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With only a little experience in this sort of business, we are becoming fairly skillful at it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was a skillful and steady incision, like drawing a curved line with a pencil across the crown of the head, a fluid and graceful curve. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
This involved shelling the seeds in her mouth with skillful discretion. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
It wouldn’t have mattered anyway. 5-alpha-reductase deficiency syndrome is a skillful counterfeiter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Skipper was a skillful coach, but was rarely present to impart his knowledge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
They were all skillful craftsmen, the men of their houses, peace-loving people. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
The car was low enough, if maneuvered by a skillful driver, to slip through. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t just his strong arms and his skillful hands, though Piper liked those just fine, but the way he acted so upbeat and confident. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
The locks grated as the oars dipped and swung, but Miles was skillful. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
They recorded their history in fabulous tapestries that hung on the palace walls, and had skillful knives and swords and such, which they used to conquer the neighboring tribes and enslave them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m not a skillful enough liar to hide my feelings from her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Before long, Captain Cook became quite skillful at getting out and was ready to be taught how to get inside when the door was shut. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z
“He isn’t nearly as skillful as Vincent, but it will be more companionable than being on my own.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
He kept on working at it and daily under his skillful fingers it grew more beautiful. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Following a skillful amphibious landing, more than 75,000 American and South Korean troops punched forward against the North Korean army. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
Perhaps Rekh would now let him make leaves every day, perhaps allow him to anneal wire, spread solder just so on the boxes, and learn and become skillful. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
He mopped his brow with the cloth that Ethyne had embroidered—his name surrounded by a series of skillful knots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
He could feel the skillful hand of fate motivating hrm imperatively. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
I got especially skillful at carrying several plates at the same time, without a tray. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
His endowments were of a purely physical order—a 4.4 speed in the forty, a skillful ability to play both defensive back and running back, a reputation for hard, tireless work on the held. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The skillful creature dodged a rat, spun round and landed a fierce double-footed kick to its stomach. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Giving a skillful flick, she jammed the rope in the niche of the broken stone edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
They made a perfectly complementary pair, Thorne a skillful salesman who hawked the securities transactions contrived by the introverted Alfred. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Gregarious by nature, Hall proved to be a skillful raconteur with a caustic Kiwi wit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
If a soldier is a strong and skillful fighter, it is because Pol Pot taught him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had a skillful worker in wood make a huge wooden horse which was hollow and so big that it could hold a number of men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once more Ralph dreamed, letting his skillful feet deal with the difficulties of the path. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
Maria grew more and more skillful, helping the studio produce watercolors and prints to sell. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
No effort, however, was required to see that my laboratory manipulations were less skillful than those of a Swiss chemist. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
His hands, which were so confident and skillful at taking apart clocks, probed the monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was a staunch nationalist and a skillful organizer who was able to balance divergent views and come forward with a suitable compromise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Papa bragged to everyone in the village of his skillful daughter. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
A rueful smile, a shrug, and a nod as if to a skillful opponent who’d made a good move at the chessboard: that was what her body said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Yet here his feet seemed less skillful than before. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
Our boatman was either less skillful than Nick's, or less favored by the Fates. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Dear Piper McLean. You would manipulate my weak-willed brothers with your charms, like a true daughter of the love goddess. Such a skillful liar.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Although too badly injured ever to be skillful again, it was no longer in danger of atrophying—as it had been in Johnny’s pocket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the spread of any new and contagious ideology also has a lot to do with the skillful use of group power. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
All around the sides of the stone were detailed carvings, depicting scenes from Martin’s life: deeds of valor and works of skillful healing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Drawing on his business, writing, and directing experience, Houseman became a skillful theatre producer. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
It is almost impossible to catch a speedy invisible model automobile even when one is a skillful dentist. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z
No one had ever had such a friend—so affectionate, so loyal, and so skillful. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z
I stirred until my arm ached and painted the samples as smoothly as I could, becoming more skillful as I went along. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
The skillful hands of the unseen gunsmith were his hands. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was almost always hungry, but that skillful hunter the cat kept him provided with food which, while scarcely ever satisfying, was adequate by his new standard of living. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Polyrhythm, as it has since been dubbed, had long existed in African tribal drumming, improvised on the spot by highly intuitive, skillful players, often in various states of trance. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
He’ll be more skillful at things like how to get a job. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
No little ducks and vultures and baskets, all spelling words, appeared upon a slab under the skillful chisel of an artist. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
But his hands, usually so skillful, were shaking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
You can always tell skillful spellers by the way they handle full-bodied words—the kind that contain ful or full. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
It shows especially well his love of details and the skillful way he uses them to make a fairy tale seem realistic. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Consider Tuesday’s local premiere of “Ode,” a skillful and delicate treatment of gun violence and its disproportionate claim on black men. Review | The tragic beauty of Alvin Ailey’s politically charged dance programs 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z
His protagonists are smart, street smart, shrewd, skillful or some combination of those qualities as a rule. Not the Brightest Killer of the Flower Moon 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z
An art historian, translator and teacher in the art department of what is now Nanjing University, Fu was a skillful academician. The Week Ahead: Oct. 16 ? 22 2011-10-14T16:46:11Z
“It looks very bad,” says Abel’s lawyer, a skillful worrier played by Albert Brooks, American cinema’s greatest fatalist. 'A Most Violent Year,’ With Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z
Michelle’s behavior, Swann says, was a skillful example of greeting someone unpleasant with grace but not warmth: “She was just cordial enough.” Why do so many Americans adore Michelle Obama? She keeps it real (even at a funeral). 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z
I love Toni Morrison’s work, I respect everything she does, she’s skillful and brilliant. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Disarming Humor in ‘Heads of the Colored People’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z
He is the most talented, sensitive and the most skillful person I ever worked with. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz: 'In Poland, everybody is an expert on everything' 2011-04-05T13:58:55Z
The play, an adaptation of nine Chekhov short stories, features two hours of smart performances and skillful production. Theater Review: ?Chekhovek,? With 9 Chekhov Plays, at ArcLight Theater 2012-02-08T22:18:57Z
Mr. Marks, a capable singer and skillful vocal arranger, played Boy as sympathetically overzealous and insecure by turns. Music Review: Boy Meets Girl in Matt Marks?s ?Little Death, Vol. 1? 2010-07-09T20:31:00Z
Are we listening for the skillful, collaborative realization of our favorite music? Perspective | If conductor Marin Alsop’s done it, it’s probably because someone told her she couldn’t 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z
In the stories collected in “Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?,” we encountered Collins the sharp, skillful satirist, especially where respectability politics were concerned. The Kathleen Collins Revival Continues With ‘Notes From a Black Woman’s Diary’ 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z
Pole dancers from Argentina and Venezuela displayed a skillful blend of poise and athleticism to be crowned South American champions in Buenos Aires on the weekend. South American pole dancing champions crowned in Buenos Aires 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z
Sharif’s skillful debut collection draws on a Defense Department lexicon of military terms. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z
These accounts illuminate how lawyers, as well as authors, must be skillful narrative crafters, pruning and stretching the unruly features of real life to fit the law’s Procrustean parameters. 40 of America’s Greatest Writers on Key Supreme Court Decisions 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z
And it is skillful to tell them without lecturing or patronising the audience. Farewell Jane the Virgin: the best possible antidote to TV's bleak streak 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z
History tells us that he was a skillful composer, a star pianist and a dominant pedagogue. Music Review: American Symphony Orchestra Presents ‘Hungary Torn’ 2013-05-03T22:12:20Z
Consummately skillful, Morris doesn’t always seem to want you to view her as such. Against the Grain: Rebecca Morris and Peter Bradley’s Art ‘About Nothing’ 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z
This show boasts two sets of skillful performers and their distinct productions for the price of one particularly extravagant Starbucks order. 7 Comedy Shows to Catch in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z
Musically she is more of a parodist than an innovator, but she’s a skillful one. Lily Allen Brings Biting Sincerity to the Highline Ballroom 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z
A lifelong radio connoisseur, Mr. Walker became one of its most skillful practitioners over his long career. Ed Walker, WAMU personality who burnished radio’s golden age, dies at 83 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z
“My grandfather was a very skillful amateur magician,” he said. Paul Auster’s Latest Trick? Celebrating 70 With David Blaine 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z
His music thrives when it, too, mixes cultures with skillful ease. Review: Ricky Martin Has a Unity Party at the Garden 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z
Suddenly, the true-crime-podcast genre made intuitive sense again—the big questions, the intriguing characters, the skillful use of special audio. “Case Closed,” Reviewed: Do We Really Want a True-Crime Podcast With Answers? 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z
Obreht is always skillful in her delivery of this pivotal information, but it is a formal technique that sometimes diminishes the urgency of the novel’s forward motion. Téa Obreht Reinvents the Western Novel — and Brings Camels 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z
Yet “Reagan” provides an unblinkered but respectful look at the man as well as a skillful, imaginative retelling of his long and improbable career. TV Watch: Remembering the Reagan We May Never Know 2011-02-04T18:54:16Z
Mr. Wheeldon’s choreography is skillful as always, but we learn little about the characters through their movement. Review: Premiere of Wheeldon’s ‘Strapless’ at the Royal Ballet 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z
Rose’s skillful questioning drew an extraordinary assessment from Bannon that he probably didn’t set out to make: that Trump’s firing of Comey was perhaps the worst political blunder in modern political history. Perspective | The hypocrisy of Steve Bannon’s decision to do that ‘60 Minutes’ interview 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z
Jobs was a skillful manipulator of the media, pitting reporters against one another and doling out favors to those who hewed closest to the party line, and Schlender was an ace at this game. ‘Becoming Steve Jobs,’ by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z
Ill-tempered, condescending and selfish, Will is not very likable, but Mr. Daniels is a skillful actor who signals Will’s self-loathing as well as his more loathsome traits. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom,’ an HBO Series From Aaron Sorkin 2012-06-21T21:29:12Z
