | Gold, jade, macaw feathers, turquoise: Ancient American beauty at the Met 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “If we are skilled at identifying those individuals, then sexual predator laws that apply to that very, very small population are appropriate.” Thirteen and locked up for life? 2012-10-02T20:27:00Z He has played Satchmo nearly 200 times, and gives a skilled and subtle portrayal of a lifelong entertainment workhorse facing his inevitable decline with a cantankerous pride and a certain wounded dignity. Ways to Spend a Virtual Day With Louis Armstrong 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Not because musicians are worse now, or aren’t skilled, or inspired, or serious, but because “greatness” is not an objective measurement. The Score: A Pitch for New Music 2011-05-11T22:38:37Z Mailer was courtly and skilled in amorous deviousness. Norris Church Mailer obituary 2010-12-07T18:30:00Z It's gratifying, then, to see that this harrowing and infuriating narrative is once again in the hands of skilled and sensitive storytellers. "Athlete A" is a fierce indictment of the gymnastics culture that enabled a predator 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z We had time to sit by creeks and play our pennywhistles - my daughter is skilled at getting tunes from these Irish flutes, and I stumble along with her. The magic of Mount Rainier’s Wonderland Trail 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Even if the technology improves, videos like his would require extensive manual work and a skilled impersonator, he said. Your Loved Ones, and Eerie Tom Cruise Videos, Reanimate Unease With Deepfakes 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z My sense is that a skilled therapist would help, if you can afford to see one. I Keep Making Out With the Father of the Kids I Babysit 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Both Matassa and Johnson are skilled at finding songs that haven’t been done to death or at finding new ways to sing ones that have. Review: Album releases by Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson show two Seattle jazz singers at the top of their game 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z A sly and skilled joke writer, she knows sex jokes get easy laughs, so she makes transgressive ones that look difficult to pull off. 5 Smart Comedy Specials From Veteran Standups 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Resentment also stems from a policy that allows skilled immigrants to receive 30 percent of their income tax-free. 'Expats go home': Amsterdam's visitor boom angers locals 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The skilled task of opera directing is in danger of being treated as a free for all. Lucrezia Borgia; CBSO/Nelsons; Ibragimova/Gerhardt/Osborne ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:35Z One of its 19 performers was in a wheelchair, two were children, and several were at least middle-aged; the most skilled performers included Cédric Andrieux, who danced in the Merce Cunningham company earlier this century. A Rousing End Lifts a Program of Jérôme Bel Dances in Paris 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z O'Sullivan, though a skilled vocalist, has formal training in neither music nor acting. Camille O'Sullivan: From cabaret to chaos 2012-08-13T17:44:54Z Whether she is in the driving seat, or being dragged along by an industry skilled at exploiting neediness for public entertainment, is a question I'm not sure even she could answer. Kerry Katona: 'Sometimes I think I attract drama' 2013-07-06T08:00:00Z Black, he said, is a highly skilled craftsman, while Banville's work is art. Irish author Banville loves being Black 2010-04-22T17:46:00Z We get to realize that some people are very skilled at being two faced and charming, and just because we do not have a problem with a person, doesn't mean another person isn't their target. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on the #MeToo Moment and ‘The Post’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Here the drawings are vital to the story since a crucial plot point is that Jimmy, skilled in most aspects of illustrating, can’t seem to draw a decent human hand. Review: In ‘The Man in the Ceiling,’ Jules Feiffer Adapts Himself 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z I noted out loud that she was a skilled contortionist. For RuPaul, A Second Act with ‘Drag Race’ 2014-02-21T22:38:50Z The highs kept extending our sense both of these dancers, an exceptionally attractive, diverse and skilled group, and of Cunningham himself. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Troupe?s Last U.S. Repertory Night - Review 2011-12-11T23:27:57Z Some sites, like Yellowstone and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks, receive millions of visitors annually year, and it can be hard to secure highly coveted campsites and passes no matter how skilled you are online. National Park Booking App Leaves Users Feeling Lost in the Woods 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Pause occasionally for rice or grits and wine or beer, If you're skilled and lucky you'll get a bunch of roe along with the meat. It’s Maine Shrimp Season, Without the Shrimp 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z In fact, the man sailing the boat was a skilled seaman. Blow up: how half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Based on what you say, this is what happened, proving that your therapist is skilled at using information you supply to help you. Perspective | Ask Amy: Parents always name-check race 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z The return of the 26-year-old British singer/songwriter, though, isn’t a statement of stylistic freedom or wide-ranging experimentation, but a batteries-fully-charged assault on the pop charts from a performer skilled in musical osmosis. Review: Ed Sheeran’s Secret Weapon on ‘Divide’? Being Unabashedly Uncool 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Those assets were usually nil, according to Mr. Klein, who described him as a lovable beggar and a skilled haggler. Paul Ickovic, Photographer at Home on the Street, Dies at 79 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Karp is a skilled plotter and storyteller who vividly portrays Sanford's world: an uneasy mix of academics and hands-on medicine, close cooperation and vicious turf wars. 'A Perilous Conception': a test-tube mystery 2011-12-15T20:53:04Z One of Sudeikis' most popular characters is speechless: a tireless — and surprisingly skilled — dancer, clad in an Adidas jumpsuit that adorns the background of the "What Up with That?" sketch. Jason Sudeikis of 'SNL' takes center stage 2011-06-01T21:36:35Z We are in the Pentland Hills near her home – easy terrain for a skilled fell runner. Faster, higher, longer: how female ultra-athletes started to beat men 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z With breath control to match the most skilled coloratura soprano, Ms. Griffin holds forth at a relentless clip for two straight hours without a break, taking just the occasional sip from a glass of water. | 'Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony': Look Out, Celebrities: Her Aim Is True 2011-03-13T22:06:07Z Aside from the fact that Broughton is skilled and successful, there is little to admire in a woman who is simply doing her job. Violent femmes: Atomic Blonde and Hollywood’s new wave of killer women 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Wright, who leads the Total Experience Gospel Choir, said many skilled black musicians never received the attention they deserved. Central District lot becomes work of art 2011-07-06T05:07:28Z At the same time, Mr. Cheng admires the power of Instagram and the many skilled nonprofessional hobbyists who now post inspirational tableaus for their followers. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z When the cast really gets revved up — aided by editing that cuts quickly between their broad gestures and the punchy dialogue — it’s like watching skilled acrobats flipping wildly through the air and landing gracefully. Comfort Viewing: Why I Still Love ‘The Goldbergs’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The actresses are as skilled as Park in the task of finding straightforward moments of comedy in situations this overwrought. “The Handmaiden” and the Freedom Women Find Only with One Another 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z “Agon” should be home territory, and yet these skilled dancers don’t quite know what to do with it. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Return Has Warm Reception 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z But, she added, “his practice is very different to what we do; when you work with highly skilled dancers performing the specific writing of a choreographer, you can’t transmit that by Skype.” When the Choreographer Won’t Fly, the Dancers Rehearse by Skype 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Like the political establishment, the entertainment establishment has become skilled at deploying the language of populism, often against a phantom counter-elite of critics and other skeptics. Poking at Politics, Without a Stick, on Big and Small Screens 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z While touring through Orlando with Gillespie in 1991, Mr. Rivers met some of the skilled musicians employed by the area’s theme parks, who persuaded him to move there and revive the Rivbea Orchestra. Sam Rivers, Jazz Musician, Dies at 88 2011-12-28T00:24:59Z If great artists work well beyond retirement age, it is surely because, especially for a painter, writer or similarly skilled worker, it can take a lifetime to learn all the skills. Real artists never retire ? or do they? 2011-03-22T11:48:34Z He designed a garden unmatched by any other, and he was skilled in what today we would call event planning. An 18th-century Parisian garden of delight can teach us much about what not to do today 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z More broadly, skilled white rap stars aren’t as novel as they were in the Eminem era, which automatically dims the spotlight on Harlow slightly. Jack Harlow Knows What He Wants. And Where He Stands. 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Cook is a skilled unpeeler of information; revelations and discoveries are timed to perfection. Review | Diane Cook’s ‘The New Wilderness’ is accidentally timely but also timeless 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Finley premiered the version for piano in 2014, using the rhymed English translation by Edward FitzGerald, “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” and he is the skilled soloist here in the orchestral version. CD reviews: Late works by late composers Rautavaara, Henze 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The biggest thrills come with the trapeze artists the Aniskin Troupe, founded by graduates of the Moscow Circus School, who are skilled at inducing zingy sensations in your legs as you gaze skyward. ‘Metamorphosis’ at the Big Apple Circus 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z The surrounding desert, which at first glance appears barren, supports a complex ecosystem that features skilled hunters and astonishing spring flowers. A sweet and trippy reading in Joshua Tree 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z At first, Katz suggests, "Their quick understanding was akin to the mutual admiration that arises between skilled athletes." 