Senior party figures have vainly tried to persuade Jim Murphy, its sharp and skilled former Scottish secretary, to stand.
In the case of food television, though, where this is not happening, alternate networks are passing out toques to innovators whose minds are sharp, hands are skilled, and hearts are overflowing with passion, in hopes, that they may eventually carve out substantial positions for themselves and these ravenous networks in an industry ripe for the picking.
FULL COVERAGE: Fall TV preview 2013 "John is one of the sharpest and most skilled next-generation comedic voices out there, who also happens to be surrounded by the best of the best on this new show," said Kevin Reilly, chairman of entertainment for Fox.
Over all the company proves itself skilled, with sharp timing and a graceful stage presence.
Glackens, a fast, fluent hand with a pen, was a wonderful observer, skilled at sharp, on-the-spot renditions of people, places and events.
Meanwhile, a thief who was a skilled card sharp might have had the symbols of clubs, spades, diamonds, and hearts tattooed across the knuckles.
Congress is pursuing a sharp increase in low-skilled immigration... when the foreign-born share of the American population is already headed for historical highs.
Yet for now he is more focused on using poker to produce sharper lawyers and more skilled negotiators than on its potentially harmful effects.
We will just become better skilled and sharper fighters.
We also know a lot about how incomes have evolved over time, especially how less-skilled workers saw little growth in their earning power over the last several decades while skilled workers saw sharp increases in their incomes.