With musicians who were skillful but not her regular collaborators, Jones both deferred too much to her better-known accompanists and pushed her voice a little too hard. Boxing Up the Past: The Year in 16 Pop, Rap, Soul and Jazz Sets 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z
Its members montage voices, music, movie and television clips from YouTube with skillful panache. Art Review: Bruce High Quality Foundation’s Hits at Brooklyn Museum 2013-07-11T21:38:26Z
It's the kind of intricate construction which in less skillful hands could become merely an academic exercise, but Kohan is no ivory-tower professor. Why Martin Kohan won't tango 2010-09-17T15:20:00Z
The years that Ms. Netrebko spent singing bel canto heroines paid off here in the skillful way she dispatched the trills and runs that Verdi folds into the vocal lines. In the Met’s ‘Macbeth,’ Anna Netrebko as the Scheming Wife 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z
Auerbach is a skillful composer, and there was much to admire in this bold, imaginative piece. Paying homage to a man and his instrument 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z
And let us hope that the multilingual company spokeswoman, Katya Novikova, will remain the skillful host of the backstage chats and presentation. Bringing Bolshoi Ballet to Movie Theaters 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z
When Murray Head’s Judas chokes out the same line, in his own anguished version of that song — Lloyd Webber, ever the skillful deployer of the poignant reprise — you believe him, too. Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ the Album Has Always Rocked 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z
While Gunn’s work is sometimes challenging and often ingenious—he is a practiced and skillful guitarist—it is also hugely pleasurable to consume. Music to Forget Yourself With 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z
And protest today is respected for how skillful its messaging is — activism, with its symbols and hashtags, has become as slick as advertising. Nan Goldin Survived an Overdose to Fight the Opioid Epidemic 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z
Williams’s concert works tend to be skillful but less imaginative than his film scores. John Williams in the Concert Hall: An Introduction 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z
We could continually praise the game for its skillful level design and challenge, but the true star of Celeste is the underlying message within the game. The best kids video games of 2018 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z
Her tale of a clergyman who never consummated his marriage becomes, in Tóibín's skillful hands, a veiled confession on the part of Lady Gregory herself, whose viewpoint is followed throughout the story. In 'The Empty Family,' Colm T?ib?n's penetrating eye sees all: straight, gay, past, present 2011-01-12T22:50:04Z
On the evidence of this broadcast, though, the company today dances “Beauty” as a series of skillful feats rather than as a poetic or suspenseful drama. Dance Review: David Hallberg at Bolshoi in ?Sleeping Beauty? - Review 2011-11-22T00:00:10Z
The final pages of “The Lost Man” are somewhat predictable, but Harper is skillful enough, a prickly, smart, effective storyteller, that it doesn’t matter. Murderous Husbands, Flapper-Era Gun Molls and Korean Assassins: The Best Winter Thrillers 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z
The subject of an exhibit currently on at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, England, Raimondi was among the most famous and skillful printmakers of the 16th century. The Renaissance origin of porn: Inside “I Modi,” the 16th-century sex manual masterpiece 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z
Despite some stilted dialogue along the way, the skillful staging by Jules Aaron connects the play’s message to the anxieties and merciless calculus of today’s workplace. Eerie parallels to today's workplace pressures, moral choices in '50s Serling work 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z
His Lenny Bruce is crude but winningly so — more forgiving of human frailty than mocking it, and skillful in using earthy common sense to attack the prejudices of his day. Julian Barry, Who Made Lenny Bruce Into ‘Lenny,’ Dies at 92 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z
These are both skillful, elegant, short virtuosos: the challenge for them is to prevent their sheer prowess and charm from seeming bland. Dance Review: Music as a Gallant Ballet Partner 2011-02-03T22:30:10Z
Further along in the show, you may be taken by a vase of outsize flowers, carved in wood by skillful German artisans. ‘Jeff Koons: A Retrospective’ Opens at the Whitney 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z
As skillful an orchestrator as Björk is, her crescendos and tightly designed wilderness can lose their strength with repetition. ‘Björk: Biophilia Live’ Documents Her Tour 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z
Instead, she encompasses them in all their contradiction, laying them out in breathtakingly skillful juxtaposition. Maaza Mengiste Sings a Modern Song of War 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z
In the skillful hands of Murphy and especially Reagan, fear and reassurance proved a far greater motivator of voters than hope and guilt. Hollywood, right-wing powerhouse 2011-08-31T19:30:00Z
Mr. Mulheren makes the most of his cool character, while the boyish Mr. Hutchison provides more skillful acting than is strictly necessary in his role as the butt of, and audience for, Tallulah’s rampaging cattiness. Theater Review | 'Looped': Valerie Harper Is Tallulah Bankhead on the Skids 2010-03-15T05:35:00Z
Missing, however, is his typically skillful manipulation of tension, partly because his tone veers so often from jokey to reverential, from winking at the western to making a sacrament of it. Review: Don’t Mess With the Dog in ‘In a Valley of Violence’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z
But Blitzstein’s skillful blending of musical flavors has its own peppery appeal. Theater Review: ‘The Cradle Will Rock,’ a ’30s Revival at City Center 2013-07-11T21:52:40Z
It’s a style — skillful, glossy, overwrought — but what is its point of view? Hubbard Street Dance Gets a Lift From Ohad Naharin 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z
“But he uses it shrewdly and with a skillful lack of pretension.” Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z
Once you do, if the filmmaker is skillful, all kinds of stuff open up. What You See Is What You Get 2011-07-09T04:13:03Z
The overall impression of these dances only adds to my sense of Mr. Peck’s skillful anonymity. ‘Carousel’ Dances Are a New Feather in the Enigmatic Justin Peck’s Cap 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z
This is a handsome medium-textured grass, but it needs skillful maintenance — and chemicals — to flourish in hot, humid regions. A good lawn starts with some homework 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z
She’s a skillful rhetorician, gracefully navigating her way around partisan land mines by talking about babies and ancient Greece. When It Comes to Politics, Be Afraid. But Not Too Afraid. 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z
Two other large paintings also made with a remarkably skillful, sensuous touch allude to disjunctions of modern life. Art in Review: Anna Ostoya and Barbara Leoniak: ‘Disclosures’ 2013-06-13T20:52:43Z
“In a Million Years” is an expanse of empty wine bottles in a Disneyesque style — skillful banality. Art in Review: Dan Colen: ?Poetry? 2010-09-17T16:47:00Z
But the meeting degenerates, by skillful degrees, from polite, personable chitchat to an all-out screaming, home-wrecking brawl. Preview: 'God of Carnage' ? at Seattle Rep ? promises top-shelf actors and Yasmina Reza's hallmark wit 2010-09-30T20:45:00Z
The Atlantic’s Molly Garber wrote that Johnson’s impersonation is “deeply skillful,” poking fun at Trump’s tendency to make himself inescapable. A new ‘Trump.’ SNL’s Johnson attracts attention for mimicry 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z
Here, he reveals himself to be a skillful chronicler of black experience in literary criticism, reportage and biography. Darryl Pinckney on Race, Class and Being ‘Busted in New York’ 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z
Yet, while Jack Thorne’s careful, skillful script follows the plot of its source point by point, this “Right One” feels as fresh as newly spilled blood. ‘Let the Right One In,’ a Stage Version of a Vampire Novel 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z
In the Magnificat and two of Bach’s sacred cantatas, the ensemble was never less than polished and skillful, with well-chosen tempos and precisely calibrated swells. Music Review: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra at Alice Tully and in Newark 2012-03-18T20:18:26Z
Mr. Jagger described the album as “an exercise in sprezzatura” — a term for hiding skillful effort behind seeming nonchalance. The Rolling Stones Paint It Blue on Their New Album 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z
It is, instead, typical Parsons: skillful, smooth, clever in spots, an enjoyable ride on an enjoyable surface. Review: Parsons Dance Is an Enjoyable Ride, as Usual 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z
For Daniel, a skillful woodworker, the seemingly insurmountable obstacle in his quest is his complete ignorance of computers. Review: ‘I, Daniel Blake,’ Stuck on the Bureaucratic Hamster Wheel 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z
Yet I found myself more engrossed than ever by this skillful retelling of a fraught and pivotal chapter in English history – and divorce law. London Theater Journal: Shadowlands 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z
Hiroki Odo, one of the most skillful Japanese chefs in town, is giving the ancient tradition of kaiseki a modern, New York slant. New York’s Top 10 New Restaurants of 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z
What is most skillful throughout is how Hokeah draws readers to Ever, even when Ever is only seen from the periphery. Family, Home and Heartbreak in Three Debuts 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z
And Mirren’s performance, skillful as it is, doesn’t close the gap. Review: Helen Mirren Wears the Crown (This Time, Russia’s) 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z
It’s looked at as: “Are you skillful? Are you technical? Do you know fashion? Do you know a reference? Do you know how to light a skin tone?” The Next Great Image Makers 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z
In her phrasing and improvisation, Ms. Callaway is not a trailblazer like Vaughan but an extremely skillful mimic. Music Review: Ann Hampton Callaway at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2013-05-03T21:15:43Z
His “Sea of Sorrows” choreography is a skillful imitation of the idiom widely established by Jiri Kyliàn: There’s little human individuality, since everyone onstage is homogenized by the same emotion — in this case, inexplicable grief. Review: Marcelo Gomes Returns to Honor Frederick Ashton 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z
Mr. Luce is a thoughtful writer, Ms. Linehan a skillful actress and “Brontë” a handsome enough production, directed by Timothy Douglas. Theater Review: ‘Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte’ by Alloy Theater 2012-08-05T21:24:31Z
While she was promoting her 2018 record “Tell Me How You Really Feel,” interviewers would often take its title as an invitation, and Barnett became skillful at sidestepping their demands for deep introspection. The Future Is Big. So Courtney Barnett Still Sings About Small Things. 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z
It’s hard to top the locale of “The Vacationers” — a sunny island in the Mediterranean Sea — but in Straub’s skillful hands, the Brooklyn setting of “Modern Lovers” is just as colorful a destination. Review: Emma Straub’s delightful new novel, ‘Modern Lovers’ 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z
Mr. Jones is skillful at fine detail, taking as his inspiration a cigarette lighter etched by Picasso with an image of Dora Maar. Special Report: Radical Surgery on Regular Menswear 2010-06-28T11:14:00Z
“Body and Soul: The State of the Jewish Nation” is a concise, skillful recounting of the story of the Jewish people and their connection to the land of Israel. Review: ‘Body and Soul,’ a Documentary, Looks at Jews’ Ties to the Land of Israel 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z
At the level of the sentence, though, she’s a skillful writer. Katie Roiphe Feels Ambivalent About Feeling Ambivalent 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z
I was struck by the skillful way “Mangrove” portrays institutional racism. In ‘Small Axe,’ Letitia Wright Plays a Real-Life Black Panther 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z
The level of dancing remained skillful throughout a long evening — one made longer by three painfully long intermissions — but the result seemed cooler, more restrained and formal than in past L.A. Los Angeles Ballet dips its toes into a cold, calm 'Swan Lake' 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z
Less skillful teams — usually the ones filled with relatively untrained officer workers — sometimes capsize. Riding the Dragon at Hong Kong Boating Festival 2010-06-10T10:00:00Z
The sounds of the swinging band and of Mr. Drakides’s smooth and skillful singing drew a sizable, diverse and smiling crowd. Impromptu Club 124 in East Village Resumes for a Night 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z
I’m not saying I’m a master or somebody skillful. Ai Weiwei, art without compromise
This was a single artwork entirely by their hand, by which the guild would determine whether the painter were skillful enough to be licensed to open a studio. Did Jeff really paint that Koons? Working at a modern studio isn’t exactly a Renaissance apprenticeship 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z
It’s a skillful Taylor pastiche, reminding us of the real Taylor experience without challenging it or making it fresh. Paul Taylor Opens With Humor Intact, but Poetry Missing 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z
Her songs are still longish —mostly between 6 and 11 minutes — but their melodies have grown richer, more plentiful, more skillful. Music Review | Joanna Newsom: At Town Hall, Singing in Tongues, Some of Them Strung 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z
Obviously, given the fake Henry James script, yet another forger and, we are frequently reminded, a much less skillful one. Review: ‘The Forgers,’ a suspense novel by Bradford Morrow 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z
