Word: adeptly
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Haters, be disappointed. Old age has been kind to Green Day. Even as its members creep toward the wizened age of 30, the band still manages to be plenty spirited, not to mention more musically adept than ever before. Friday they even seemed like genuinely nice guys, to boot - projecting, if you will, an almost fatherly aura over the crowd...
...Richard Hatch, though. In Wislander's case, the title refers to an uncanny ability to slither through a field of opponents toward the goal. To get a grip on the sport, a popular one in Europe, think soccer using hands instead of feet, with some dribbling thrown in. Adept at both offense and defense, Wislander, 36, is 10 years older than the average player. He leads an equally experienced team of thirtysomethings, many of whom have played together for a decade. The results? Since his debut in 1985, Wislander has scored 956 goals and led his team to three World...
Nawahi was born in 1899, one of 12 children. As a teenager he played for pennies in the parks of Honolulu, often teaming with Sol Hoopii, who was later Bennie's chief rival as a steel guitar star. By his early 20s, and now adept in guitar, mandolin, ukulele and one-string cigar-box fiddle, Nawahi was ready for the mainland--and vaudeville...
...missile defense is on the fast track following the latest test failure, but Russia's President Vladimir Putin is proving adept at outflanking Washington in the diplomatic battle over the scheme. And that should sound a warning to the next U.S. president that the free ride from Russia is over. Putin visited Pyongyang Wednesday, and got North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il to agree to scrap his missile program in exchange for help with civilian space exploration. The specifics of the plan - which include the somewhat unlikely scenario of the U.S. supplying North Korea with a civilian rocket...
...sport or profit or the fun of committing large-scale vandalism. And for a growing number, the motivation is ideological or nationalistic. Cybercops have begun focusing on a small number of hacker havens--similar to money-laundering havens--where lax or nonexistent laws, corrupt and incompetent authorities, and adept programmers conspire to pose a threat to computer systems worldwide...