By the way, that four-cylinder is copped from the Zetec Ford Focus, where it performs ably, but the Escape weighs about 20% more than the Focus, a burden that the little four can't easily overcome.
Goulding, whose publicist said she was unavailable for press because of a straining voice, also performed ably, blending in her trademark cover of Kanye West's "Power" into a performance that was as short as it was heartbreaking.
The program also included the radical and tumultuous Piano Sonata No. 7 (1942), performed ably by Michael Abramovich.
The rest of the band performed ably, managing to make an opening set feel only slightly tentative.
Mr. Greene has performed ably in various cases, including those involving antitrust issues against Microsoft and civil prosecutions of Enron.
VICTOR WALD A Knack for Languages Victor Wald performed ably as a stockbroker, his wife, Rebecca, recalled, but he seemed miscast in the role.
The Couperin, scored for two sopranos, was performed ably by Margery Daley and Marion Beckenstein, with Ms. Basbas accompanying on a chamber organ, and Margaret Panofsky playing the viola da gamba.
The commissioner of the Office of Emergency Management, Joseph F. Bruno, said the more than 1,000 police, fire and rescue workers at the scene performed ably.
Salim Gauwloos, a Broadway dancer and music-video choreographer, settled for pretty classicism in his new "Spring," set to music by Albinoni and performed ably by Janelle Abbott and John Byrne.
Closer to home, M. Jodi Rell has performed ably as Connecticut's governor since a corruption scandal forced out John G. Rowland in 2004.
Johnson performed ably in that role, lauding the strengths of the National Health Service under Labour and orchestrating the British response to the H1N1 influenza epidemic.