Blunt’s antics may make audiences alternatively laugh or cringe, but as is the case with all skillful humor, the show touches a broad nerve – in this case about celebrity-driven culture. Being Blunt: When the News Becomes the News: A Playbook for Recovering 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z
From the moment they met, Mr. Hillman was attracted to Mr. Donovan’s skillful yet uninhibited approach to photography and his ability to take assignments and make them his own. Lens Blog: Terence Donovan's Fashion Photography 2013-05-14T09:00:14Z
The actual voice heard in the film is a composite of Ms. Frot’s and another voice dubbed and sometimes electronically altered; Ms. Frot does some skillful lip-syncing. Review: ‘Marguerite,’ a Screeching Diva Clinging to Her Operatic Dream 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z
But their performances, skillful as they are, don’t completely escape self-consciousness. Review: ‘Counterpart’ Gives Us J.K. Simmons, Times Two 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z
As my team’s play grew more skillful and frantic, the aerobic strain revealed itself; we staggered to the sidelines, flushed and panting, at intermissions. Urban Athlete: Archery Tag Offers a Tame Version of ‘The Hunger Games’ 2014-05-08T22:15:54Z
His most skillful choreography was for the mobile panels that recurrently hid and revealed the dancers and served as screens for video projections. Ezralow Dance Makes Its Debut in Los Angeles 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z
In "Complications," the man is a skillful, charming and beloved emergency room surgeon who has suffered a devastating loss from which he has struggled to recover. 'Complications' goes crazy with doctor's metamorphosis 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z
In a better version of this season we might not have minded her loss if it meant more skillful and luckier bakers in the final. How the "Great British Baking Show" flaked out on us when we needed it most 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z
A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think. Political Cameos on 'The Good Wife'? Donna Brazile Likes Them. 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z
What hasn’t been resolved sufficiently in Theater J’s production is the matter of balance, a knitting of genres on the more skillful level of “Spring Awakening.” ‘Yentl’: Pop music in the shtetl
But what makes the film exceptional is its skillful distillation of racial anxiety into true horror. A horror movie for our time: “Get Out” is frighteningly topical 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z
Morris emphasizes Bannon’s own skillful manipulations of media, his own effectively staged photo ops and meme machines, and “American Dharma” plays like an effort to compete with him on the same stage. “American Dharma,” Reviewed: Errol Morris Lets Steve Bannon Off the Hook 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z
The new movie, a skillful blend of nostalgic sentiment and hair-raising effects, with the visual punch of big-screen digital hocus-pocus and the liberties of the R rating, still has the soothing charm of familiarity. Review: ‘It’ Brings Back Stephen King’s Killer Clown 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z
Well before Gregory Porter leapt from playing soul-jazz gigs in Harlem bars to international stardom, the svelte, skillful vocalist and guitarist Allan Harris, a native of the neighborhood, was working out a similar brew. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z
In the first act, eight skillful actors describe events leading up to the explosion. Review: In ‘Spill,’ an Oil Disaster Seems Too Big for the Stage 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z
The experts were chosen for their beer knowledge and skillful taste buds; the readers were selected from a pool of applicants who sent brief biographies and descriptions of their favorite beers to the Food section. Meet the panelists who will decide the winner of Beer Madness 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z
But he is also a skillful maker of objects, fashioning sculpture out of old paintings or furniture, basketballs, kitchen appliances, food, junk or weapons. The Art of Staying Cool: 10 Can’t-Miss Summer Shows in New York 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z
Made primarily with an airbrush, they seem like feats of skill, or the skillful backgrounds of Photo-realist paintings. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z
It’s skillful pastiche perfumed with real affection, and sounds pleasurably timeless. Theater Review: ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ Revived by Roundabout Theater 2012-11-14T03:30:07Z
Songwriters like Ms. McKenna are seasoned, skillful navigators of the intersections between the personal and the generalized, the heartfelt and the crafty, the everyday and the idealized. Review: Lori McKenna’s Gentle Rue Shimmers on ‘The Bird & the Rifle’ 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z
“Nothing Feels Natural” sees the band adjusting its sound in subtler, more skillful ways to fit the preoccupations of each song. A debut well worth the wait from political D.C. punks Priests 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z
Woven, feathered and beaded by skillful fingers, these carefully crafted accessories gave a whole new meaning to “hand” bag. Nigeria, on the Fashion Catwalk 2012-11-14T10:36:25Z
A world without letters, numerals and symbols designed by skillful font makers would consist of boring billboards, pages and street signs. 2010-01-10T04:47:00Z
It’s a skillful party of record collectors and classicists. Review: From Sick Feeling and Obliterations, Differing Takes on Hardcore 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z
"Death is as random as it is unexplainable. If you're very skillful — like Matt — you might tilt the odds a little, but not much." A gripping 'One Million Steps' examines Marines in Afghanistan 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z
It goes without saying that the actors in “Fences,” among them Washington and Viola Davis, are some of the most talented and skillful in the business. What “Fences” Misses About Adapting Plays for the Screen 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z
Mr. Jones is so at ease here, so comfortable, that he begins to sound skillful Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-18T23:45:23Z
Kava keeps "Damaged" from falling under the weight of so many elements with her skillful storytelling. 'Damaged': Alex Kava's eighth Maggie O'Dell thriller 2010-07-30T23:28:00Z
“The Trip” is occasionally fun, but other films have handled gleeful gore and psychological torture with a far more skillful touch. ‘The Trip’ Review: With This Gun, I Thee Shoot 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z
As a child in the Provençal village of Roanne he marveled at the skillful feats performed in the ring, and Keaton and Chaplin reminded him of the circus artists he respected. Pierre Étaix Is Honored at Film Forum 2012-10-14T02:03:03Z
The reality that our President-elect is legitimately skillful at Twitter and that his celebrity “normalized” him. “The Brave and Strong Survive, Child” 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z
Paramore used its time better than anyone else on the bill, putting forth the most accurate and skillful performances and singing of the night. Music Review: Z100 Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden 2013-12-15T23:17:41Z
But voters can to some extent be forgiven their ignorance, because politicians have grown so skillful at misdirecting them about their intentions. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z
By the time we saw him off and fell into bed Sunday night, we felt victorious in our skillful management of our new relationship with my brother. Modern Love: Modern Love: Meeting My Brother?s Needs 2010-08-19T22:26:00Z
Yet what makes the craft worthwhile is how, through extremely mitigated prose and skillful curating, it manages never to become sentimental. Chigozie Obioma: By the Book 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z
Like many New York success stories, Dr. Colbert’s rise has involved a skillful use of connections not usually available to a son of a high school basketball coach from Iowa. Up Close: A Dermatologist to the Stars Calls on Them to Help Haitian Amputees 2010-05-26T20:56:00Z
What he meant is that no one is so talented that success is a given without a skillful manager with the vision and ability to sell them to the various facets of the music industry. Why I miss the monoculture 2011-09-29T00:01:00Z
The work of Steve Agee, a stand-up comic with an endearingly hangdog expression, was the most skillful in translating the vocabulary of a narrative joke into visual language. Critic’s Notebook: The Digital Stage for Six-Second Zingers 2013-05-01T22:05:58Z
“These organizations are absolutely crucial to the production business, and we look to Hank and our skillful labor relations team to manage these vital relationships.” Warner Bros. promotes Lachmund to head labor relations 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z
At 16 he entered Slade School of Art at the University of London, receiving his diploma in 1940 for work in sculpture and drawing that he later self-effacingly dismissed as skillful but overly conservative. Leo Steinberg, Adventurous Art Historian, Dies at 90 2011-03-14T23:19:13Z
“This wasn’t just some copy of a painting but a skillful interpretation.” 2010-01-11T08:10:00Z
He is a skillful orchestrator, and the conductor Michael Christie draws plush colorings and shimmering sounds from the orchestra. Music Review: Mark Adamo’s Opera Makes a Wife of Mary Magdalene 2013-06-20T22:14:00Z
The New York Times critic Bernard Holland, writing about a Carnegie Hall concert in 1986 with Mr. Penderecki leading his Krakow Philharmonic, called the composer “our most skillful purveyor of anxiety, foreboding and depression.” Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish Composer With Cinematic Flair, Dies at 86 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z
The strengths of the Jack franchise have always been its writing, voice acting and skillful blending of pop culture and high culture. Challenges Abound in a Feast of Serious Trivia 2011-02-08T16:09:41Z
With her rich imagination, vivid descriptions, and skillful handling of events, Roy weaves a tapestry of family life in India, for better or for worse. 'An Atlas of Impossible Longing': a richly imagined portrait of love and unfulfilled desire 2011-06-08T20:46:06Z
Two of the Essex survivors later published accounts that “through skillful omission of critical facts,” in Dowling’s words, exonerated their roles in the disaster: spin, 19th-century style. Do you know the truth behind Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z
A skillful straight-ahead pianist with a laid-back attack, Reed is a perennial presence at Smoke, and this spring he released “Everybody Gets the Blues,” his second album for the club’s affiliated label, Smoke Sessions. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z
Each cast member keeps these conflicting elements in skillful, ambivalent balance. ‘This Is Our Youth’ Stars Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z
Veirs, a skillful guitarist and more prolific writer than the others, put more energy into the writing. Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs overcome obstacles 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z
Agnes is a skillful woman married to a restless man whose talents are more imaginative than practical. Review | Maggie O’Farrell’s ‘Hamnet’ reimagines the life and death of Shakespeare’s only son 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z
Cynthia Nadelman details the life and avid collecting instincts of her grandmother, Viola, as well as her skillful multitasking, which so benefited the museum. A Rich Feast of Folk Art at the New-York Historical Society 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z
In “Man in Profile,” a skillful and appealing new biography, Thomas Kunkel describes Mitchell’s specialty as “finding characters of such bold hues, they were nearly off the color wheel.” Review: ‘Man in Profile’ Studies Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z
It takes a skillful writer to juggle so many elements, yet the emotional through-line shines clear and strong at every point. Sauce Makers and Scoundrels: Four Hot Romance Novels 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
Which means that, as with many a skillful but unexceptional musical of recent vintage, there’s no particular value added in translating “Bull Durham” from screen to stage. ‘Bull Durham,’ a Musical Adaptation of the 1988 Movie 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z
As someone who has high admiration for skillful exercises in embroidered vulgarity, I'll admit that there certainly were moments with "The Duchess" that made me laugh out loud – moments, within six half-hours. "The Duchess" proves that not every stand-up comedian should get a series 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z
There were plenty of skillful touches in the orchestration: comic sound effects, vivid brass writing, a lusciously brooding orchestral interlude after the line “So draw your blinds and sleep.” NY Phil Biennial Offers Themes of Mining and Building 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z
They fuse classical and pop music into a blend of high artistry and skillful entertainment; they write informative program notes; they talk to the audience from the stage, passing the mic back and forth. Slickness as transgression: Piano duo pushes boundaries 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z
But because we should hope that every film is as attentive in its world-building and skillful at keeping an audience’s attention as “Mission: Impossible” was. Watch Movies in 4DX and You’ll Get an Education in Filmmaking 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z
The years that Netrebko spent singing bel canto heroines paid off here in the skillful way she dispatched the trills and runs that Verdi folds into the vocal lines. A Met ‘Macbeth’ worth a trip to the movie theater 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
In 14 years as the chef at Esca, Mr. Pasternack has proved to be one of the city’s most resourceful and skillful seafood cooks. Restaurant Review: Barchetta in Chelsea 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z
One story led to the next, each a skillful mix of erudition and profanity. Food Scholar, Folk Singer, Blunt Speaker: The Many Lives of Leni Sorensen 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z
