Though he faces exile from music, not all is lost for Davis: with his blend of profound discernment and insider's understanding of art, he has it in him to become, at the very least, a good critic — if he can outgrow his prejudices.
"I had an insider's understanding of the extraordinary power and impact of television".
As an adoptive parent, I have an insider's understanding of how difficult adoption can be.
His intention in these studies, Mr. Taub hastens to explain, was never to become a composer but to develop an insider's understanding of musical creativity.
But Dr. Hughes, a former Obama administration official, has something Washington lawyers and lobbying shops covet: an insider's understanding of the new health care law.
Chakrabarti, a London School of Economics law graduate, qualified as a barrister and worked for the Home Office as a legal adviser between 1996 and 2001, providing her with an insider's understanding of the development of legislation.
Gene Lees, a prolific jazz critic and historian who approached his subject with a journalist's rigor and an insider's understanding, died on Thursday at his home in Ojai, Calif.
De Blasio can explain with a wonk's enthusiasm the intricate balancing acts of successful management: recruiting a team that brings fresh thinking but has an insider's understanding of which levers to pull; holding the apparatus of government accountable without micromanaging; building consensus without letting it paralyze you; knowing how to accumulate political capital and when to spend it.
A familiarity with current techniques and an insider's understanding of the interesting directions of research are also important, Sugden adds.