'The Partnership' looks anew at Brecht's creative circle 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z They acquired it for less than $10,000 and brought it to a skilled specialist to remove the later paint layers and restore the original. A Clash of Wills Keeps a Leonardo Masterpiece Hidden 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z They wanted the same financial rewards as their skilled male counterparts. Dagenham women take centre stage 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z But when singers prove skilled in movement, the physical side of opera becomes related to choreography: It connects humans to music in terms of space, time and meaning. It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Choreography on Opera Stages 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z More to the point, they are appealing, skilled performers who can create deeply felt characters without props. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Nguyen is skilled at making us feel the disorientation and alienation of these characters navigating displacement. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Refugees’ couldn’t come at a better time 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Father Harry is a singer and, by all accounts, a highly skilled guitarist in the band Midnight, which plays mostly in the north and northwest suburbs. Chicago woman jazzes up 'Idol' 2011-03-09T01:17:00Z It’s a skilled, coherent performance, but it’s too tamped down, as is so much here. Theater Review: ?Rutherford & Son? at Mint Theater 2012-02-29T00:18:13Z It is a given, Mr. Martins said, that the company’s dancers are highly skilled artists who work hard at their craft and can “easily accommodate” the tempo shifts and contours of a musical work. New York City Ballet Uses Contemporary Classical Music 2010-06-11T14:17:00Z This documentary focuses not on the mythical Battle of Troy, but on a team of skilled competitors who rose to victory on the basketball court. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Babylon Berlin’ and ‘Women of Troy’ 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z In a world where power is established by the people most skilled at wielding swords and military strategy, that’s not a good thing. "Vikings" kicks off its final season with its own "tender moment" in history 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The reporting may be every bit as skilled, but the results are greatly diluted because so much has changed in the nation, including its media. Perspective | Journalists can’t repeat their Watergate-hero act. The reasons should make us grieve. 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z As skilled as he may be, however, David remains a member of Richard’s staff, and therefore untouchable — until one evening, when David and Richard cannot resist each other. Love is love: The best LGBT romance novels 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Hough, who turns 49 on Monday, is a comprehensively skilled pianist and probing musician with an inquisitive streak. Music Review: A Beethoven Warm-Up and a Liszt Workout 2010-11-21T22:53:00Z Studies suggest we’re not as skilled at divining other people’s thoughts and emotions as we might like to think we are. What happened when I went to psychic school 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z He was inordinately skilled at the potter’s wheel, capable of achieving a porcelainlike thinness with humbler clays. Some Favorite Things Not Hanging on a Wall 2011-12-30T00:11:48Z And Yin didn't fail: introducing a new fascinating couture technique of fox fur shaving - alongside a skilled demonstration of embroidery and her signature draping. Gaultier channels Winehouse, stars shop for Oscars 2012-01-25T23:41:17Z She was a skilled guide, steering us mostly away from the backpacker trail – as I had requested – but back toward it when it was worth our while. Old Friends, White Water and Roasted Ants in Colombia 2010-07-28T04:28:00Z But it is balanced by moving sympathy for other characters, and the sneaky, skilled acting of Lyle-Newton, who without softening Ned’s ire also honors the depth of his concern and commitment. ‘The Normal Heart’ still delivers passion and fury 2014-01-21T02:25:41Z Already he, and Gimlet, are getting pretty skilled at threading the needle. Alex Blumberg's podcast revolution is just beginning. NPR: this is your warning 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z For the past thirty years, Silicon Valley has been a magnet for good jobs and skilled workers from all over the world. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z The Swiss government hopes women will help fill a growing shortfall of skilled labor, but eschews many policies -- like quotas and more parental leave -- that promote women elsewhere. Swiss firms set goals to get more women into top roles 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The Times article notes that Rhodes is a published short-story writer and aspiring novelist who is a skilled “storyteller.” Obama official says he pushed a ‘narrative’ to media to sell the Iran nuclear deal 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z His joke writing is more skilled than his performance, which adopts a pointedly endearing pose. Spike Lee Enhances Jerrod Carmichael and Katt Williams 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Throughout, Kimberly Perry wields her smoky voice like a skilled actress, inhabiting each song to bring the lyrics alive. Review: The Band Perry delivers fresh 2nd album 2013-04-01T14:33:13Z Goldstein and skilled technicians have produced beautiful, 12 x 12 inch silver gelatin images that are true to the original negatives and the printing processes of their time. An amateur photographer’s compelling life’s work 2013-02-07T23:22:18Z Few surgeons were as skilled as Martin, or trained in what would be relatively simple procedures in the United States, such as removing excess fluid from a patient’s brain. After the Ebola outbreak, the world moved on. One family didn’t. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Because, he says, most of the early immigrants pouring into the United States through the 1980s were skilled professionals who couldn’t always get work in their fields. The future of American food is here, and it’s chicken tikka poutine and meatball dumplings 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Giving the paparazzi as little ammunition as possible redirects the focus to matters of work and art, and prevents a perfectly skilled thespian from getting reduced to an unjust punchline. How to stage a Hollywood comeback 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Participants, about 150 so far, learn traditional arts like luthiery — the making and repairing of stringed instruments — under the tutelage of skilled artisans. In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It’s a fluorescent carnival of pedal steel and thumping guitar that proves McBryde can be a skilled curator, as well as a performer. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z In short order, the action zooms back to 1850 and Jarret, a skilled groom whose enslaved father had bought his own freedom but couldn’t afford his son’s. In ‘Horse,’ Geraldine Brooks Sets a Consideration of Race at the Track 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Harold Camping's daughter confirms her father recently moved from an area hospital to a skilled nursing facility. Rapture predictor recovering in nursing home 2011-07-05T19:37:07Z “May you be dull – if that is what a skilled, vigilant, flexible, unemphasised, enthralled catching of happiness is called.” Operation smile: how jaw surgery changed my life 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Ahrens, a precise and skilled lyricist, also evokes the milieu effectively and provides welcome moments of felicitous humor. ‘Little Dancer,’ With Tiler Peck as Degas Muse 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z He was a politician, explorer, soldier, diplomat, hunter, author — even a skilled taxidermist. Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island estate speaks volumes — literally — about his character 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Like the writer-heroine in one of these stories, Ms. Moore is a skilled craftsman, capable of doing “quasi-amusing phone dialogue,” “succinct descriptions of weather” and “screwball outings with the family pet” with her left hand. 38 Years on Books: The Essential Michiko Kakutani Reader 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Amanpour has long been skilled at achieving a palpable intimacy in her conversations, even in interviews conducted over satellite with subjects beaming in from halfway across the globe. Christiane Amanpour on journalism in the age of Trump: “It’s an unprecedented assault on the... 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Next, they set up a small factory in China, with 15 employees, most of whom are skilled, older workers who were displaced in the quest by Chinese factory owners to drive down prices. On the Runway: Homegrown, With a World View 2010-11-11T21:01:00Z Aaron, who’s as ingenious and lethally skilled as Bourne, is one of a handful of enhanced operatives to come out of Outcome. Movie Review: ‘The Bourne Legacy’ 2012-08-09T16:33:27Z As the terrified Cyclops looks on, Chalky goes back to his childhood in Elgin, Texas, where his father was a skilled carpenter. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Unhappy surprises 2010-10-11T05:01:00Z “Since Louis XIV, the idea of being a choreographer here was looked at as a craft,” he said, adding: “I want to show work by people who are really skilled craftsmen.” New Leaders at Paris Opera Unveil an Ambitious Future 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Too much of the film is devoted to showing us Yossi’s isolation: The skilled Knoller lets us know what we need to know in the first five minutes. ‘Yossi’: Sequel looks at life after heartbreaking loss 2013-03-07T21:56:56Z Kids across the globe aspire to be as fast, strong and skilled as Olympic athletes, so marketing Powerade as the drink of an Olympic winner is certainly a gold-medal strategy. Sports drinks aren’t ‘recharging’ your kids. They’re just pumping them full of sugar. 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z And my father became a welder in a shipyard, which was a highly skilled job. Toni Morrison on Her Last Novel and the Voices of Her Characters 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z There’s no question that Dillon is a skilled craftsman who understands the possibilities of instruments and uses them in imaginative ways. Chamber music fest continues with hits and near-misses 2013-07-09T16:54:45Z But if our news organizations keep caving to a President skilled at manipulation and fond of an authoritarian style of governance, there will be. Damned if they do: Trump played TV networks with dishonest address and they fell for it again 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z He’s highly skilled at the work and, for the most part, morally numb to it. Review | Terrific ‘Barry’ shows how HBO’s best dramas are often found in its comedies 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Bernstein’s music balances wistful contemplation with skilled handling of voice leading and harmony. Is ‘Mass’ Leonard Bernstein’s Best Work, or His Worst? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The museum’s functionaries—from floor-polishing janitors to pertinacious scholars and fantastically skilled restorers—emerge as the film’s heroes. How We Look When We Look at a Painting 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z And Irving Morrow, a local architect and skilled illustrator, refined those ideas further, accentuating, in Mr. Starr’s words, “the stepped-back segments rising vertically on all sides” of the twin towers. Books of The Times: The Building of a Symbol: How It Got There, and Why It?s Orange 2010-08-23T19:38:00Z “Like a skilled doctor, she takes evident satisfaction in providing an accurate diagnosis.” The 2018 Emmy Nominees in The New Yorker 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z ELF members became highly skilled at staging arson fires and covering their tracks; several years and millions of dollars were expended before the FBI “turned” Jake Ferguson and broke the case. Riot porn from Kanye and Jay-Z 2012-05-30T20:33:00Z In the way of all skilled storytelling, nobody stops to explain what it is, preferring to let us derive its meaning from context. A new season "The Bear" marinates a great show into a superb exploration of purpose 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The 2014 film centers on a tough-as-nails homicide detective, a guy so skilled in hand-to-hand combat that he is renowned for never using a gun. An action movie with a twist 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z He was so skilled that most listeners were surprised when they learned, often many years into his career, that he was blind. Ed Walker, WAMU personality who burnished radio’s golden age, dies at 83 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z A case in point is the country's budding tech industry, which stands to benefit from skilled migrants. Vibrant New Zealand economy, tranquil lifestyle stoke migration boom 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z As Universities UK, the British Venture Capital Association and many business leaders have recently expressed, Britain needs to capitalise upon its investment in the education of skilled individuals. Letters: Student visas are an open door to talent 2013-03-05T21:00:01Z “Finding Vivian Maier” recounts the career of a nanny who, only after her death, became recognized as a skilled street photographer. Documentaries Jostle Against Oscar Obscurity 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Their father, a civil servant and skilled watercolor painter, died when Mr. Walcott was 1. Derek Walcott, Nobel laureate whose poetry celebrated the Caribbean, dies at 87 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z In a more skilled storyteller’s hands, perhaps shifting the balance toward the girls wouldn’t have thrown the dynamic out of whack. What if Wendy and Lily Voted Peter Off the Island? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Irwin is an unusually amphibious stage star, equally skilled as a professional classic clown and an intense dramatic actor. Review: Wrestling With a Master in ‘On Beckett’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z At Eton, Mr. Chancellor was a skilled pianist and contemplated a career in music before studying languages at the University of Cambridge. Alexander Chancellor, editor who transformed Spectator magazine, dies at 77 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “There is kind of a cottage industry of books about how storytelling is the way we all best absorb information, so the importance of highly skilled storytellers has grown,” Gore added. In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Onstage with this band, he’s the least experienced and least skilled musician, working in a genre where precision kills. Music Review: Dierks Bentley at Highline, Raking Through Bluegrass 2010-05-06T21:18:00Z The sound design and editing are also superb, and the acting is deceptively skilled too. DVD and Blu-ray out this week 2010-03-20T00:08:00Z So who else, among the limited list of skilled actresses who -- as Salander is described at the beginning of the first book -- are 24 but look 14? So, who should play Salander? 2010-04-01T18:22:00Z But it was also a diplomatic coup by one man: Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the Hermitage and a skilled cultural ambassador. Museum Director at Hermitage Hopes for Thaw in Relations With West 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Imagine the gangs of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” video, skilled in all kinds of gymnastics, which are performed to rougher, Spanish-language tunes. Theater Review: ‘Urban,’ at the New Victory Theater 2012-10-15T22:02:33Z The result, Lockyer says, is a considerable pool of "highly skilled, virtuosic dancers ... interested in doing creative research, rather than just working for a choreographer that imposes technique on top of them." Seattle dancemakers claim a spot on national stage 2012-11-20T22:18:06Z Passing along her experience with the kind of speech-song peculiar to him also meant introducing students skilled in amplification-free projection to the subtleties of working with a microphone. How Young Singers Get Used to ‘Dust’ in Their Mouths 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z “I look for people who are highly skilled and almost virtuosic in their performance of a particular movement and I highlight that,” she said. ArtsBeat: Finding Subjective Truths at SXSW 2012-03-14T19:30:48Z No one is grayer than Rodrigo Borgia, who bought the papacy in a rigged election, had numerous mistresses and fathered four children yet was also a skilled diplomat and renowned patron of the arts. Plum Role: History?s Ultimate Godfather 2011-03-25T20:53:57Z He was emerging as a preternaturally skilled organizer of architectural ideas, and he would later become a talented, successful architect himself. Philip Johnson, the Man Who Made Architecture Amoral 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Ben Lawrence could hardly dress himself when he joined the Stars Band, and now he's a skilled bassist. The Stars Band: 'why shouldn't disabled people have a great album cover?' 2013-05-30T12:33:50Z The young man isn’t skilled or strong enough to complete this assassination attempt. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 9: ‘A Dragonfly in Amber’ 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The director Daniel Attias is skilled in weaving drug and crime narratives; he’s directed episodes for “The Wire,” “The Sopranos” and “The Americans.” What’s on TV: ‘Trial & Error’ and ‘Hidden’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z I’m simply hoping for the kind of skilled naturalness we’d find from many actors. Dance Review: Where an Audience Becomes the Star 2011-05-20T23:30:06Z In Washington, it doesn’t always get the attention it deserves as a quality orchestra with interesting and ambitious programs, under the aegis of a skilled music director, Christopher Zimmerman. Perspective | From Bernstein to Bonds, fall season offers orchestral highlights 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z But Shalhoub is so skilled that only a deeply felt character emerges. Review: 'Golden Boy' returns with golden touches 2012-12-07T04:16:04Z If scalpers are few in number and skilled at assessing each consumer's demand for tickets, they can charge each consumer a price close to the maximum he or she is willing to pay. Scalping Isn't Scamming 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z There have been complaints that I haven’t said anything in these recaps about Mr. Noble, a skilled actor doing fine work in this series. 'Sleepy Hollow' Recap: Introducing a Special Guest, Ichabod Crane 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z It manages to combine elements of electronic dance music, dubstep and R&B with talented producers, skilled guest stars and a huge budget to create one of the blandest R&B albums in recent memory. Chris Brown's Fortune: A Mix of Beats and Ballads, But No Regrets 2012-07-03T14:45:47Z They were skilled fishermen, teaching their craft to others in Tuscany, Sardinia and even Tunisia. Overnighter: Off the Roman Coast, Bobbing for Views 2011-05-06T20:15:00Z The two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military was unraveled by the long and costly Iraq war. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z If the result is less affecting than “Gallipoli,” that is because Crowe is less skilled, and far less experienced, than Weir in controlling a story. Why Do We Remember Gallipoli? 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z During the lockdowns I perfected my vegan culinary repertoire and came out of that period a more knowledgeable and skilled vegan cook. I ‘self-experimented’ to compare a vegan diet with eating meat — this is what I found out 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The purist approach of the husband and wife duo highlighted the skilled and painstaking work that goes into luxury clothes which often appear to be simple, but in reality are anything but. In Milan, Taking a Turn in the Spotlight 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Vincent got his first big role in The Death Collector and went on to appear in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, making a name for himself as a skilled mafia movie actor over the years. 'Sopranos' and 'Goodfellas' Actor Frank Vincent Dies at 80 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Listening to Eichmann before Jerusalem, Ms. Stangneth sees a master manipulator skilled at turning reason, that weapon of the enemy, against itself. Book Portrays Eichmann as Evil, but Not Banal 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Artists, by contrast, were regarded in much the same way as cobblers or blacksmiths — manually skilled but with limited formal education, mainly because their learning took place from an early age in bustling workshops. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z A skilled playwright or screenwriter might kill for the chance to explore the drama in such a high-intensity confrontation. A political convention as improv farce 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Over the years, besides frequently conducting his own scores, Mr. Adams has proved a skilled and insightful conductor in repertory from Beethoven to music by fellow living composers. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z She is now in a skilled nursing facility. The Family of a Former Supreme Battles for Control of Her Life 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z But it’s not every actress who can play a scene opposite a guy in a big head, skilled as she may be. 