The crime syndicate is a giant corporation operating a legitimate business blandly named National Projects and protected by dishonest public officials and by skillful public relations. Sam Fuller and Fritz Lang: Audacious Auteurs of Noir 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z
The author of numerous novels, short stories and works of nonfiction, now approaching 80, she remains a forensically skillful examiner of her characters’ motives, thoughts and behavior. In ‘Grief Cottage,’ a Ghost and Other Things That Haunt Us 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z
It’s skillful pastiche, engrossing genre melodrama, and feminist critique—but above all, it’s unabashed. Meet “Bitch Planet,” your new “bold, beautiful, and baaaad” subversive feminist comic obsession 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z
A fable about a stuffed animal that comes to life risks being a tedious cliché, but in Liniers’s skillful hands, “Good Night, Planet” is anything but. ‘Goodnight Moon,’ but Not Just Yet 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z
For all her democratic storytelling and skillful plot weaving, Ng never supplies the requisite heat. Review | Celeste Ng grapples with both sides of the debate over interracial adoptions 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z
He takes his cues from the site, either camouflaging or highlighting a place’s attributes through his skillful plantings. | Louis Benech's Gardens, Now in Book Form 2013-05-21T15:38:27Z
The novel embraces the contradictions of our character with a skillful hand, guiding the reader forward with “a sensation of floating — like one who’s being carried down a wide river on a warm summer day.” Review | Amor Towles’s ‘The Lincoln Highway’ is a long and winding road through the hopes and failures of mid-century America 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z
There is some ingenuity in this, but the visceral immediacy of arcade-style racing games does not come through, in spite of the skillful application of 3-D. | 'Cars 2': Tow Truck Takes the Lead on a Second Lap 2011-06-23T12:00:00Z
But they are also, like Forrest Tucker, gracious and skillful enough to make it feel like they’re doing you a kindness when they take your money. Review: Robert Redford Aims to Charm in ‘The Old Man & the Gun’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z
Her best new songs, like “Stay Away” and “Nuclear Seasons,” are grand, skillful pop, slicker and less adventurous than her earlier oeuvre. Music Review: Charli XCX at the Knitting Factory 2012-03-11T22:00:12Z
Forman is especially skillful in how she portrays the burgeoning friendship between the two children. A Different Kind of California Dreaming 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z
But as regular visitors to the museum know, craft — as in the skillful handmaking of objects that might be decorative, functional or both — never really left the building. Art Review: ?Crafting Modernism? at the Museum of Arts and Design 2011-10-27T22:19:42Z
To see her power held within Mr. Askegard’s astoundingly skillful hands is something; the death he brings her is silken, and all the more sinister for it. Dance Review: City Ballet in ?West Side Story Suite? at Koch Theater - Review 2011-10-02T22:22:45Z
Bong, by contrast, is a far more skillful and thoughtful filmmaker. How “Parasite” Falls Short of Greatness 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z
Burnham and Carmichael are such slickly skillful and assured artists that it can be hard to believe them when they get messy. Jerrod Carmichael Comes Out in a Riveting Special That’s About So Much More 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z
Johnson is a spirited and skillful rhetorician, juggling a profusion of historical facts while never allowing the flame of his anger to dim. Rivers Merge in St. Louis. So Do Racism, Violence and Exclusion. 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z
In the early years pinball games tapped into familiar games for ideas, particularly those that, like pinball, mixed chance with skillful manipulation: card games and competitive sports. Museum Review: The Old Bing, Bing, Bing, at Full Tilt 2011-06-30T18:07:38Z
In "Angels" and especially "Wit," Nichols reasserted his skillful way with terrific actors. Mike Nichols, directorial superstar with an eye for the 'real thing' 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z
It also helps that the kid is supernaturally telegenic, emphasized by the director of photography's skillful lighting. "Love, Victor" is Hulu's likable spinoff of "Love, Simon" that questions who gets a great love story 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z
Perhaps they remain too elusive, as do Mr. de Waal’s sets, which initially suggest portals or gateways, but acquire little resonance through use or the otherwise skillful lighting by Lucy Carter. Review: An American in London (Bernstein, That Is) 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z
Technically, the production is extremely skillful — you might even say cunning — at producing that response. Review: ‘Office Hour’ Is the Play That Goes Bang 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z
But that didn’t take away from the romantic beauty of the dresses or the skillful execution of an intricately beaded checked vest and tailored kilts. Special Report: Fashion: Taking Charge at Kenzo 2011-03-07T19:23:37Z
The two new sections are similarly skillful but even more sentimental. In London, Massed Human Misery and Communal Revelations 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z
Behind the good-old-boy manner and mischievous grin lies a skillful master of his domain. Sushi Kappo Tamura: Meshing Japanese concepts with American exuberance 2010-10-21T22:14:00Z
Nevertheless, their first major American feature outing is a loving and skillful tribute to pure ’90s action cinema, and it’s a hoot for fans of the franchise. ‘Bad Boys for Life’ review: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back, baby, and it’s a blast 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z
But Mr. Battle, who takes over from Judith Jamison as the artistic director of the Ailey company in July, is a skillful dance maker who knows how to keep the eye engaged and surprised. Dance Review: A Tribute to the Past, Visions of the Future 2011-05-27T20:45:58Z
They all yield valuable angles on the master, but despite foodie-baiting close-ups of nigiri sushi brushed with soy sauce, and montages of skillful food prep, the film falls short as a satisfying exploration of craft. Movie Review: ?Jiro Dreams of Sushi,? Directed by David Gelb 2012-03-09T01:27:03Z
In a skillful emulation of German Expressionist graphic style and American Social Realist vision, her works have portrayed ordinary city dwellers in real-life environments. The Week Ahead: Aug. 8 ? Sept. 3 2011-08-28T04:30:07Z
The acting is generally skillful, though the three younger actresses playing schoolgirls don’t yet seem quite at home in this world. Review: ‘Women Without Men,’ a Learning Experience of Sorts 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z
And it just keeps expanding to meet a seemingly insatiable local demand for whimsy, sauciness, low comedy and skillful stunts. Duck out of the rain at the annual Moisture Festival in Seattle 2011-03-17T20:05:12Z
His reluctance was thawed by Zev Feldman, the skillful and enthusiastic producer who unearthed the tapes, and by the quality of the performances themselves. A Pair of Ahmad Jamal Live Albums Capture an Innovator in His Prime 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z
James says that he was first drawn to Martinez’s work because of the skillful ways in which it presents social issues tied to race and inequity. How graffiti, neon signs and Pee-Chee folders taught artist Patrick Martinez to see Los Angeles 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z
Caught up by Gaudi’s skillful story­telling, most readers aren’t likely to care. ‘African Kaiser’: A sweeping military history that reads like a novel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z
Slowly but steadily, Eva realizes the extent of her country’s evil deeds, and in her dawning knowledge lies skillful character development. Review | In ‘The German House,’ a translator comes to terms with her family’s role in World War II 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z
Even before industrialization, which killed craft as the only way of producing the things we need, we seldom valued the meaning or satisfaction that can be derived from skillful manual work. Made by Hand in America: A New Book Tells the Story of Unsung Artisans 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z
Like a sartorial version of the World War II slogan “Keep calm and carry on,” the collection sent a message of competence, quietly skillful craftsmanship and of hunkering down. Fashion Review: Italian Men?s Fashion Week Shows in Milan Go Conservative 2012-01-18T23:53:35Z
“Acts were no longer billed as ‘skillful’ or graceful.’ ‘The Ordinary Acrobat’: a daring young man’s circus obsession 2013-03-07T20:46:22Z
The six black-clad puppeteers are skillful, but it’s a shame that the puppets’ voices are recorded rather than live. Review: ‘Ramona,’ a Puppet Tale About Trains in Love 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z
Amini, whose skillful translation of Henry James' "The Wings of the Dove" earned him an Oscar nomination in 1998, adapted "Two Faces" as well. 'Two Faces of January' a twisted tale driven by talented trio 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z
Mr. Sivadier’s direction of the other principals was also skillful, but his overall concept for the opera was hard to fathom. Opera Review: Natalie Dessay, Becoming Violetta 2011-07-19T11:00:05Z
Fresh off directing the Tony-winning “An American in Paris” on Broadway, he seems more breezily in control than ever, and ever-more skillful at using an ensemble. Review: ‘Cool Britannia’ Shows Off Native Land’s Talents 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z
This was early Beethoven: skillful, ebullient and beholden to Classical models; these players made it sound like solid gold. Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Tully - Review 2011-10-19T22:40:11Z
On the contrary, Ms. Burton shows her power in two distinct areas: her skillful use of materials and construction, and her adaptations of runway looks for stores. | Fashion Review: Exit Paris, Winking 2011-03-10T23:42:03Z
Our reviewer, Namwali Serpell, called it “lyrical,” “remarkable,” and “breathtakingly skillful” in the way it manages to “solve the riddle” of how to “sing” the inherently complex idea of “the woman at war.” New in Paperback: ‘Running Home’ and ‘The Shadow King’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z
But they were especially stunned about his rapid reacquaintance with the oboe and skillful playing in the pit. He Sings, He Conducts (and He's Not Bad on the Oboe) 2010-08-03T20:53:00Z
People’s driving styles really differ from mine, probably because they were taught differently, or they don’t have as much experience as I do, or they aren’t as skillful as I am. I’m angry all the time! 2012-07-09T00:00:00Z
"A skillful photographer can photograph anything well," he once insisted. John Szarkowski 2010-07-20T11:05:00Z
Yet here you become enticed by the technological wizardry, skillful actors, and a snappy and witty script. Review: ‘Doctor Strange’ and His Most Excellent Adventure 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z
Chief among these are his ability to subtly suggest character and story, skillful use of the ensemble and sophisticated musical taste. ‘Debonair’: Justin Peck’s ode to love premieres at PNB 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z
A skillful documentarian, he drew back the curtain on the playgrounds of the rich and famous, from Palm Springs, Calif., to Park Avenue. Slim Aarons’s Photographs of Celebrities and Moguls On View in SoHo 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z
This skillful demonstration of the disease known as being alive, as diagnosed by a master playwright, is one I would recommend to any actor, student of literature or fan of tragedy and comedy. Review: Wrestling With a Master in ‘On Beckett’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z
The new book does enrich that project, if slowly; it starts off as a skillful retread and then shifts. Leslie Jamison and the Anxiety of Authorship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z
It introduced the world to a misunderstood, intensely challenging and highly skillful sport that involves jumping, stunting and tumbling. "Cheer" returns and goes full out, even when COVID and a criminal arrest come for the cheerleaders 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z
Many of the hosts who followed Limbaugh into national syndication weren’t as skillful or as popular. Rush Limbaugh is ailing. And so is the conservative talk-radio industry. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z
“Breathe In” is a good enough movie that you wish the screenplay had further fleshed out its characters and relationships and emerged as more than a skillful sketch. Movie Review: ‘Breathe In,’ a Tense Marital Drama 2014-03-27T22:54:05Z
The 2010 movie “Ip Man,” starring the charismatic and ferociously skillful Donnie Yen, put a little spring in the step of the martial arts picture, both artistically and commercially. ‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ Review: A Martial Arts Master Roams Free 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z
She, at her most gracious and skillful, did a great deal with shawls. At Flamenco Festival, Finding the Force Beneath the Glitz 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z
In fact, all these shows, in no small part because of their skillful if overzealous use of lethal violence, are fantastic TV series. 'Mad Men' achieved high drama without all the dead bodies 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z
Bodies are blown apart or crushed by IEDs, grenades and suicide bombs, but so skillful are the medical teams there, so advanced the techniques and technology, Landstuhl’s survival rate runs as high as 99.5 percent. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z
These musicians are as skillful musically as they wish to be. Power chords and Pollock: Art history and a theoretical superstructure of punk 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z
Chance is mostly the focus, as it should be; he's equally skillful as a rapper, singer and bandleader. Essential albums of 2015: Bjork, Kendrick and 8 others on the edge of pop 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z
Ahab is impeccably skillful at manipulating people into abetting him, at making his self-destructive obsessions their own. Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z
