I was perhaps surprised, given my mandate to stretch the boundaries and his reputation for solid mastery of the pantheon, how much we had in common.
You need good argumentation, good organization, concise word choice, solid mastery of the subject, and participation in larger arguments on the topic.
Think about the way a good journalist has to be a quick study to turn out a good story; they can't afford to invest the time of a scholar, but they had better have a solid mastery of language to give convincing shape to the information they have mastered.
The board that oversees the program defines three achievement levels for each test: "basic" denotes partial mastery of a subject; "proficient" represents solid academic performance and a demonstration of competency over challenging subject matter; and "advanced" means superior performance.
Chemists and engineers involved in the production of solid drugs have to deal with difficult new challenges, including the on-line mastery of the crystal habits and size distribution or the control of polymorphic transitions.
It uses a 500-point scale, with scores assigned to achievement levels: below basic; basic, which denotes partial mastery of grade-level knowledge and skills; proficient, which represents solid performance and competency, and advanced, signifying superior performance.
And maybe that was it – what else did you need but the simple hard-won mastery of the film-maker's trade yoked to such solid talents as twinkling Bill Nighy and lovely Rachel Weisz and wily Michael Gambon!
Even the judge, a slicked down Alessandro Nivola, wears a solid brown cap of hair, a mastery of product.
Results are broken down into three levels of achievement: "basic," which, according to NCES, "denotes partial mastery of the skills and knowledge" needed for proficiency; "proficient," which "represents solid academic performance" and "advanced," which "represents superior work".
Funky bass, solid drums and hypnotic percussion, allied to Ag Keyna's mastery of the six-string, lift them above their contemporaries.
