And Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, gave what amounted to a master class in amsirac.
Julie Wilson gave what amounted to a master class in stage presence at the Metropolitan Room on Wednesday evening.
Apple was once asked to give members of the Washington bureau what amounted to a master class in Q-head writing.
For weeks he rode it through traffic every day to join a small company of performers in what amounted to a master class on the sacrifices actors will make to get onstage in Manhattan.
He has not, of course, and yet the oldest manager in the business has never properly offered his account of what happened that night – 27 May , 2009 the Champions League final and a 2-0 win for Barcelona that, for long spells, amounted to a master-class in the art of retaining possession.
All this will amount to a significant financial hit to C.E.O.'s, investment bankers and other masters of the universe.
Novices serve time as scullery serfs as they work toward the privilege of trailing a pastry chef or a garde-manger; seasoned workers perform unpaid drudgery in return for what amounts to a stove-side master class.
Artists including Mos Def, Erykah Badu, MF Doom, Ghostface Killa, Joey Bada$$ and dozens more have harnessed Madlib's beats for their rhymes, and Gus examines some of the best in a selection that blends foundational sample material with Madlib's repurposing to craft what amounts to a sonic docudrama of a master musician.
He has at times captivated interrogators with what amount to master classes in the practice of contemporary terrorism.
Assembled this way, as a collection of marionettes abandoned by their master, "All" amounts to a single, career-defining new work that is physically and emotionally disorienting.
