Balotelli added a second goal in the 60th minute, created by some skillful work by David Silva, before Sergio Agüero made it 3-0 nine minutes later.
The proposed marriage was approved by the States-General after skillful negotiation by Prime Minister Wim Kok.
With a skillful score by Jason Robert Brown and a book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Alfred Uhry, "Parade" received mixed-to-downbeat reviews at its world premiere in 1998, in a production directed by Harold Prince for Lincoln Center Theater.
The Fazal character is the most obvious example of how the miniseries, which was directed by Alastair Reid from a dense, skillful script by Simon Moore, differs from the film in both breadth and tone.
There has been skillful negotiation by his lawyer and logical pronouncements by the judge, but little drama and absolutely no excitement.
Paris was seen by some as the front-runner for much of the campaign, but skillful lobbying by London's supporters and an inspirational final presentation by Sebastian Coe led to the success of its bid.
Though exceptionally skillful, drawings by Al Hirschfeld, the longtime contributor to The New York Times, and by David Levine, who for many years drew large-headed, Ingres-like portraits for The New York Review of Books, do little to stir the pot.
The strong production features an eerie, minimal score by Severin Behnen, played live on toy piano, organ, bells and accordion, and skillful lighting by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew and John Eckert.
And it's also, of course, a skillful performance by a master.
Rarely do you see such skillful manipulation by anonymous sources whose policy agenda is never revealed to readers.