The company drew notice with a trilogy of plays — “Welcome to Nowhere,” “Americana Kamikaze” and “Newyorkland” — that juxtaposed skillful video sequences with less compelling live ones. ‘My Voice Has an Echo in It,’ Part of the Coil Festival 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z
Wilson's role in "Countdown to Zero," which is written and directed by skillful English documentarian Lucy Walker, is both real and symbolic. "Countdown to Zero": Valerie Plame Wilson's new anti-nuke crusade 2010-07-23T01:02:00Z
“These accounts illuminate how lawyers, as well as authors, must be skillful narrative crafters, pruning and stretching the unruly features of real life to fit the law’s Procrustean parameters.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z
There is skillful, contemporary Chinese food all over the menu, and color photographs to let you now what you’re in for. Top New York Restaurants of 2016 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z
This exhibition reveals the Quays to be skillful jacks of several artistic mediums. Art Review: Quay Brothers Retrospective at MoMA 2012-08-10T05:34:12Z
Mr. Muntagirov and Mr. Matvienko both executed all the turns and jumps with more than sufficient flair; both are skillful partners. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s Production of ‘La Bayadère’ 2012-05-29T22:16:53Z
In both “The Jar” and “The Race,” the colloquy benefits from skillful steerage by a moderator in the former case and a group of young actors in the latter. Perspective | With playhouses dark, interactive theater online is lighting things up 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z
Along with Bach’s skillful performance, Manthei’s poise and onstage presence suggests a double exposure of Anne as an old woman and a child. Review: In ‘Amour,’ Putting a Palme d’Or Winner Onstage 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z
He tried another bluesy vamp tune, crisp and skillful but desultory. Music Review: After Hints Of Genius, A Muse Is Expelled 2011-01-17T22:30:26Z
With a new show runner, new cast members and without Christopher Meloni, this aging series got a new look and a fresh start, much of it thanks to Andre Braugher as a skillful defense lawyer. 2011 TV: ?Homeland,? ?Parks and Recreation,? ?The Hour? 2011-12-17T18:10:32Z
Mr. Blank’s film is a touching, and very funny, ode to art-making, and also to the skillful machinations of Mr. Luddy. Tom Luddy, a Behind-the-Scenes Force in Cinema, Dies at 79 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z
And yet, paragraph by paragraph, Gloss — whose books include “The Hearts of Horses” and “The Jump-Off Creek” — is such a skillful writer that I came to believe that this may have been a deliberate choice. In Molly Gloss’s “Falling From Horses,” a cowboy goes to Hollywood to play one
In a skillful blending of Eastern and Western literary tradition, Aboulela’s characters are visited by the Hoopoe, a sacred bird that symbolizes wisdom and filial piety. Review | Leila Aboulela’s ‘Bird Summons’ takes the traditional road trip novel down a new path 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z
But Solomon is a skillful guide who presents beauty and complex ideas in clear, accessible prose, with frequent punches of laugh-out-loud humor. Coming of age with Asali Solomon's 'Disgruntled' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z
Those images were then faithfully replicated in fine white stoneware by William Hackwood, Wedgwood’s most skillful modeler, and the results used to embellish ceramic objects. Design: A Niche of Stylish Power 2011-07-03T13:02:00Z
In less skillful hands, this could be a slog. Nuclear Nightmares 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z
But the choreography is never less than skillful, the dancers touching and adept. Ballet Review: This Ballet Season in Britain, a Cinderella Complex 2010-12-21T13:30:03Z
Nevertheless, the heavy lifting falls to the skillful versatility with which Cho and Lee pivot into different stages of life. Dynamic cast propels tale of two step-siblings across three decades 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z
Emilia Clarke, the young and skillful actor who has played Daenerys over eight seasons of “Game of Thrones,” encountered just this question earlier this year. Daenerys Tells All! 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z
The owl in my backyard was particularly skillful at seeing things. A year in my parents’ basement 2013-12-30T01:00:00Z
“How Much of These Hills Is Gold,” a debut novel by C Pam Zhang, is a tough-minded, skillful and powerful corrective to that omission. A Haunting Debut Novel Brings New Faces to the Myth of the American West 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z
Mr. Mechem, born in Wichita, Kan., and based in San Francisco at 88, is a skillful composer especially admired for his vocal music. Opera Review: Bronx Opera Company’s ‘The Rivals’ at the Lovinger Theater 2014-01-13T19:15:13Z
Directed by Als, and with skillful audio production and editing by Alex Barron, the podcast does not always succeed in conveying, with voice and stage directions, what we need to envision. Review: Unearthing the Late Curiosities of Tennessee Williams 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z
Sebastian Schwab’s reduction for an eclectic variety of instruments — including banjo, violin, saxophone, vibraphone and, briefly, steel guitar — was skillful, even if the opulence of Abraham’s original orchestrations was lost. Wagner in the Parking Lot as Opera Returns to Germany 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z
While Cirillo’s strength may, at first glance, appear to be his skillful use of unusual but luminous colors, his brilliance is in the range of emotions he is able to evoke with fabricated sceneries. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z
But there are comics who make skillful jokes about race and racism who do so without punching down, and there are outstanding comedians who avoid wading into that minefield completely. Like it or not, it's comedy's turn to contend with its role in perpetuating systemic racism 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z
Danielle Smith’s skillful paintings depict young girls in old-fashioned white dresses and upscale surroundings. In the galleries: Shiny fantasy worlds, undercut by body parts and company logos 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z
In Johnston’s skillful and enthralling debut novel, a family is reunited after an abducted son comes home. 100 Notable Books of 2014 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z
Some small producers may work traditionally but are not particularly skillful at what they do. 20 Wines Under $20: Postcards From Around the World 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z
Mr. Cerrone’s scoring is skillful and economical, and he captures the spirit of a nightmare without diving into a sea of cinematic clichés. Music Review: Red Light New Music Plays Christopher Cerrone - Review 2011-10-08T00:56:13Z
If “P.O.V.” was ultimately less perspective shifting than amusing, it was a skillful apprentice exercise. Dance Review: Lee Serle?s ?P.O.V.? at New York Public Library - Review 2011-11-14T23:27:13Z
Full of churches, omens and crucifixes, it wanders right into a Christian ending that is much like the rest of the movie: clever, silly and skillful, but not very satisfying.  | '7 Khoon Maaf': A Black Widow Tale 2011-02-19T00:14:13Z
A more skillful way to respond in this instance would be, again, to start with empathy. What to do When Your Kids Won't Listen to Reason 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z
Turner, best known for his skillful representations of broad seascapes and natural vistas, caused a stir with the new work and prompted speculation that the artist's talents were in decline. First show for 'radical' Turner art 2014-03-14T13:37:28Z
Dead, however, in the hands of a skillful writer, isn’t the same as gone. Sue Miller’s ‘Monogamy’ Begins With an Ending 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z
Neanderthals, they posit, were empathetic; possessed at least some language; were companionable; strongly attached to family; able but not skillful at planning ahead; and demonstrated impressive mechanical skills. Books of The Times: ?How to Think Like a Neandertal? ? By Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge ? Review 2011-12-27T23:05:30Z
A skillful historian of the Middle Ages must find a way to compress the nebulous historical record into a concise and compelling story line that is both relevant and approachable. Scholars Cringe at the Term ‘Dark Ages.’ Dan Jones Explains Why. 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z
“We knew he was playing a game of ingratiating, which he has done with every president that he has worked under. He’s incredibly skillful at it.” Anthony Fauci was ready for this. America was not. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z
In her beautiful, light-filled flat, the skillful actress drew me out about myself while studying who I might be—and what I’ve become. ‪The Year in Theatre and Farewell to a Friend 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z
The Emerson Quartet sounded consistent as well, even to a fault: There was room for more dynamic variety in these skillful, responsible, very much seated performances. Music Review: Emerson String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2014-04-27T16:31:02Z
The brilliance of “The Babadook,” beyond Ms. Kent’s skillful deployment of the tried-and-true visual and aural techniques of movie horror, lies in its interlocking ambiguities. In ‘The Babadook,’ a Frightfully Unwelcome Guest 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z
The stress on companies has been enormous, with many shows kept open by the skillful folk listed deeper in the Playbill. As Broadway fights virus surge, unsung heroes find spotlight 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z
Ms. McCormick, brandishing a skillful if overstated British accent, radiates lissome glamour as Lynn, her natural ease softening the character’s stereotypical facade. Theater Review: ‘Ten Chimneys,’ About Lunts, at Theater at St. Clement’s 2012-10-04T20:42:51Z
Donald Trump is a very skillful con man, because he is pushing a narrative about immigrants, about Muslims, about the nature of the country, and too many people want to believe it. Rob Reiner on Donald Trump’s “classic fascist” ways: “He’s a con man and a criminal” 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z
Brown partnered Laura Mead on Friday night, and while they were skillful, their connection was unremarkable. Jessica Lang's vision is far-reaching in company's program at Irvine Barclay Theatre 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z
“Part of what makes this book so riveting is Ellsworth’s skillful narration, his impeccable sense for when to reveal a piece of information and when to hold something back.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z
Here again, I sensed a skillful, playful hand. In Seville, Spain, young chefs are creating the next generation of tapas 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z
It tries to do both, and fortunately her librettist has been skillful enough to avoid the worst consequences. Review: ‘Between Worlds,’ With English National Opera, Addresses 9/11 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z
It is quieter, more compact and less thematically ambitious than those — an intriguing minor composition by a shrewd and skillful master of the art. ‘Gebo and the Shadow,’ Directed by Manoel de Oliveira 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z
It’s very much a film, though, a feat of tireless research, dogged interviewing and skillful editing. Review: ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z
Instead, on this skillful record, he positions himself as a first-rate preservationist of classic country songwriting, someone who may be out of step with the times but isn’t showy about it. Back in Black: A Country Outsider 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z
Seimetz and Kerrigan are skillful and inspired artists, but in “The Girlfriend Experience” the rigid format of serial television dominates their artistry. “The Girlfriend Experience” Is Not an Experience 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z
But Slabbinck’s skillful manipulations of perspective and proportion, and juxtapositions of color and black and white, turn banal source material into scenes of whimsical confusion. A Belgian Artist’s Collages Come to Life and Trick the Eye 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z
With its skillful echoes of the British music hall and operetta, the score blooms onstage as it doesn’t entirely on a recording. | 'Where?s Charley?': A Few Wacky Victorians in Love 2011-03-18T22:54:37Z
Mine is fairly major: Joby Talbot’s score, though highly skillful, strikes me as undistinguished. Bounding Across Space and Time, via DVD 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z
The illusory layering of “Mystic Chart” also points to her skillful varying of the textures in her prints. Betye Saar at MoMA: Prelude to a Revolutionary Breakthrough 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z
For the rest, the Aizuri is a skillful, accomplished quartet, but it needs to learn to work a room better. Shaw’s terrific ‘Blueprint’ felt too short 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z
I'm not much of a history buff, and I find it takes a skillful, engaging author to both situate and dazzle me with beauty at the same time. Quan Barry's 'She Weeps' listens to the stories of Vietnam's dead 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z
Mr. Urie gives a characteristically skillful performance, but it feels pasted on. Review: A Con Man Without a Sting in ‘High Button Shoes’ 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z
Zumas is a skillful writer, expertly keeping each of her characters in balanced motion, never allowing one to dominate the rest. A Novel That Asks, What if Abortion Were Again Illegal? 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z
Keller’s skillful interior narration puts us inside Mallory’s skin, even when it makes us uncomfortable. A New Novel From the Author of ‘When You Trap a Tiger’ 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z
As the collection unfolds, the speaker crafts beautiful images, skillful lines and memorable vignettes. The best new poetry books for March 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z
As serious a position as that may sound, Arcimboldo captivated audiences not for his skillful likenesses but rather for his wacky and whimsical allegorical portraits. Inside Art: Arcimboldo Work Bought in Time for Exhibition 2010-09-16T21:45:00Z
