Mr. Rosen's ability to wring extra horsepower from the engines, verified by testing on the shop's dynamometer, along with Mr. Schorr's deft promotional efforts, solidified the reputation of the Motion-built cars.
Extremely bright, but never deft, Bob, in an effort at flamboyance, poured the rum wrong.
He tipped an O'Kane effort over following some deft footwork from the Torquay midfielder and thwarted Ryan Jarvis after he had surged into the area.
Though the Fed chairman occasionally became embroiled in the technical intricacies of the central bank's efforts, he seemed comfortable fielding questions — and deft at avoiding ones he did not want to answer.
A deft flick from Will Buckley teed up Troy Deeney but his effort was blocked by Faurlin, while a backheel from Marvin Sordell almost played in Deeney but QPR managed to scramble the ball clear.
My big toe never quite rose to the occasion, but I suspect that for an owner, mastery of this gearbox could be a wholly engaging pursuit, and the reward, like the close shave that comes from the deft handling of a straight razor, would be well worth the effort.
Mr Espiritu had a deft touch in the bond markets: last year, the country's nimble fund-raising efforts allowed it to make good its budget shortfall at impressively low interest rates.
In a deft political twist, the Maoists and the political parties have lately linked arms in an effort to overturn the king's control of the government.
As Neil Sheehan's "Bright Shining Lie" did with Vietnam, Ms. Gezari's deft if less sweeping narrative dissects the hopes, hubris and shortcomings of America's efforts to nation-build in Afghanistan while fighting a war there.
The ambassador, who was to leave his post on Saturday, has proved deft with the carrot and stick, mixing measured criticism of China's government with a relentless effort to cement its fractious relations with the United States.
