Word: maneuverable
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At one point, the sour relations between burly Soviet Delegate Yakov Malik and the U.S.'s acerbic Ambassador John Scali broke into a nasty public spat. In a shrewd parliamentary maneuver, Malik tried to get certain changes he favored incorporated in a revised text of a report by Secretary...
On fourth down, Restic pulled off a brilliant maneuver, sending Stoeckel scrambling into the end zone for a safety with one second left, thus preventing any Penn back from touching the ball. McInally punted a dribbler to Penn center Andy Pettit to end the game.
CHAPLIN'S performance itself is an extraordinary evocation of contradictory emotions. The murderer he plays is both compassionate and utterly despicable--not a split personality but both, simultaneously. The details which reveal Verdoux's character are not mere signposts, as in most films. Chaplin does not show us a man...
The skies were clear as the two teams met to begin play, but the heavy rains of the previous two days worked to Harvard's detriment. The Crimson booters, lacking a sure footing on the wet and mushy surface, were unable to maneuver quickly enough to keep the Brown attackers...
Military intelligence was aware that Egypt was increasing its troop strength along the canal, but it tended to accept Egyptian announcements that the buildup was a military maneuver. The Egyptians had held such maneuvers for the past ten years; there was no indication that this year was any different. Moreover...