LOWDOWN Even the most skilled packer occasionally checks a bag.
"I just think he needed the opportunity," Schenn said, adding, "Sometimes patience is a big thing, too, but he's always been one of the most skilled guys I've ever played with".
"But having done mostly dramas, I would say that Gary, as an actor's director, is one of the most skilled I've ever worked with.
He speaks several times a week with Richard C. Holbrooke, the administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, who calls him "one of the most skilled ambassadors I have ever seen".
And the bebopper Savion Glover, possibly the most skilled tap dancer who ever lived, returns for a three-week season (June 21-July 9).
A longtime friend of Mr. Melvill, Dick Rutan -- the brother of Burt Rutan and a pilot of Voyager, a Burt Rutan creation that was the first airplane to fly around the world without refueling -- called him "one of the most skilled pilots I've ever known".
"First off, Scott is a great teacher and he is one of the most skilled artists I have ever met.
Hall of Famer Bobby Orr said that Lemieux was the most skilled player he had ever seen, while Mike Gartner said that if he had remained healthy, Lemieux would have scored 1,000 goals.
Making my descent into the chamber, inching my way down the wall, I knocked out the drone unseen from above, feeling like the most skilled cat burglar who ever stole from London's rich and corrupt.
It has, on paper, the most skilled workforce the country has ever had.
