The Bolsheviks, through the refined skills of the party leader Yakov Sverdlov, had the Congress of Soviets under control by the summer of 1918.
Paul DePodesta, who leads the Mets' department of amateur scouting and player development, compared baseball to golf, saying both sports often require refined skill rather than raw athleticism.
Without extremely refined skill, shared accountability means less accountability.
Increasingly fine photography collectors have come to treasure the refined skill they applied to their visual documentation.
The term "mindfulness" was derived from the Buddhist concept of "sati," which refers to refined skills of awareness, attention, and remembering (Siegel, Germer, & Olendzki, 2008).
Each day as I walked into work, all I could see was opportunity — to one day have my own business, to refine my skills, to use those refined skills to help people from all over the world.
To become a painter or sculptor, you needed to train in very refined skills.
Many of the new workers did not have the same refined skills as the journeymen they replaced.
He used slick movement and refined skills to win a decision over Mayorga that made his father, the former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, cry with pride in the ring.
After watching Mr. Frears ply his refined skills in mainstream studio fare, it's enthralling to see him employ that jazziness to spark his ticking impatience with injustice".
It is recognized, however, that endolaryngeal microsurgery requires highly refined skills to handle the delicate structures of the vocal folds under the microscope.