'Frank' Riffs on the Pop Curiosity Frank Sidebottom 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The second was by Chris Wallace, one of the most skilled interviewers in the business. Perspective | Sean Hannity, Chris Wallace and why Trump wants to control follow-up questions 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z I suggest you consult a psychotherapist skilled in working with family systems. My sister’s husband screwed us! 2013-03-04T01:00:00Z Even Rimpa’s subtleties — and they are many — feel emphatic, demonstrative, like mini tours de force: the artist is now showing us how skilled he is, how refined, how witty. Art Review: Rimpa Painters at Japan Society and the Met 2012-09-27T22:19:07Z I imagine the upper kitchen to be quite a glamorous place, considering its importance, full of highly skilled people doing important culinary work on gleaming metal worksurfaces using fancy equipment. "You never go into the upper kitchen" and other survival tips from a waiter in Paris 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z In addition to his skill at motorcycle maintenance, Mr. Pirsig was a skilled navigator and twice sailed the Atlantic, according to William Morrow. Robert M. Pirsig, best-selling author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ dies at 88 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Moreover, the role required portraying a woman in the prime of her life and in decline, and that sort of contrast meant a skilled actress who understood the nuances of both. Thatcher's "Iron Lady" image softened by new movie 2011-12-27T13:06:35Z It’s an effortlessly funny and supremely skilled performance, top-notch comedy by any standard, except, perhaps the one he himself has established. Louis CK Performs at Madison Square Garden 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The general’s founding narrative was not only part of a skilled rebuilding exercise designed to restore pride to a battered nation. Freedom force 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z He’s a skilled realist, grounded in European Renaissance art, not a mere copyist. In the galleries: To sleep, perchance to dream 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Washington is also very good at showing how skilled an addict is at "presenting" – at putting on a show of nothing being wrong. Flight – review 2013-01-31T15:30:00Z Circus tricks were an integral part of silent movies, and many of the early stars, such as Buster Keaton, were highly skilled and did all their own stunts. Oh, what a circus – YouTube roundup 2012-11-28T15:35:01Z Once it was because a handful of high-end restaurants competed for a small pool of skilled labor. Not Enough Cooks in the Restaurant Kitchen 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Supporting cast members, particularly Darlene Hope as an adoption agent, are skilled in handling the considerable humor. Theater Review: ‘Normalcy’ at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-09-07T02:00:00Z And as West ages, he only grows more skilled at corralling the scattershot musical trends of the moment and shaping them into something profound. Kanye West’s “Ye” Is a Slapdash Response to a Torturous Year 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Conversations between Onuzo’s characters move fluidly between Igbo, Yoruba, pidgin and English, demonstrating her skilled ear. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z You know it’s a piece that was done by a gifted and skilled composer. Elliott Carter’s Early Flops Reveal a Budding Musical Master 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Some of his early, highly skilled poems were read out, and I was saddened again by the subsequent offence against his talent. Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z A musical roller-coaster ride through the African American experience is a journey well worth taking at MetroStage, thanks to four gifted vocalists, five skilled jazz musicians and a good idea. In MetroStage’s ‘Shake Loose,’ nothing’s left unsung 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Who says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the only member of the committee skilled in working social media? The Michael Cohen Show: Where GOP politicians angle to become Trump's new co-stars 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z He was known as a warm and generous colleague, well liked by the company and equally skilled at playing comic heroes and tragic villains, said Stephen Harrison, the opera’s artistic administrator. As the Opera World Mourns Plane Crash Victims, Video of Their Last Production 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Those who succeed are skilled, cunning and well-versed in the law. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The Hubbard Street dancers — 15 performed on Thursday — are attractive, skilled, personable. Review: Hubbard Street’s Feast of Forsythe 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Master manipulator Littlefinger is trying to manipulate arguably the two most skilled manipulators in the realm. All the Evidence Arya and Sansa Are Plotting Against Littlefinger on 'Game of Thrones' 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Today it is not just the skilled surfer soul-arching for the cameras. Surfing in the Age of the Omnipresent Camera 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z I'm not the most socially skilled at the best of times. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When life is not a Super Bowl of cherries, go to the party anyway 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z I am happy to educate others, but are you aware that a skilled and accredited sex therapist can help you with this issue? For 10 years, I have avoided penetration because of pain 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Allen, the legendary comic and filmmaker, has been an enthusiastic if modestly skilled clarinetist with Davis' group for many years. Woody Allen's jazz band warmly received 2011-12-27T19:45:04Z It was a highly skilled job, and each caravan took up to a year to build. Bedding down in a gypsy caravan in a Scottish field Photograph: Sophia Evans for the Observer "It's called 'bob and weave'," says Zoë Wanamaker, tucking her chin in and rotating her shoulders like a skilled boxer. Zoë Wanamaker: 'Acting is a vicious business' 2013-05-05T08:00:02Z As always, the cast are a highly skilled array of trapeze artists, hoop dancers, unicyclists and gymnasts. This week's new dance 2011-01-08T00:06:38Z Well, Casel is still a wonder, as humanly appealing as she is superhumanly skilled. Review: Ayodele Casel Returns to the Joyce With ‘Chasing Magic’ 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Waldman is less skilled — perhaps because less interested — at creating three-dimensional characters. A Novel Set in Afghanistan Challenges the Myth of the Good Occupier 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z He was a skilled comedic actor capable of playing many different parts – some of them even male! My streaming gem: why you should watch I Am Divine 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “What a buyer is actually purchasing is years of unreimbursed search time and thousands upon thousands of skilled hours of preparation time. “This is why common items stay in the ground,” he continued. Dinosaurs’ Star Power Has Yet to Translate at Auction 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Panchenya is also skilled in local folk traditions such as floral embroidery, a cappella choral singing and ancient pagan ceremonies, which survived the ideological white-washing of the Soviet era. In rural Belarus, villagers prefer hard work to city smoke 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Meanwhile Indigenous Australians were highly skilled hunters and foragers, and the intersection of these practices is found in Joe’s dishes. How food reveals the surpressed history of Chinese and Aboriginal Australian kinship 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Top hunters hunted, expert gatherers gathered, and skilled technicians spent long hours by the riverbank fashioning intricate baskets and stone blades. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z He was a skilled showman, a savvy political operator and a proudly plebeian counterpoint to the East Coast elite that he believed dominated the news business. Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV juggernaut Fox News, is dead at 77 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Produced by a skilled cook, they are, in their way, revelatory. How to eat: chips 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Most have some experience, but pros tailor games for all levels — including the very skilled and the not-there-but-trying. Urban Athlete: Cardio Tennis to Gain Endorphins and Lose Weight 2010-06-03T22:21:00Z Now, he lives in the skilled nursing wing of an assisted-living facility called Sherwood Oaks, which has been kept under various degrees of lockdown since March 2020. What it felt like to lose time — and all the other things coronavirus took away Here are skilled reviewers offering thoughtful, informed criticism of a wider range of books than any traditional literary publication. Why book bloggers are critical to literary criticism 2012-09-26T15:37:00Z The performances were generally as entertaining as they were skilled. Review: Le Jardin des Voix’s Sweet Italian Menu 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Among his 23 entries were: “How much she loves snacks and how happy they make her,” “How she takes care of the cat,” and “How skilled she is at acting and writing.” There Was Something Funny About Them 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z He was especially skilled in the editing room, where he made one particular hat very, very famous. David Davis, a Force Behind Memorable 1970s Sitcoms, Dies at 86 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Stevens was smart, skilled and driven, graduating at the top of his class from West Point. 'The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek': Western Washington's Indian wars 2011-03-05T00:28:40Z But when the Department of Children and Families could not find a foster home skilled enough to care for her after discharge, she gave up hope and had no motivation to get better. Perspective | I’m a pediatrician. I unexpectedly became a foster mom to a patient. 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z He’s also a skilled connector, as the crowd at the Harvard Club attested. Talking Trumpism: A New Political Journal Enters the Fray 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z The Quins are skilled writers with an eye for detail. Review | In ‘High School,’ Tegan and Sara Quin reflect on coming out and hitting it big 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The threat today for that skilled workforce, as for tourism, says Yeabsley, comes both from the the global economic slump and the strengthening New Zealand dollar. The Hobbit promises more gold for New Zealand 2012-10-13T19:08:15Z These are what some pilots call the “full alert” moments—times that call for skilled, trained, split-second decisions not slowed or dulled by exhaustion. FAA cuts, exhausted pilots, ancient planes: Is your flight really safe? 2013-06-09T14:00:00Z Very likely, that same figure would be skilled at carrying on Billington’s admirable effort to open the library up to new users through online access. Library of Congress’s leader retires, finding a successor for its next chapter 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z David is incredibly technically skilled, with a dry sense of humor and an acute ear for storytelling. The Curious Career of David Auburn 2011-01-23T00:59:00Z “He’s very skilled at tracing these narratives,” he said. How to manage a long-distance friendship 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “These are highly skilled professionals; they need to get back to work and earn a livelihood.” Here’s how Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Opera plan to reopen for live performances this fall 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z What a skilled delusionist he is: His movies always seem heavier than they actually are. Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z He was, however, a skilled pianist and a probing musician who understood how pieces were supposed to go. When Boston Ruled the Music World 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z He accepted an invitation from Kathan Brown, founder of Crown Point Press, a print workshop and publisher in San Francisco, to work with her skilled printers on a series of etchings. As if by chance 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z It’s not as simple as one particular panda skilled in the martial arts would like. Arts & Leisure: Panda vs. Peacock: The Showdown 2011-05-25T21:39:26Z He is at his most skilled with the massed swan maidens in the closing scene, and at his most human with the children in the first scene. Dance Review: Peter Martins?s ?Swan Lake? at New York City Ballet - Review 2011-09-14T22:29:22Z Luxury consumers are drawn by romantic visions of skilled artisans at work over handmade oxfords. Luxury fashion brands are going green. But why are they keeping it a secret? