With a wry smile, he conceded: 'Modern politics today requires a mastery of television.
Dealing with Google requires a mastery of two critical elements: technology (with the associated economics), and the legal aspect.
Success – as either nation – requires the mastery of everything from fighter planes to submarines via battleships, destroyers, scout planes, etc, in action that blends arcade style shoot-em-up – roaming the skies or waters to blow stuff up – with deeply involved, nigh-Mensa-level strategy where you control hundreds of units.
Although interesting and useful, this approach requires excellent mastery of computer software given the many nonlinearities that should be included.
Above all, it requires mastery of the intersection of culinary talent and acquired knowledge.
As a sophisticated medium of communication, it requires mastery of the hard-won skills of reading and writing.
The stringent two-year curriculum requires mastery in six academic groups: English, foreign language, social studies, experimental sciences, mathematics and arts.
It is in Spender's memory that hundreds of people enter the annual competition that bears his name, organised in association with the Guardian, by translating a poem of their choice, a process that requires mastery of the original text and thus a little triumph over the chaos of modernity.
It is used in recognition of the fact that a large part of art-making is tedious work, that competence requires repetition, and mastery the will to stick with a technique or idea in the face of adversity.
Advanced laparoscopy requires mastery of complex surgical skills.
