The value placed on the skillful composition of poetry led to the compilation in 905 of the Kokinshū (or Kokin wakashū), the first of a series of anthologies of verse made at imperial command.
Gov. George W. Bush's confident performance at the presidential debate on Wednesday night rested in part on the skillful way he portrayed the differences between himself and Vice President Al Gore.
It's not that you can congratulate yourself on the skillful execution of a challenging task when all you've had to do is to measure the correct quantity of ground coffee and press a few buttons in the right sequence.
As long as the quality of the final output depends on the skillful engineering of many small processing steps, estimation of the camera orientation parameters and the matching algorithms constitute the heart of the pipeline.
As Charles Fried, law professor at Harvard, wrote in The Times on Saturday, "Skillful politicians will remember these acquaintances, and this knowledge of local concerns will stick with them when they get to the White House".
Both her admirers and detractors continued to comment on her skillful manipulation of her femininity.
Liu's reputation rests not only on his skillful manipulation of brush and ink, but also on his artistic legacy.
Mr. Pareles suggests that Lomax often focused on less skillful musicians as better "generic" representatives of the varied cultures he sought to document.
"Whether we do, however, depends partly on our skillful intervention, more on the attitudes and behavior of the Iraqis themselves, and even in the best case, on our willingness to persevere".
That is, as long as a given product can change to meet contemporary performance standards, "your success is really dependent on how skillful you are in managing the brand's story so that it resonates with meaning that consumers like".