But unlike that novel, which kept skillful control of its seafaring narrative, “The First Stone” is sabotaged by too many baggy subplots. A Different View of the Afghan War Yields the Same Grim Truth 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z
But the movie isn’t easy to dismiss, thanks to Berg’s skillful direction. Review: Mark Wahlberg and Patriots Day Assay American Courage 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z
Instead, it was a pleasant evening, the premieres both skillful compositions that are lovely to look at and go down easy. Review: City Ballet Holds Steady as an Old Guard Meets the New 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z
The overall outcome, however, is undeniably affecting — all the more so given Ryan’s skillful mapping of the stories’ various imbrications, which become apparent in the revelatory finale. Review | Three tragic characters are mysteriously linked in ‘From a Low and Quiet Sea’ 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z
As this more skillful schemer, who shot her lover but manages to sweet-talk her husband into coming to her defense, Ms. Asami puts on and removes her facade of innocence with bright comic ingenuity. Review: In Takarazuka’s ‘Chicago,’ the Midwest Looks a Lot Like Japan 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z
Shelly was a skillful storyteller with a knack for whimsical comedy. 2009-12-03T17:21:00Z
But while most fan website creators are too myopic to be skillful biographers, Slawenski's subdued storytelling and concise literary analysis make this not just a trivia-filled tome, but also a delightful read. 'J.D. Salinger: A Life': Kenneth Slawenski's biography of a reluctant genius 2011-01-22T00:07:54Z
An elaborate adaptation of Walt Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” the piece is Ms. Higdon’s most trenchant work and among her loveliest, qualities undiminished in this skillful reduction. Music Review: Nathan and Julie Gunn With Pacifica Quartet at Zankel Hall 2013-04-24T21:51:23Z
This much-lauded British painter became known for skillful, ambitiously scaled paintings of mostly female nudes since emerging from graduate school around 20 years ago. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z
This storytelling tool might feel like a cudgel in the hands of a less skillful writer but Emezi employs it like a dainty paintbrush, gently and sparingly. His Family Misses Him. But Did They Ever Really Know Him? 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z
He would often draw inspiration from his own life in his performances and was a skillful storyteller. Birju Maharaj, legend of India’s kathak dance form, dies 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z
The beauty of his skillful Arbitrage performance lies in how uncompromising it is. Richard Gere Is Ruthless and Ruthlessly Good in Arbitrage 2012-09-13T12:00:39Z
In 2011, Cooper, Robertson & Partners completed a skillful and sensitive addition, which maintained the aesthetics of the compound. Lee F. Mindel Tours the Most Gorgeous Spiritual Buildings of the Hamptons 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z
As a martial artist, Mr. Uwais appears quite skillful even when handcuffed to the loosed siding of an operating-room bed, but the cutting is so quick that it’s tough to say. Review: In ‘Mile 22,’ Mark Wahlberg, Patriotism and Paranoia 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z
Those three works — showcases for compositional ingenuity and interpretive sensitivity alike — were abetted by the superb audio equipment and skillful live engineering Spectrum provided. Music Review: Piano by Jacob Greenberg and Reinier van Houdt at Spectrum 2014-03-26T20:59:42Z
Even if they weren’t all skillful singers and dancers, they would be fun to have around: They banter pleasantly between numbers, share the job of lead singer and back each other up in tight harmony. Good times roll at Ebony Repertory's 'Five Guys Named Moe' 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z
But he is so honest and fresh in his observations, so skillful at blending his own story with larger principles, that it is hard not to admire him. How Moving to France and Having Children Led a Black American to Rethink Race 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z
And even if you remember the match perfectly, you might find yourself holding your breath and full of conflicting emotion as you watch the director Reinaldo Marcus Green’s skillful and suspenseful restaging. ‘King Richard’ Review: Father Holds Court 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z
The book opens with the title piece, a skillful portrait of the Paterson, N.J., silk strike of 1913 and the plight of several workers who struggled in the face of economic and political oppression. The best poetry books for January take on race, current events, love and loss 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z
The cast’s skillful handling of the language — particularly knotted in some passages — gives promising proof that Mr. Edelstein’s leadership of the Public’s Shakespeare Initiative is bearing fruit. | 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z
Indeed, even the efforts taken in embalming Ms. Franklin were a reflection of the period over which she ruled, fitting into a great tradition of skillful embalming at African-American funeral homes. Even at Her Funeral Celebrations, Aretha Franklin Was the Height of Glamour 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z
A skillful response to being stuck in traffic begins with practicing mindfulness. Transcendence in Los Angeles traffic: On gridlock and mindfulness 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z
In the truest sign that this evening was more skillful than haphazard, the finale’s fugue, a flash of Bach, was satisfyingly precise — Cho and the violins aligned even in their fleet delivery. Review: Upended by Global Conflict, the Vienna Philharmonic Plays On 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z
The backing musicians were cheerful and skillful and sometimes tastefully underselling themselves, leaving the stage for stretches during the show’s two sets. Music Review: Dave Rawlings Machine, With Gillian Welch 2010-06-03T22:14:00Z
Pelé was not only skillful, he also brought great joy to innumerable people across the world, over a period of decades. Pelé: A global superstar and cultural icon who put passion at the heart of soccer 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z
Though Ms. Galchen favors misdirection and indirection, her writing is skillful, imaginative, often funny. Books of The Times: ‘American Innovations’ by Rivka Galchen 2014-05-07T20:15:28Z
Maybe you have to learn to respond loosely in a skillful way. ArtsBeat: Drawn From Life: Sheila Heti Talks About "How Should a Person Be?" 2012-07-11T15:44:33Z
That’s something any opera company has to treat pretty gingerly these days, and Seattle Opera’s new filmed performance, though skillful, tends to avoid rather than address Don Giovanni’s challenges. A ‘comedy’ about a seducer? Seattle Opera tackles new version of ‘Don Giovanni’ with skill and caution 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z
“Shift” takes apart Kuchipudi style; nowhere is the emphasis on skillful dynamic contrasts more evident. Dance Review: Shantala Shivalingappa at Joyce Theater 2012-06-28T21:07:57Z
This is a remarkable story of secrecy, discovery and self-expression, delivered by a skillful observer. Debut Novels Reveal the Fragility of Female Bonds 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z
Ultimately, Camp is a skillful album created by a conflicted man. Music Monday: Childish Gambino's Camp 2011-11-14T16:38:00Z
She is a hard woman, and very skillful. Review: ‘The Woman Warrior,’ by Maxine Hong Kingston 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z
An exceptionally skillful draftsman with an idiosyncratic, storytelling imagination, he’s especially good with colored pencils. The Paintings Are Delicate. The Show’s a Shambles. 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z
Those moments, in turn, pale beside a number in “Evita” in which a large ensemble breaks into three groups, each putting strong material over at the same time, or another number showcasing skillful geometrical changes. Critic’s Notebook: The Choreography of Tony Nominees 2012-05-28T21:35:24Z
The skillful deployment of leather, the placement of smooth patched pockets and asymmetrical buckles, and the contour seaming reaffirms the young designer’s uncanny eye for subtlety. | A Rare Bond 2011-03-11T12:30:54Z
In Sampson’s skillful hands, the play of light becomes not only an evocation of life inside the house, but also an entry into the historical setting. Review | In this brilliant biography, the author of ‘Frankenstein’ comes ALIVE! 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z
A bold new play or a skillful but star-deficient revival that might find an audience when the competition is less stiff doesn’t stand a chance. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 2011-03-17T18:33:40Z
Here it seems that Haydn’s distance to the urban cultural centers of his time proved a handicap: The writing, however skillful, has none of the ingenuity of his orchestral music. ‘Music for a Prince,’ an Artek Concert Focusing on Haydn 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z
The broad strokes and bald statements don’t recede, exactly, but they’re like the manipulations of a Puccini opera, so skillful that it seems churlish to object. ‘Christodora’: A powerful novel about the AIDS crisis and its legacy 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z
Beantown denizens put off readers with their Brahmin-like brains and their skillful backtalk: they ranked at No. 5 in the survey for both intelligence and rudeness. These Are the Unfriendliest Cities in America 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z
This is skillful ventriloquism, yet Sittenfeld never occupies her subject at an animal level. Reader, She Didn’t Marry Him. Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham’ Reimagines Hillary. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z
I’m quite sure that Narciso Rodriguez doesn’t qualify as an avant-garde designer, but during a visit to his studio later in the day, I certainly wondered if a skillful eye and hand might be radical. On the Runway Blog: Fashion Week: @whatdidIjustsee 2011-09-09T02:42:57Z
“It’s very, very exciting to know we can generate global predictions that are skillful, really cheaply,” says Maria Molina, an AI-focused research meteorologist at the University of Maryland. AI churns out lightning-fast forecasts as good as the weather agencies’ 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z
Mistaking toxic masculinity for skillful leadership has led to one disaster after another, from pointless wars to preventable terrorist attacks to the spiraling climate change crisis. From 9/11 to Netanyahu: The world is learning that toxic masculinity won't keep us safe 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z
Artistically, when he got back to L.A. from Ibiza, Irwin merely picked up where he left off, making tepid if skillful abstract paintings with landscape overtones, selling a few here and there. Robert Irwin, pioneer of Light and Space art who designed Getty's Central Garden, dies at 95 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z
“Our crew responded without hesitation to a difficult and highly unusual situation, and we are incredibly proud and grateful for their skillful actions,” Alaska said. FBI: Off-duty Alaska pilot declared, ‘I’m not OK,’ then tried to shut down engines 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z
And every other witness in the case has at least some vulnerability to skillful cross-examination. Column: What Trump's assistant told investigators about classified records — and why it's so damning 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z
Kim is skillful at managing suspense, but she considers it “a Trojan horse — it’s a way to pull readers in.” How Angie Kim's immigrant struggles inspired a heart-wrenching thriller 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z
“I am not saying she cooperated. But she didn’t fight us the way some whales, that are so skillful, no matter what you do, they won’t come around.” WA man who captured Tokitae says he has ‘no regrets’ after orca’s death 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z
“We just have to come out and match them step for step. They’re very skillful. And we know they’re going to come after us with everything that they have. So we have to be ready.” Underfunded Jamaica aims to undermine Brazil’s status in Women’s World Cup group finale 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z
She became even more skillful while she played for clubs in Arcadia and San Juan Capistrano. Elliott: Monrovia on watch as Ashley Sanchez watches USA tie Netherlands in World Cup 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z
She had some skillful dribbling runs past Irish defenders but wasn’t able to create a goal-scoring opportunity for the Matildas like she did in a warmup win the previous week against France. Fowler makes her Women’s World Cup debut on a significant night for the Australian and Irish teams 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z
“He’s a really skillful ‘5 man,’ ” Smith said of the junior from Australia. WSU men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith provides update on new-look team 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z
“One of the most skillful players to ever play, she will forever be one of the greats in our storied program.” Commentary: Megan Rapinoe leaving soccer on her own terms, same way she rose to stardom 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z
That continued in politics, as Rosalynn Carter proved herself a skillful campaigner and forceful policy advocate in her own right, overcoming her youthful shyness that the former president has depicted in his writing and painting. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter mark 77th wedding anniversary at home in Plains, Georgia 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z
This playful mix of feminine and masculine elements highlighted Yamagishi’s skillful design ethos and reaffirmed the brand’s standing as an fashion forward player. Sacai caps Paris Fashion Week with a collision of punk, workwear and inventive silhouettes 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z
Birds appear in lush and skillful detail on panels on a wall of a 3,300-year-old Egyptian palace in Amarna, above. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z
Although tropical Atlantic and Pacific Ocean temperatures often inform skillful seasonal hurricane forecasts, there are other factors to consider and monitor. El Niño and Extreme Ocean Heat Are About to Clash for the 2023 Hurricane Season 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z