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z If anything, she makes you realise how skilled genuine pop performers actually are. In the shallow: why does Hollywood hate pop music? 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z The political debate was about whom to admit to further those goals — limiting family reunification in favor of skilled immigration, for example. In a country that stresses assimilation, this Paris museum highlights the contributions of immigrants 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z So, could a person skilled in media manipulation take advantage of people’s pain by using simplistic language to create false villains and use it to gain power? If Donald Trump’s America is Hell, who is Satan? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z They are not heroes, and neither is their creator, no matter how skilled he may have been.” The Steve Jobs Backlash 2011-11-02T23:13:20Z A skilled pianist and organist, he went to school in Highgate, North London, before going on to study at the Royal Academy of Music. Obituary: Sir John Tavener 2013-11-12T17:29:21Z Below this acceptable top drawer, there is an apparently less acceptable middle drawer, stuffed with less skilled workers from countries like Poland or Albania—the waiters, electricians, builders, and taxi-drivers already at work in Britain. On Brexit, the 2016 Euro Championship, and Trump 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Even the toughest critics admit they are exceptional, as skilled in detailed, classical articulation as in gutsy, full-bodied power. Cedar Lake ballet's great leap forward 2012-10-09T16:04:05Z As an instructor at Oxford, Mr. Gilbert became skilled at drawing maps on chalkboards. Martin Gilbert, preeminent Churchill biographer and Holocaust historian, dies at 78 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The Democrat in question was as skilled a storyteller as he was proficient a drinker. Iowa’s Heartland Beyond the Campaign Trail 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The Mikhailovsky dancers are personable, skilled and vivid; and if you care less about choreography than about performers — many balletomanes do — this St. Petersburg troupe is for you. Mikhailovsky Ballet, Full of Stars at Lincoln Center 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Making matters worse is that none of them are uniquely skilled or even demonstratively more than above average in intellect. Showtime's "Moonbase 8" has all the right stuff for glory but never gets off the ground 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Klein is a skilled writer, even if at times she tries a little too hard to be a voice of reason. Is the Green New Deal Realistic? Two Sympathetic Authors Weigh In 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z With skilled river guides, good food and a comfortable camp, the absence of electronics and a corner market might be overlooked. On Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River, a family’s in the rafts and off the grid There is a particular concern over the importing of skilled health staff by rich countries. Why the left is wrong about immigration 2013-03-27T11:59:50Z Mr. Donohoe presides over it as a host who is skilled in the art of disarming; he generates the illusion that he is somehow our acquaintance of long standing. Jonny Donahoe in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ at Barrow Street 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Smith, a professor at Yale, arrives at some dour conclusions, but is skilled at bringing abstract concepts to light. New in Paperback: ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Improvement’ 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Pete Holmes and Ron Funches are skilled comics from the West Coast whose jokes share Ms. Long’s childlike exuberance, a quality that is even more common in alt comedy. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z “I don’t consider myself a really skilled pianist,” he says. Jazz is busting out all over Ballard 2013-04-11T20:45:14Z There is nothing like a skilled instructor, a heart-pumping routine and the exhilaration of completing a tough workout. A $40 fitness class? Yeah, that’s a thing. 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “Christie is such a skilled writer. I don’t think I fully appreciated that until I was placed into the shoes of one of her characters,” she says. What Would You Do if You Found a Bag Crammed With Cash? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The United States gets good use out of our skilled immigrants and our unskilled immigrants. Jared Diamond: Here are the four ways America is ruining itself right now 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z I get accused of being a paid government agent, someone trained in “disinformation,” someone skilled in implanting false ideas in people’s heads. How to pull a friend out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Of those chancing their arm this year, perhaps the highest standards of craft are on display from The Gentlemen Of Leisure – a two-man team whose highly skilled writing is touched with genius. Edinburgh fringe festival new comedy 2011-07-29T23:09:02Z Yet much of this choreography is just skilled bluster. Dance Review: Miami City Ballet in Liam Scarlett Work at Kravis Center 2013-01-28T23:05:18Z The auctioneer, a skilled master with a brisk manner, called out £2,000, quickly repeating the bid. Auctions: Seesaw Bidding Early in the Season 2011-09-09T11:00:09Z The skilled and gradual unveiling of hidden truths. The Novel That Made Jules Feiffer Ignore His Family on Vacation 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z She is also terribly skilled at her job, which has been to tell visual stories using clothes and accessories. Samira Nasr, a fashion first at Harper’s Bazaar: ‘I just want to bring more people with me to the party’ 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Kentridge is a skilled draftsman who almost entirely lacks an original touch: his images tend to be inert if they’re not in motion. Art Review | 'William Kentridge: Five Themes': Anger and Angst, Explored With Animation 2010-02-25T22:41:00Z Only a very skilled engineer of a writer can transform the fits and starts, the fitted corners and sudden gouges of the assembly process into a kind of page-turning drama. Finding Oneself in a Coffin 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Jeff Beck, one of the most skilled, admired, and influential guitarists in rock history, died on Tuesday at a hospital near his home in Surrey, England. Jeff Beck, Guitarist With a Page in Rock History, Dies at 78 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Even in a group as skilled and disciplined as this one, individual members introduce occasional flaws in intonation. Music Review: ‘Messiah’ by the Oratorio Society at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-25T19:53:56Z As always, Mr. Schwarz, best known as the music director of the Seattle Symphony for 26 years and for two decades at the helm of the Mostly Mozart festival, proves a skilled and efficient conductor. Critic’s Notebook: TV Lets the All-Stars Play Together 2013-09-06T21:33:14Z Much of the rest of the work’s choreography represents the company’s current identity: often indistinguishable from other skilled and sleek contemporary troupes. Dance Review: Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal Performs at Celebrate Brooklyn! 2013-08-02T21:57:08Z House loves for his Team to show their anger because anger and pain are the only emotions he is skilled at feeling. House Watch: Please, Please Bring Back the Old Team 2011-11-01T13:15:41Z The hero—the Ulysses—of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” is Leopold Bloom: a man, like Homer’s hero, skilled in all manner of contending, a wanderer, a strategist, a man of polytrypos—“many twists and turns.” 'Ulysses' and the Moral Right to Pleasure 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z "How will you live in this world that's full of despair?" asks someone who happens to be one of the smarter and more skilled players in the game. Forget "The Stand" – "Alice in Borderland" is the wild dystopian ride we've been waiting for 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Philbin felt fortunate to join the BBC as part of Swap Shop, which was led by an experienced and skilled female editor at the top of her game, she remembers. Maggie Philbin interview: Tomorrow's world for the next generation 2012-10-28T18:47:01Z Two of the most skilled male dancers were white; one made it to the King competition semifinals. All Jooked Up With Everywhere to Go 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z And increasingly, it’s done through corporations using the H-1B visa as a loophole allowing them to replace existing skilled workers with cheaper in-sourced skilled workers being brought to the U.S. in big clumps. Marco Rubio’s meritocracy myth: Helping corporations slash salaries and pocket the profits in the name of the “American dream” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Posen is skilled enough to deal with types, and so the uptown fur, the girlish flounce, the camp seamed stocking. 2010-02-16T00:26:00Z And it cements his reputation as a filmmaker who is exceptionally skilled at eliciting intensely emotional performances from young, often untrained actors. Once a Bullied Teen, Now the Movies’ Master Storyteller of Youth 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z A cynic might say that the cheering was a Pavlovian reflex set off by a piece of commercial entertainment in the hands of a skilled, manipulative director. Review: In ‘Creed,’ Rocky’s Back, as a Mentor, Not a Fighter 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Some agents were highly accomplished figures, such as Thomas Phelippes, a skilled linguist, mathematician and expert cryptographer. The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I by Stephen Alford – review 2012-08-17T21:55:05Z And yet, when it comes down to it, often the majority has had more experience because they’ve had more opportunities and therefore are more skilled.” 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversity 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z “We knew he was a good writer, a very, very talented man, very skilled in writing,” he said. In François Mitterrand Letters, an Intimate Portrait of the Other Woman 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The one-time recipient of Tosi’s corn cookies and lemon-berry crunch cake, both made from scratch by skilled friends, I know the woman can bake. Momofuku CCDC review: For the shrimp buns and servers, the wait is worth it 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z They can be a critical resource for a restaurant business in desperate need of line cooks and other skilled workers, as well as for students seeking to start a career without running up big debts. A Fast, Frugal Track to a Cook’s Career? Community College. