In capturing them, a writer of manifold talents like Stewart O'Nan ought to prosper.
I could easily dilate on Tony's impressive achievements in journalism and government, and on the remarkable abilities and manifold talents that made his professional accomplishments possible.
A man of manifold talents, Alec was a revered pediatrician and expert in infectious disease drug and vaccine development, musician and artist who produced works in photography, pen, ink and his most recent passion, pottery.
"McDonald's" is the weirdest, riskiest, most esoteric, reflexive and challenging of Cohen's four new messages, yet also the strongest at showcasing his manifold talents at digging under and around absurdity.
Accompanying Shah, much to his displeasure, is Bhalu, a 12-year-old street-urchin-cum-scam-artist, "always at the cutting edge of fraud," whose manifold talents ("a salesman's tongue, a forger's fingers, a gambler's nerve, the million-dollar smile of a chat-show host and the mathematical artifice of a Nobelist") soon prove invaluable.
Welles' talents as a director and radio producer were manifold – when the classic film Citizen Kane and broadcast drama War of the Worlds are just two among your many prodigious achievements, you're far from obligated to prove your legitimacy by earning a Grammy as well.
Such stories are manifold.
The reasons are manifold.