From The Times: Stanford golf star Rose Zhang’s career is likely to become a case study in athletic development, long-range planning and skillful marketing, now that college athletes are allowed to make money. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z
So someone who is motion sick is really exhibiting skillful and optimized functioning in a uniquely challenging and suboptimal environment. Here’s What Causes Motion Sickness 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z
“However, a determined and skillful enemy can unleash an entire spectrum of technologies designed expressly to penetrate, weaken, offset, or overcome those enhancements,” he wrote. Neuro-strike weapons expand domains of warfare as new strategic threat, expert warns 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z
As hostility between England and Spain grew, Elizabeth’s government sponsored privateers – pirates working for the English crown – led by a skillful and ruthless captain named Sir Francis Drake. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
Initially the French and their Native American allies performed well, launching skillful ambushes on English troops and forcing George Washington, a young officer in the Virginia colonial militia, to surrender Britain’s Fort Necessity. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
Multiple tribes periodically united around a single skillful or charismatic leader, creating a larger confederation. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
“Another D.A. could look at it entirely differently and see that you could prosecute this case if there were skillful prosecutors involved.” San Francisco D.A. releases video of guard killing alleged shoplifter, will not file charges 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z
With some skillful surgery, “White Girl in Danger” can become as scathingly funny, with a sharpened point, as it seeks to be. Review | ‘Make ’em laugh’ is the upbeat mantra on New York stages this spring 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z
The Huns were warriors of the central Asian steppes: expert horsemen, skillful warriors, unattached to any particular land. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Kaczynski has been particularly skillful at identifying wedge issues that rally his party’s conservative, predominantly religious and rural base, and catch opponents off balance. Polish Leaders Hope Defense of a Dead Pope Propels Them to Re-Election 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z
The first was its skillful use of diplomacy and regional politics to manage alliances and threats, playing off groups within and around the Korean peninsula to secure its power. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
More often, winning a national title requires the skillful navigation of a tight contest. Analysis | National champions usually have to break a sweat. U-Conn. barely did. 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z
The Aztecs, accustomed to winning through force, advanced to the national championship game in the most skillful way. Perspective | Lamont Butler’s buzzer-beater shows San Diego State can win pretty 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z
Despite all that has happened, Ms. Palun said the problem was not China but a lack of skillful diplomacy by Australia’s previous government. China Wine Tariff Pushes Australia’s Grape Growers Into Crisis 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z
The pilot’s swift, skillful descent brought us straight into El Mirador. Jaguars, narcos, illegal loggers: One man's battle to save a Guatemalan jungle and Maya ruins 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z
Handling a pregnancy loss, or deciding what to do about a nonviable fetus, requires supportive, skillful medical management. More people over 45 are getting pregnant — and abortion laws aren't ready for the complications 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z
But on Friday, Ms. Meloni, a skillful politician well versed in the politics of victimization, spent a significant amount of time explaining that she did not care about not being invited to Paris. Italy’s Hard-Right Leader Vexes Europe by Playing Nice, Mostly 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z
He was widely regarded as a master of sports administration, a skillful negotiator whose unflappable demeanor masked intense preparation and uncanny intuition about the promise of many young players. Bobby Beathard, Hall of Fame Washington football executive, dies at 86 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z
“It’s more about being skillful in helping them get it.” A new TV show depicts brutal honesty in therapy. Real therapists say it's not so simple 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z
The slogan for this Women’s World Cup tournament was “Dare to Shine,” loaded words that carried the assumption it requires bravery for female soccer players to excel because being skillful and competitive are undesirable traits. Column: Nathan Chen's fire still burns thanks to his mother and others who inspire him 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z
Neymar was roundly jeered by the crowd when he scored PSG’s second goal with a skillful effort in the 33rd, before Mbappé netted with a lob and a slick chipped finish. World Cup star Mbappé gets 5 goals for PSG in French Cup win 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z
His response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was remarkably skillful and balanced. Review | A not-too-deep look at Biden’s presidency so far 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z
Toews netted his 13th of the season on a skillful deflection from the slot of Jones’ shot from long range with 10:09 left in the period. Toews, Blackhawks end long losing drought in Philadelphia 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z
He is an accomplished résumé padder, an expert with the evasive fallback answer when challenged, a skillful deflector of the awkward question, a quibbler par excellence and just stunningly self-confident. Opinion | Maybe we’re looking at George Santos all wrong 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z
Williams’ skillful intentional affectlessness renders her characters slippery, difficult to pin down into preordained binaries of good and evil. Review: Killer-doll horror-comedy 'M3GAN' is delightfully deranged 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z
Ghilarducci in a statement called Ward “an exceptional emergency manager and skillful leader.” For the first time in state history, a woman will likely lead California's emergency response 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z
Fifty years after his death, Roberto Clemente, the skillful outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates, remains one of the most revered figures in Puerto Rico and Latin America. Roberto Clemente remains Latino legend 50 years after death 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z
Yet SZA is so skillful — so adept in funneling the mess of her feelings into vivid bursts of hooks, beats and words — that your heart breaks at the prospect that she might give it up. On the dazzling 'SOS,' SZA spares no one, least of all herself 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z
If it kills me, how is it stronger or more skillful than I? What Is a Dog Anyway? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z
Though the film is set more than 100 years ago, the skillful inclusion of classic and contemporary items makes the clothing and the characters relatable and the costumes desirable to viewers. As 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' heats up, you almost want more of those stylish clothes 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z
Another way of putting the question is this: Are these funds beating the market because they are lucky or because some investors are more skillful than others? Mutual Funds That Consistently Beat the Market? Not One of 2,132. 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z
“I think we have the privilege,” assistant César Sampaio said, “of having a plethora of players that are very skillful and also that we have options to change players according to the circumstances.” Brazil, with a beautiful goal and a blaze of a player, tops Switzerland to advance 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z
Company executives describe her as a skillful and charismatic politician who is both engaged and accessible in an administration often known for its skepticism of big business. A Rising Star in the Biden Administration Faces a $100 Billion Test 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z
He's a skillful criminal with a certain low cunning. Is America's infatuation with billionaires finally coming to an end? 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z
These workers reported having grown more empathetic and interpersonally skillful than they had been when they worked in-person. Op-Ed: How working remotely can bring workers closer together 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z
"Maybe we are not as skillful as others, or as powerful, but we have a bigger fight in our hearts than anyone," he said. World Rugby 'cannot ignore' this result - Georgia 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z
“George W. Bush didn’t start out being a very skillful deliverer of set speeches, which is its own particular craft,” Mr. Fallows said in a phone interview. Michael J. Gerson, Presidential Speechwriter and Columnist, Dies at 58 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z
The retreat from Kherson was one of the more skillful maneuvers the Russian army has pulled off. Opinion | Kherson’s fall is another triumph for Ukraine’s ‘thousand bee sting’ strategy 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z
It is just a matter of time before a skillful plaintiff’s attorney representing the parents of a student killed in a school shooting convinces a jury of this. School shootings: One simple step 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z
News organizations made skillful use of a raft of statistical analyses. Midterm media coverage: A night in search of a narrative 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z
He added that the Indian foreign service has “very skillful diplomats,” and that if they offered to help with talks, when Russian and Ukraine were ready for them, “that would be good.” Could India Help Broker Peace in Ukraine? 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z
Mr. Betsy tried to play a skillful and precise brand of soccer that proved unsuitable for the lower leagues. British Soccer, Brought to You by American Crypto Optimism 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z
“It will take an immensely skillful politician to navigate their way through this,” Ms. Rutter said. Rishi Sunak, Now the Front-Runner for U.K. Prime Minister, Could Say, ‘I Told You So’ 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z
“Maybe above all, I was drawn here because this is a moment when humanity faces huge global problems, problems that urgently demand the world’s most skillful minds and hands,” she said. Cell biologist from Duke named new president of MIT 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z
With a hard-fought playoff series loss behind him and the deepest, most skillful lineup he has had at his disposal, McLellan updated that analogy as he began his fourth season. Elliott: Kings open season with heartbreaking loss to Vegas, but expectations remain high 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z
Anticipation hangs on the breath of a skillful teller, as fear gathers in the dark corners of our mind. 8 horror audiobooks that will send chills down your spine 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z
Abstract painting — the High Art language of establishment power — gives up sober rigor for skillful, exuberant play. Review: OCMA opens: The good, the confounding and the lack of seating 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z
“Genial and cordial, with unfailing tact and aptitude, skillful in cultivating friendships and never provoking enmities, he had in a rare degree the elements that insure popularity,” Republican bigwig James G. Blaine wrote. A vice president testified before Congress. It was a disaster. 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z
“Garrels’s reporting is full of history, context, analysis and humor, combined with the skillful use of natural sound.” Anne Garrels, Fearless NPR Correspondent, Dies at 71 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z
Antony is a skillful and quick left-footed attacker and is likely to be playing at the World Cup in Qatar for Brazil. Man United spending up to $240M as Antony completes move 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z
And she, as an actress, is this rare combination of dramatically skillful, comedically brilliant and an action hero who can run like Tom Cruise. Olivia Wilde in the spotlight with ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z
There’s a skillful, subtle use of satire here within a stern drama that matches the best of “Police Story” in exploring the man beneath the badge. The 75 best TV shows on Hulu right now, according to our experts 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z
A skillful “decoder” can learn the temperature of a star, what elements are in it, and even its speed in a direction toward us or away from us. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z
The Zhuangzi tells the story of Cook Ding, a butcher who was so skillful that he had used the same knife without sharpening it for 19 years. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
In Tennessee, where he had moved as a young man, he gradually rose up the political ladder, earning a reputation for being a skillful stump speaker and a staunch defender of poor southerners. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z
It also resembled the skillful management of the House Democratic caucus by Nancy Pelosi over the past 20 years. A Functional Congress? Yes. 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z
Marcus Eliason, 75, an international journalist whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and skillful editing graced Associated Press news wires for almost a half-century, died Aug. 5 in a New York hospital. This week’s passages 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z
Ripened by experience, energetic, disciplined, and a skillful observer, Hubble soon established some of the most important ideas in modern astronomy. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z