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z They are instead straightforward expressions produced by skilled craftspeople who are interested primarily in making the best wine they can from their part of the world, rather than tailoring a product for a presumed audience. In Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, the Gifts of Simplicity 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z Highly skilled people working in high-pressure environments using some of the most remarkable technology ever developed to overcome what, at times, seem insurmountable odds to restore people to health is awe-inspiring. We love the NHS too much to make it better 2013-03-09T06:31:01Z Is a skilled pro-choice Republican gynecologist depriving perspective patients of his or her skills by encouraging an incorrect inference about the scope of practice? The Total Transparency Manifesto: Not So Fast 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Coming uncorked at his most desperate moment, the skilled assassin in Barry finds proper motivation as an amateur actor. Review | Terrific ‘Barry’ shows how HBO’s best dramas are often found in its comedies 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The more skilled you are, the better the results. Review: Yuja Wang, Trying Comedy, Shows How Funny Virtuosity Can Be 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z He was skilled and confident behind the wheel, totally energized by the experience. A father-son road trip in Death Valley: One muscle car, one teenager and the American West 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The National Football League — behemoth, cruelly skilled manipulator of cities and printer of money — is officially headed back to Los Angeles. Success of Inglewood's new showcase NFL complex depends on how it develops its surroundings 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z These Smuin dancers are so skilled and attractive that I congratulate the troupe and wish it well for its future. Dance Review: Smuin Ballet Performs ‘Oh, Inverted World’ at the Joyce 2012-08-15T22:30:56Z Their acts may have curdled in recent years, but Carr and Boyle started life as skilled provocateurs, playing at being unpleasant, needling at the margins of the acceptable. Funny men behaving boorishly 2013-01-04T19:00:01Z The dancers — skilled, fleet, buoyant — look perpetually guarded, facades rather than people. Review: Decades of Lucinda Childs’s Cool Minimalism in Motion 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Born in London and living in Beijing, Hope is a resourceful, skilled maker in multiple media. Daunting power of the hand, mind and machine by Matt Hope at Ace Gallery 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z At the height of production, by 1943, women made up at least a fifth of the workforce, and in many factories they moved out of traditional jobs in upholstery and finishing into skilled engineering work. Exhibition sheds light on wartime shadow factories 2013-07-15T12:59:51Z Rock often establishes his arguments with the deftness and nuance of a skilled trial lawyer, but he’s not trying to give a fair, fleshed out version of events. Review: Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage’ Strikes Back 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z In the gallery’s press statement Mr. Esber said he wanted to eliminate “the distinction between skilled and unskilled hands,” so that “personal touch becomes paramount.” Last Chance: An Artist and His Friends Take on Bin Laden 2010-12-22T17:14:58Z A skilled forgery of the painting, wrapped up and posted to a disgraced politician, was seized by authorities a month later, adding to the mystery. Italian police think stolen Klimt masterpiece found hidden behind ivy 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z As a skilled attorney, he wrote a 100+ page pamphlet justifying his actions. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z This is because our society doesn’t appreciate how highly skilled the individuals teaching those programs need to be, argues Sara Mead, of the nonprofit consulting firm Bellwether Education Partners. Will a college degree requirement lead to better, more respected preschool teachers? 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z It takes a skilled author to turn such unyielding characters around, but Brynn and Will sizzle. Best new romance for November by Lauren Layne, Emmy Curtis, Elizabeth Boyle There are some interesting cluster chords and layered choral textures in Ms. Auerbach’s score, which was sung with intensity by the skilled cast under the musical direction of Julian Wachner. Music Review: Lera Auerbach’s Opera ‘The Blind’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-10T18:30:40Z Luckily, Ms. Bender is also skilled at creating tales that read like entries from Oliver Sacks’s cabinet of real-life wonders. Robert Boswell’s ‘Tumbledown,’ and More 2013-08-28T19:05:14Z The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of a skilled craftsman. Pacific MusicWorks debuts first complete season 2011-10-20T20:12:06Z There is a design to this, of course, and any skilled reader will infer that these diverging narratives must also be converging. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-07-20T21:55:02Z The Welsh-born Mr. Evans and his skilled crew of combat specialists sustain the movie’s extended warfare with discipline, the alert camerawork staving off the numbness induced by the preceding film. Movie Review: In ‘The Raid 2,’ a Police Officer Goes Undercover 2014-03-27T23:33:08Z The film is also skilled at bringing back familiar locations for reasons other than stimulating nostalgic affection. "The Rise of Skywalker" fixes the sins of "The Last Jedi" 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Many of these indigenous tribes were skilled in agriculture, including the cultivation of multiple varieties of corn, a crop that was not only respected but also revered. When it comes to making bourbon, why is corn so important? 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z But he’s a skilled joke-teller with none of the borscht belt timing you would expect from a Catskills comic. What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z I was initially reluctant to play guitar on my own records, and would delegate that to more skilled musicians. Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso in London 2010-07-15T20:30:00Z Heather seems a cliche of intellectual imprecision and entitlement, benumbed by comfort, a foil for her hard-working, highly skilled forebear. Review | How Queen Elizabeth’s wedding dress diverted war-torn England 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The spirited Latina cop is angry about the widespread piggishness of her male colleagues, most of whom are far less skilled than she at solving crimes. Review | Ready for a psychopath on the level of Hannibal Lecter? Check out ‘Sunrise Highway’ 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Adès, 39, is best known as a British composer, one of the most skilled and original of his generation. Music Review | Thomas Ad?s: At Carnegie Hall, Composer Is Keyboard Virtuoso Too 2010-03-29T04:58:00Z The "art" of conversing for Montaigne is in fact the skill of being a good listener; in one essay he likens the skilled listener to a detective. All together now: Montaigne and the art of co-operation 2012-02-10T22:55:14Z At the similarly fashionable , the room feels a notch friendlier and the suspendered barmen prove just as skilled. Nashville's New Flavor 2012-11-15T22:20:04.597Z Bringing about 9/11 was a highly skilled logistical operation. Four Lions may roar, but its laughs are hollow 2010-05-10T10:09:00Z The women Joe hires are highly skilled secretaries, to all appearances just like normal temps. Lightning Rods by Helen DeWitt – review 2012-10-03T07:00:03Z It is a demanding undertaking, both painful and rigorously skilled. Review: An Electrifying Bryan Cranston Is All the Rage in ‘Network’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Don’t let the décor fool you: the stylists at the newly opened Tommy Guns salon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, are as skilled at tending to women’s tresses as they are to men’s. T Magazine: Ladies, Get Your Guns 2011-09-23T18:19:26Z Shannon quietly devastates in a role that proves the comedian is equally as skilled at drama. How Sundance will factor into next year's Academy Awards 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z But in the wealth of archival footage shown in "The Vow," Raniere is the quintessential con artist in schlub's clothing, skilled in manipulating people by prodding at their egos until he reaches a weakness. Beyond sex trafficking and sashes, HBO's chilling NXIVM docuseries "The Vow" proves a cult's power 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z The food might not be as manipulated as at Volt, but the kitchen’s skilled technique is everywhere. Review | Thacher & Rye, Bryan Voltaggio’s new restaurant, is designed with the pandemic in mind 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The skilled dancers began encased in cocoons of stretchy fabric, and throughout the piece, they seemed to be trying to help one another break free. Review: Passion Fruit Dance Company Brings the Club to the Stage 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Fearing that I would mess up the task, I promptly suggested the help of a skilled psychologist but Karen wasn’t interested. How do you tell your children you have cancer? 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Researchers from Aarhus University found that highly skilled Danish women do more household activities than their US peers and are far less likely to outsource housework. Women will get equal pay … in 118 years 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Or allow so many skilled tasks to be performed by the unlicensed? How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z In the opener, the agents work to recruit a skilled and profitable draft class. TV listings: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The characters, too, occasionally stutter a word in a percussive manner, as if a skilled DJ were manipulating vinyl. Idris Goodwin’s ‘How We Got On’ at Forum Theatre Stone’s hyper-realistic stagings demand singers who are also skilled as actors; and in Munich, he has a fearless, captivating ensemble. Review: ‘The Devils of Loudun’ Offers No Escape From Horror 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Once the 19th-century famines set in, desperate families melted down precious metal, while skilled metalworkers died or emigrated. Antiques: Vintage Neon Signs and the Neon Museum in Las Vegas 2012-10-18T22:11:06Z You were still sorting out the difference between positive attention from a skilled and wonderful teacher, and an adult in a position of power who wasn’t respecting the necessary boundary between him and his students. Perspective | Ask Amy: Teacher’s conduct pushes creep meter to 11 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z A deeply skilled empathizer, Cole can put you in his shoes too. J. Cole's '2014 Forest Hills Drive' hits authentic notes 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Matt, as rendered by Del Toro, is a taciturn manipulator skilled at using the people around him to achieve his own ends. Smart Watch: “My Brilliant Friend” and “Escape at Dannemora” mark the start of awards (ba... 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Much of this history is well known, but Mr Evans is a skilled synthesiser with a strong eye for narrative. The best of times 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Vicious murderers were, after all, ignorant, dumb thugs—not polished, skilled writers. This is your brain on murder: What the mind of a psychopath looks like 2014-03-09T18:30:00Z Highly empathic people are skilled at this kind of emotional reading. 