She is able to strike the balance between opposing forces, some of which are in her control and others not.
The next round of sequestration cuts will take effect automatically, unless the committee is able to strike a deal.
Other times he hits heavy first serves, is gifted with a weak reply and is able to strike a winner off the forehand.
Given that total Scottish public spending is estimated to be £63.7bn, that £1.5bn margin of error is significant — and it's a reminder that much will depend on what kind of bargain a newly-independent Scotland is able to strike.
In the early decades of this century, Americans have sometimes traced our greatest errors to a failure of imagination: the inability to picture a terrorist, in a cave, who is able to strike; the hubris to ignore extensive State Department predictions of what would come of the invasion of Iraq.
As far as when this technology might actually arrive in the market, that depends, in part on what kind of deal MIT is able to strike.