“Johnny was our humble, skillful world champion, showing the essence of how we see our heroes. He was described as poetry in motion, a master craftsman.” Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon dies aged 77 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z
Partisan American newspapers tried to sway public opinion, while the skillful writing of Hamilton, who published a number of essays on the subject, explained the benefits of commerce with Great Britain. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z
With Rachel Vrooman’s skillful handling, it becomes a zesty rosé redolent of red grapefruit, wild herbs and honeysuckle. Perspective | American rosé, once scorned, just keeps getting better and better 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z
Star and Richman’s knack for making fare with broad appeal is proven, and Harris marvels at the show’s skillful juggling of the sad and the “ridiculously funny.” Neil Patrick Harris is suddenly single in comedy ‘Uncoupled’ 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z
The skillful netting of ducks scared up from Lake Union provided ample protein for potlatches and other tribal festivities. A Seattle saloonkeeper’s civic sensibility inspired a lasting auditorium 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z
“No woman player, however skillful, can fail to profit by a careful study of it,” said one review, published in the New York Post. Woman champion at The Country Club wrote the book on golf 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z
“He is a skillful big man with size, which is an important piece to our puzzle,” WSU men’s coach Kyle Smith said, quoted in a release from the school. WSU Cougar men bolsters frontcourt, signs French forward Mael Hamon-Crespin 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z
But the younger Rangers are energetic, skillful and opportunistic. Rangers Open Eastern Conference Finals With a Romp Over Lightning 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z
It’s impossible to project what muscular, skillful Mario Lemieux might have accomplished if not for bouts with Hodgkin’s disease and chronic back problems. Column: Connor McDavid is great, but Wayne Gretzky is still the Greatest One 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z
With that network’s help, his tens of thousands of false or misleading claims have found fertile ground among his fervent supporters — oblivious to the skillful reporting elsewhere that has called out and debunked those lies. Perspective | Why the press will never have another Watergate moment 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z
The picture resonates far beyond its clear demonstration of skillful figurative paint-handling. Review: Five pandemic-postponed art shows worth seeing right now 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z
Then, it used the skillful models to produce its official “assessed warming” projections for different fossil fuel emissions scenarios. Use of ‘too hot’ climate models exaggerates impacts of global warming 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z
But Diwan’s skillful interpretation couldn’t be more effective at transmitting Ernaux’s freshly urgent message in light of the ongoing rollback of women’s rights: Prohibiting abortion puts women in mortal danger. How a book about abortion in 1960s France became the timeliest movie of the year 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z
The first season pioneered the slick, skillful intermixing of fact and fiction that has been its trademark ever since. In Egypt’s Big Ramadan TV Drama, the President Is the Hero 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z
But an excellent cast and some skillful direction goes a long way toward making “The Aviary” feel genuinely revealing. Review: Marilyn Monroe, 'Turning Red' and other movies to watch this weekend 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z
And it turned out that, just as in the ground war, the Russians were less skillful, and the Ukrainians were better defenders, than most experts expected. Russia Uses Cyberattacks in Ukraine to Support Military Strikes, Report Finds 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z
Ukraine’s most skillful and successful farmers were designated “kulaks,” classified as enemies and either executed or shipped off to the growing network of Soviet labor camps. Opinion | Xi’s and Putin’s sick twist on ‘peace’ and ‘security’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z
Never moving to color film, she insisted that her black and white images, with skillful use of light and shadow, were more effective than color in portraying the blood and death caused by the Mafia. Letizia Battaglia, photographer of Sicilian underworld, dies at 87 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z
Musk is one of the site’s most prominent users, with nearly 82 million followers, and also one of the most skillful trolls on the platform. Opinion | If Elon Musk wants Twitter, he’s welcome to it 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z
And from its conductor, it demands not just mastery of Ravel’s own skillful orchestration, which often seems to rise from the body of the piano, but also the composer’s savvy interlocking of vernaculars. Review | Two rising stars light up the National Symphony Orchestra 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z
Any airborne attack inside Russia would likely require skillful flying to avoid its air defenses. Russia blames Ukraine for fuel depot blast; Kyiv denies role 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z
Fought to a standstill by Ukraine’s brave and skillful defense forces, Putin’s army, navy and air force have resorted to targeting defenseless civilians in apartment buildings, shopping centers, theaters and hospitals. Opinion | Biden’s Putin ad lib wasn’t a gaffe. He was right. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z
That is not an accusation anyone could possibly level against his successor, who has been skillful and stalwart in mobilizing the West to resist Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Opinion | Biden’s support for Ukraine and opposition to Putin were no ‘gaffe’ 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z
Media around the world reported the news as the latest indication that Ukrainian forces were waging skillful counterattacks and defeating the Russians in vital locations. In Ukrainian town, reality doesn’t match government boasts of victory over Russian forces 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z
HBO’s comedy “Getting On” is a dark and astonishing gem of a show, with a bravely skillful cast juggling the petty obsessions of the workplace with Much Bigger Issues. The 75 best TV shows on HBO Max right now, according to our experts 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z
That led to his stepdaughter, Justine Jones, who recalled Ogletree as “a loving man who played an important role in her life,” and a “skillful electronics repairman.” 9/11 victim photo search leads to Michigan school yearbook 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z
Credit also goes to the Biden administration for its skillful management of the crisis. Opinion | The war in Ukraine could hardly be going worse for Putin. Don’t assume he agrees. 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
Bush’s skillful diplomatic efforts preceding the Gulf War. Opinion | The war in Ukraine is moving into a new phase. Biden and the West had better get ready. 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z
It may be simple, yet it’s so skillful and so right.” Signature Theatre is betting if you like ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ you’ll love ‘She Loves Me’ 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z
He sees a promising group of skillful, multi-faceted players, more than one worthy of being a first-round draft pick in April. Running backs hoping to change perceptions at NFL combine 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z
Using skillful diplomacy and well-chosen alliances he set about gaining control of northern Italy for Sardinia. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
The President’s legislative powers, exercised in combination with a skillful playing of the roles of chief of party and chief citizen, have made the President, in effect, the nation’s chief legislator. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
Much like the beard that’s as synonymous with Harden as his skillful scoring, anticipation is growing. The Beard is here: Philly hype for James Harden’s home debut 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z
But the recent abduction of a 52-year-old diabetic woman in central Russia has made clear that Mr. Putin still has vexing challenges in his own backyard that require a skillful political juggling act. How a Chechen Abduction Exposes Putin’s Problems at Home 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z
Brooks’ team wasn’t the most skillful in Lake Placid. Column: U.S. men's hockey decides to go with young players, unlike Korea 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z
He was very skillful in portraying large numbers of people. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
He added a second goal on the half-hour mark after making a skillful control of a pass while spinning free of his marker before firing into the corner. Unal scores brace to lead Getafe’s 3-0 win over Levante 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z
“Those two just emphasize that Republicans are not very skillful articulating opposition to a Biden nominee who is the first Black woman without it coming across as being race-based,” he said. Republicans Weigh How Forcefully to Fight a Black Female Court Nominee 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z
The survivor told police that he "believed the suspect to be skillful in drawing." San Francisco police double reward for cold case ‘Doodler’ serial killer 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z
Ms. Gray is experienced in solving thorny problems and has a reputation as a steely and skillful fixer. An Unknown Civil Servant May Determine Boris Johnson’s Fate 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z
Mathematical knowledge helped Egypt’s skillful engineers and architects make accurate measurements to construct their remarkable pyramids and palaces. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“He can come forward — very skillful around the net,” Norrie added. After Quarantine, Keeping Up the Korda Family Tradition 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z
But when he’s playing well, he’s as skillful and capable as any quarterback in the league. NFL roundtable: Rams perplexing inconsistency makes handicapping playoffs difficult 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z
The quick and skillful Ikone was popular among Lille fans and helped the club topple defending champion Paris Saint-Germain in a major title upset last season. Lille selling forward Ikone to Italian club Fiorentina 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z
“I have every confidence Mike will be a fearless and skillful leader for Intelligence Committee Republicans and will perform rigorous oversight over the Intelligence Community,” Mr. Nunes said. Turner to replace Nunes as top Republican on House Intelligence Committee 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z
He was a skillful politician, an inspiring speaker, and a respected general. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was code-switching of the most skillful kind. The Verdict on the Elizabeth Holmes Trial Makeover 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z
In contrast, Garcetti is a skillful California pol with relatively little international experience. Op-Ed: Why make Eric Garcetti ambassador to India? 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z
He had planned to assign several more stories about Trump’s election, he said, including a piece from The Hill that examined Trump’s skillful use of social media in firing up his base. A white teacher taught white students about white privilege. It cost him his job 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z
Morisseau is extremely skillful in creating a fertile theatrical landscape in which the actors can lay down roots. Review: Suspenseful noir and Detroit history converge in Dominique Morisseau's 'Paradise Blue' 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z
The Spanish also strengthened their other military forces, creating a skillful and determined army. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
In his third season as a pro, Jones excels at those routine duties of an N.F.L. quarterback and has proved just as skillful at another: saying nothing revelatory. What Will the Giants Do With Daniel Jones? 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z
The skillful, vividly assembled documentary “The Real Charlie Chaplin” doesn’t claim to be a definitive or exhaustive look at one of the cinema’s greatest comic geniuses. Review: 'The Real Charlie Chaplin' satisfyingly covers the silent star's life and times 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z
Certainly, many Virginians who supported him did so despite the campaign’s divisiveness, not because of it, and trusting that his business career will position him to be a skillful steward of the state’s economy. Opinion | Glenn Youngkin crafts a winning formula for Virginia Republicans 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z
Her skillful driving and clear communications with the riders made the situation immensely more manageable. Rant and Rave: Reader thanks bus driver after I-90 blockage 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z
These hominids gradually became skillful hunters and invented more sophisticated tools for digging, scraping, and cutting. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
They may also have reflected the desires of his supporters in the California farming industry, who had come to covet the lands that skillful Japanese farmers had brought to production. Column: The talk of raising a statue to Earl Warren would force a reckoning with his racist record 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z
Behind relentless attacking to the rim and skillful finishing, he had his best game as a Laker — BY FAR — scoring 33 points to go with 10 rebounds, eight assists, three steal and only three turnovers. Road might get tougher without LeBron: Takeaways from Lakers' win over Spurs 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z
More profoundly, they fear the fallout will sideline an ardent voice and skillful practitioner whose work on behalf of homeless people was not done. Mark Ridley-Thomas was at the center of L.A.'s fight against homelessness. Now what? 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z
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