5 Ways to Be More Empathetic 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z This is a remarkably skilled group of students. Dance Review: Fall for Dance Festival at City Center 2012-09-30T21:58:45Z A key part of the proposals is that skilled librarians should be replaced by volunteers. Author, author: Kate Mosse 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z Across the lawn is the atelier, in continuous operation for more than a century and a half, where the company’s famous rigid trunks, beautiful bags and special orders are made by skilled artisans. | A Rare Look Inside the Atelier of Louis Vuitton 2013-06-13T19:06:05Z He was described in the Guardian as "a subtle and skilled poet" when his most recent collection, Headwater, was published in 2008. Rowan Williams releases poem promoting organ donation 2013-07-11T14:36:39Z “Just sanding and doing some caulking and skilled labor stuff. And then just, over time … I was always the one coming, and everybody else just stopped coming.” Matthew Rhys Hits the Seas 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z “Matthew is really skilled technically, he’s soulful, hyper intelligent and he’s funny.” Arts & Leisure: Matthew Rhys in ?Look Back in Anger? on New York Stage 2012-01-22T01:47:19Z We have skilled immigrants and, so-called unskilled immigrants. Jared Diamond: Here are the four ways America is ruining itself right now 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s evident that the dancers — barefoot and dressed in loose, white full-length culottes — are skilled. Dance Review: Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan at BAM - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:37Z But our son, Nat, spent much of that time with me, and I was not skilled at helping a seven-year-old weather a series of separations from his mother. A Dark Ride 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z He’s a very skilled administrator who uses all the powers of Franciscans to get his way. On Junipero Serra, soon to be sainted by Pope Francis 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z In the UK, a group of doctors who have become highly skilled in advanced keyhole surgical techniques have set up an accreditation process for hospitals where gynaecologists are treating endometriosis. Endometriosis: hidden suffering of millions of women revealed 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z His father is a chef at Mercy Living Center, a skilled nursing facility in Tupper Lake. Peter Dubrowski, Thomas Kessler 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Zeus are longhairs, some with beards, they have lots of touring under their belts and they're skilled musicians, and as such they have something of the grizzled road-horse quality of fellow countrymen the Band. New band of the day – No 1,283: Zeus 2012-06-07T16:16:37Z "Historically, American TV shows and media haven't been too skilled at recognizing all the diversity within minority groups," says creator Michael Lannan, regarding such umbrella groups as Latino or Asian. Unlike Oscars, 2015 Emmys have diverse shows, actors to recognize 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z A low wall surrounded us, and the snipers were terribly skilled. A Photographer’s View of a Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Baltimore’s situation epitomizes the basic conflict that has marked orchestral labor struggles across the country: musicians’ claims to a fair and regular salary for a highly skilled job against the decrease in demand for concerts. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra unexpectedly cancels summer season 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z If it seems as if there was a gap between the dawn of Twitter and comedians’ skilled use of it, that’s because the people who now employ it best were once loath to log on. Arts & Leisure: TV Comedy Writers on Twitter 2011-11-03T16:28:50Z The weapons available to the three races are well-balanced, and Blizzard's Battle.net does a pretty good job of setting up matches between equally skilled players. Review: Long-awaited `StarCraft II' sparkles 2010-08-04T17:43:00Z The six women, all skilled in Cossack-style riding, assume stately poses that echo the camels’ haughty, chin-up demeanor. Ringling Circus Camels, One Hump or Two, Are Singular Attractions 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Like all the Make Music events, the charm was in the crowd’s range, from children to the elderly and from skilled bikers to those whose experience seemed — how shall I phrase this? — more limited. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Blink’ Brought Bicycles to Make Music Winter in Brooklyn 2013-12-22T21:58:39Z Traditional entertainers now feel in direct competition with internet stars, who are preternaturally skilled at performing one-sided conversations to unfeeling camera lenses, then riding waves of online reactions that spin off in unexpected directions. The Shows Must Go On. But They Aren’t the Same Without You. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z “I wanted to bring this idea to my chandeliers. Behind them are highly skilled embroidery workers, whom you can’t see, but they memorialize themselves, stitch by stitch.” An Artist Unites North and South Korea, Stitch by Stitch 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z He attributed that to the unique combination of skilled scriptwriting, acting and directing as well as to the film’s insights into an American brand of power and corruption. The Lore of ‘The Godfather’ Resurfaces at Roger Stone’s Trial 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Headland is a skilled writer of pithy, funny dialogue, but the characters in “The Layover” are so often in either attack, defense or complaint mode that their eloquence does not bring much pleasure. Review: In ‘The Layover,’ Strangers on a Plane and Missed Connections 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The two main forms of this highly skilled technique are Australian string work and oriental string work. A brief history of royal icing string work 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z King's superhero isn't merely strong, righteous and highly skilled, she draws her powers in part from her relationship to history, by way of her family's legacy and that of an alternate version of America. Enough already with the white warrior woman worship 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The federal home loan corporation blames the nation’s housing deficit in part to a construction slowdown that stems from a skilled labor shortage and rising raw material costs. 3D printed 3-bedroom home's exterior was made in 12 hours: Take a look inside 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z A memoir of sorts of this hard-won idyll, it is also a love letter to Ms. Creed, a skilled artisan and gardener whose glorious handiwork is vividly portrayed. The King of D.I.Y. Dwellings 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Not a moment goes by when we don't fear for Verity's life, but little do her interrogators know just how skilled Verity is in her spycraft. Lenore Appelhans's top 10 books featuring flashbacks 2013-01-17T12:35:11Z The point of these stories, besides entertaining the listener, is to demonstrate what an amazing lawyer the storyteller is: a brilliant strategist, skilled interrogator or eloquent advocate. Two High-Powered Black Attorneys Confront a Justice System’s Flaws 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Later, local officials said he was not a skilled executioner at all, but a messy one. Jack the Ripper Was a Polish Barber, Says Amateur Sleuth 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z He was so skilled at building the world of L.A., especially in "Dreams from Bunker Hill." ArtsBeat: L.A. Story: Karolina Waclawiak Talks About Her First Novel 2012-07-25T19:39:15Z As the dining business, especially at the high end, attracts more educated and skilled workers, there is increased pressure to treat them fairly, professionally and predictably. Year of Upheaval for Restaurants That Ended Tipping 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Tandoh is a skilled baker, and her recipes draw from a rainbow of cheap sweeteners that are easy to find in Britain: honey, dark brown sugar, golden syrup and treacle. Ruby Tandoh Just Wants You to Eat What You Love 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Aside from being a skilled photographer, his portraits zero in on why we consider dogs to be man’s best friend: he emphasizes the nobility and soulfulness of his subjects without diminishing their playfulness. Canines of New York: a day behind the lens with The Dogist 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Film scoring is justly regarded as a high art these days, and Mr. Williams is one of its most skilled practitioners. t. The Week Ahead: Oct. 23 ? 29 2011-10-21T18:04:22Z But Gross was not always a world-traveling comedian, magician and “skilled ventriloquist.” Magician/comedian behind viral ‘split man’ video comes to Seattle 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The family successfully appealed that decision after noting that Medicare’s manual said feeding-tube maintenance required the skilled care of a nursing facility. Nursing homes move into the insurance business 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z The longer the pandemic goes on, the more likely it seems that skilled and talented servers will flee the business. It’s Time for Diners to Ask the Servers: How Are You Doing? 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Some people are very skilled at taking other perspectives, but they may not care about others. Perspective | 5 ways to teach our children empathy in these challenging times 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z The choices on offer are certainly not inspiring, as portrayed by the company’s technically skilled but sometimes interchangeable cast of classical actors. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z But Leshchenko suspects that Yanukovych simply hired a team of poorly skilled writers who copied and pasted much of the book from various sources without giving attribution. Ukraine's leader accused of plagiarism in new book 2011-10-27T10:36:08Z Each of these styles has trickled up from regional phenomenon to tastemaker attention in recent years, and like the skilled scavenger he is, Drake has harvested bits and pieces for his own constructions. Drake Rebuilt Hip-Hop in His Image. Now He Wants You to Dance. 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z The Jenningses, skilled as they are at tradecraft, were not expecting their innocent daughter to walk them right into a trap when they set up her birthday party. 'The Americans' Recap: Paige and Kimberly, Growing Up Too Fast 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z It’s one of the ways Danes become so skilled at empathy as they grow up. Teaching kids empathy: In Danish schools, it’s … well, it’s a piece of cake 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Signed into law in June 1933, the NIRA—titled labor’s “Magna Carta” by AFL president William Green—instigated almost 2 million workers, skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled, to flood into the labor movement. FDR’s most important lesson: Liberal causes could still inspire activism on a grand scale 2014-04-27T13:00:00Z If you’d like to see a skilled stand-up comic using his creative muscles to get some distance from a raging storm of emotional turmoil, you will find no better example. Brains Behaving Badly: Why So Many Comedians End Up Self-Destructing 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z As a judge, Paula was never exactly skilled at stringing sentences together to form coherent thoughts. "American Idol" shakeup! 2010-07-30T15:13:00Z Mr. Cluchey dropped out of school as a teenager, married, had two children, became a skilled boxer and engaged in petty crime. Rick Cluchey Dies at 82; Prison Theater Was His Redemption 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Dairy: My friend, who is a skilled gluten-and-dairy-free baker, says it is important to make up for the loss of fat and protein when you substitute for cow's milk in a recipe. Slip into your cozy era with this terrific, easy-to-make bread studded with coconut and cherries 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z He also takes in the client's teenage grandson, a skilled wrestler, and an advantage for Flaherty, who is also a high school wrestling coach. The National 'Win Win' with song for Giamatti film 2011-03-24T16:17:13Z Menkedick is a skilled storyteller and her accounts of women from varied socioeconomic and racial backgrounds drive home how little society has to offer mothers. Is Fear the Last Taboo of American Motherhood? 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Their staff are skilled at altering costumes to fit certain actors without actually cutting or permanently changing the garments so they may be used again. Go Inside the London Costume Shop Oscar-Winning Designers Rely On 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z You are also not taxed a quarter at a time for not being skilled enough, in the manner of old arcade games. Video Game Review: The FarmVille 2 Video Game Is Released 2012-09-21T17:11:48Z “She was a professional who is very skilled at dealing with situations like this.” Should the terminally ill control their death? 2012-09-22T13:00:00Z Because his job is to make the fantastic seem viscerally real, the caricaturist must be skilled in the art of naturalistic representation. Art Review: ?Infinite Jest? at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-09-15T21:19:50Z "Keeping his grip firmly on an idea which would quickly slip from the hands of a less skilled writer, Miéville again proves himself as intelligent as he is original". China Mi?ville and Paolo Bacigalupi tie for Hugo award 2010-09-06T13:42:00Z In skilled hands, that could be terrifyingly convincing. Beware the audio deepfake, which can be far more damaging politically than video 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z There was moxie in this skilled reduction of his task, as if he were expecting to win “Top Chef” with an omelet. Critic’s Notebook: Jamison Ross Wins Thelonious Monk Contest 2012-09-24T22:05:15Z Literary Lion and a Very Good Sport “Plimpton!,” a documentary about the journalist and editor George Plimpton, is a skilled portrait of a literary light shadowed by his public profile. Movie Review: ‘Plimpton!’ Directed by Tom Bean and Luke Poling 2013-05-21T22:48:07Z But he is a snob and an opportunist, skilled in the art of looking out for No. 1, even as he and his classmates debate human nature and the morality of the Hunger Games. A ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Focuses on an Unlikely Character 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z All these artists are highly skilled and deserving. Critic's Notebook: Classical Music?s ?Genius? Grant Recipients Pause to Reflect 2011-10-03T15:54:59Z “Why do you ask?” is a rhetorical question, but some people will respond with their reasons anyway; remember, if these were socially skilled people, your uterus wouldn’t be up for discussion in the first place. Carolyn Hax: Feeling besieged by questions about plans for having children 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Angie seems convinced that her charges are basically overly theatrical, skilled dissemblers with a lifetime's experience of wriggling out of exercise. Grace Dent's TV OD: The Biggest Loser 2011-01-08T00:06:05Z Throughout his tenure, Mr. Leno was both friendly and oddly impersonal: he was a skilled joke teller who didn’t let down his guard or his hair. The TV Watch: An Emotional Jay Leno Bids Goodbye to ‘Tonight’ 2014-02-07T07:54:10Z To glorify the Kim dynasty, North Korea has developed what is perhaps the world’s most skilled cadre of propaganda artists. Review | In the galleries: Artist explores how castoff materials can be a venue to enlightenment 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Short link for this page: http://gu.com/p/39mh5 Medieval books were copied by hand and richly illustrated or 'illuminated' by skilled artists. Religious respite: monks bring light relief to the Macclesfield psalter 2012-08-15T11:07:02Z Yet Howell's bland, arpeggiated compositions sound like a technically skilled child trying to ape Beethoven or Bach, or like Michael Nyman on a bad day: fine for elevators but not for the concert hall. Iamus, classical music's computer composer, live from Malaga 2012-07-01T11:56:51Z The jokes that the universe plays on hapless human creatures may be cruel, but they’re also funny, and the Coens are skilled and wily metaphysical pranksters. ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Review: The Coens Go Darkly West Again 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The music, a new composition by Oliver Davis, sounds like a paint-by-numbers contemporary ballet score, and Liang’s neoclassical choreography looks like something that any skilled dancemaker might have created in the last few decades. Review: Christopher Wheeldon Creates a Memorable Realm 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Resentment also stems from a policy that allows skilled immigrants to receive 30 percent of their income tax-free. 'Expats go home': Amsterdam's visitor boom angers locals 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The demand for highly skilled help is especially acute in Washington, where a boom in restaurants run by creative chefs is outstripping the region’s labor force. A Worker Shortage Is Forcing Restaurants to Get Creative 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Really, though, Price made his bones as a writer skilled with placing readers inside very specific New York states of mind, and specifically those frames related to crime. "The Outsider": Crafting Stephen King's suburban horror despite a New York state of mind 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Her son said doctors at the Riverside hospital are planning to discharge James "very soon" and transfer her to a skilled nursing facility for follow-up care. 2010-01-29T22:05:00Z The group ranges from skilled artists to people who have barely picked up a paintbrush. In Alaska, Slowing Down to Take Things In 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z “He was clearly a very skilled person at deception.” Cambodia Says It Has Recovered Looted Gold Jewelry Once Worn by Royals 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Cities with a high percentage of skilled workers offer high wages not just because they have many college-educated residents and these residents earn high wages. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z But why did Joey Alexander, the adorable and astonishingly skilled 15-year-old pianist from Indonesia, play original compositions with almost none of the three title elements? Review: Tapping Out Some New World Rhythms 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Most are conducted at jungle retreats by legitimate medicine men that screen for physical and mental stability and are skilled in handing severe psychological responses. Ayahuasca: A Strong Cup of Tea 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z But consummate artists like Behrens and Mr. Morris, working with a skilled director, trusted, rightly, that this restraint and subtlety would lend emotional richness and honesty to the scene. The Father-Daughter Bond at the Heart of Opera’s Greatest Epic 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Obviously you are a skilled, experienced, comedic actor, but you are playing a teenage boy and you do have to sell it. Nasim Pedrad finds her inner boy as "Chad": "It’s such a universal notion to just want to belong" 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The production is being brought together by many skilled and dedicated people, not least director Edward Derbyshire, who's encouraged me to work in wholly new and unexpected ways. How I redesigned Noah's flood 2013-07-01T11:51:00Z China Miéville at the Edinburgh international book festival, where he called for a uniform, blanket salary for writers, novelists and poets equivalent to the 'wage of a skilled worker'. China Miéville: Writers should welcome a future where readers remix our books 2012-08-21T18:15:42Z And neither delves too deeply into the mind-set that made him such a skilled fantasist about “notional” agents, invasion plans and armies that did not exist: in other words, such a gifted liar. Books of The Times: ‘Double Cross’ and ‘Agent Garbo’ 2012-08-08T22:28:33Z Lying and stealing and invading, it should be said, make for captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as skilled as Anderson. When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z One of the best ways to hold government accountable is by having a skilled beat reporter, like Eyre, in the statehouse. Perspective | Great local reporting stands between you and wrongdoing. And it needs saving. 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Alexander and Mr. Mathias are certainly skilled at defining sympathetic characters in song. | 'See Rock City & Other Destinations': Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias?s Musical at the Duke 2010-07-26T02:22:00Z She is as much of a royal as she is a would-be general, skilled at riding her dragons and standing up to her dangerous uncle Daemon, who appreciates her willfulness. "House of the Dragon" is a slow ride back to Westeros that takes its time in lighting our fire 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Only down side is my job which is down to a lack of skilled positions in my area - but the pay is ok and it keeps me out of trouble. 'Out of nowhere I felt really sad': readers on how they felt at 47 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z But the act — and being skilled at it — has increasingly become equated with masculinity. There’s a new macho sex boast 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z “America’s most skilled political entertainer is putting on the greatest show we’ve ever seen.” The Fake Donald Trump Movie Isn’t Funny Enough 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Back then, manufacturing contributed more than a third of the national income, and the production line was the ancestral home of the alpha male, the skilled worker. Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay 2010-09-24T06:00:00Z If you think it is going to be a tough audience, watch and learn how a skilled comedian can turn that audience around. Top 10 tips for being a comedian 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Fortunately, Ms. Best, Ms. Reilly and Mr. Owen, a film star making a much anticipated Broadway debut here, are skilled and charismatic enough to fulfill these requirements without entirely overwhelming the play’s more subtle essence. Review: ‘Old Times,’ Where the Past Is a Dangerous Place 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The people Mr. Gordon portrays weren’t successful or all that skilled, but they were around while he was learning what an artist is and does, and how a gay man lives and dies. Review: Recalling an Electric New York in ‘Radicals in Miniature’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The free dance events — which ended on Aug. 6 — drew more people than previous years, not all of them serious dancers, which prompted some grumblings among regulars that it was harder to find skilled partners. At Lincoln Center, Addicted to Swing and Back on the Dance Floor 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z |
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