He is skilful in deploying patronage, from seats in the Lords to invitations to Number 10.
On the other hand, the OAS has been very skilful in remaining attached to the principle of "not rocking the boat".
Unlike the heroes of the book, however, Miss Lovett did not scale a sheer cliff and dispatch her enemies with skilful swordsmanship in order to win what was rightfully hers.
The skilful Moroccan drove in a fierce cross which had Motherwell all at sea but Stavrum could not make the vital connection.
The knowledge behind the practice of building the daldal is now known to all male members of the community, but some Irob men are regarded as more skilful than others in adapting and improving the daldal and in experimenting with different ways of using the niches that they have created for crop, grass and tree production.
The book surveys shelf after shelf of the economics literature but in such skilful hands it does not feel like a dutiful trip to the library.
Portugal are another one of Europe's skilful teams to be drawn in the Republic's group, which also contains Cyprus, Andorra and Estonia.
And in March, skilful diplomacy by the army and America averted a political crisis sparked by Mr Zardari's efforts to have his more-popular rival, Nawaz Sharif, rendered ineligible for election.
Although Mr Marinho was in essence an extremely skilful businessman, he liked to call himself a journalist.
Prosecutor Jonathan Ashley-Norman, for the Office of Rail Regulation, said there could have been a "terrible tragedy" had it not been for the "prompt and skilful actions" of London Underground staff in the control room.
Regarded as a national treasure in Australia, Mr Winton is skilful at conveying not only the thrill of surfing, but also its terrors.
She says classic knitwear is often created using skilful processes, and technology will improve this vastly in the future.
Mr Cardoso is also a skilful alliance-builder, the key to dominance in Brazil's fragmented politics, where no party has more than a fifth of Congress.
They have been playing skilful, disciplined and confident cricket, and on Thursday in St Lucia produced the same performance they have produced against everyone else, with the possible exception of Ireland.
But although popular with tennis fans for her cheerful manner and skilful play, Hingis did court controversy, most notably in the French Open final in 1999, where she lost to Germany's Steffi Graf and infuriated the crowd by arguing line calls and them making a graceless and tearful exit.
Marcela Bielsa's side have won many admirers in South Africa with their quick-fire, skilful brand of attacking football, but apart from a weak Humberto Suarez shot that Brazil keeper Julio Cesar easily collected they had little end product to show for their bright start.
The Casa de la Memoria de Al-Andalus (the House of Al-Andalus Memories) encased in a former Sephardic Jewish mansion in the higgledy-piggledy Santa Cruz quarter, has garnered an excellent reputation in recent years for its heavy Baroque atmosphere and skilful musicians who are not afraid to improvise.
He was skilful at getting countries to surrender their finest beaches for new resorts in return for electricity and other infrastructure, and persuading bankers to finance them.
Italy's fighter pilots, after all, are often described by their counterparts in terms familiar from the world of sport: flashy, skilful, sometimes a bit reckless, and lacking the patience to be solid team players.
"Sometimes I say that this is the best league in the world, but sometimes they don't protect the skilful players, " he said.
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The proposal was approved "in order to ensure the council can successfully recruit and retain knowledgeable and skilful employees".
Mr Rogan manoeuvres with skilful assurance, maintaining a steady pace through time, and keeping the wider horizon in view even as he makes use of a broad range of judiciously chosen primary sources to enrich the narrative.
Another skilful run by Templeton took him past three United defenders before he was closed down in the box by Watson and, though the winger went to ground, referee Iain Brines was unmoved by shouts for a penalty by the travelling fans and Templeton himself made no great appeal for a spot-kick.
Mr Hohn's skilful choice of investments and successful campaigns for change have provided returns of more than 40% in each of the past three years.
Skilful midfielder Jaouad Zairi has been dropped, the 25-year-old, who plays in Greece for Asteras Tripolis, has played for the Atlas Lions at the last two Nations Cup finals.
At employment, Mr Smith was a skilful communicator, and had managed, until recently, to deflect attention away from the flaws in the New Deal, a scheme for getting the long-term unemployed into work.
The skilful Villa has been a target for other Premier League clubs, with Liverpool and Chelsea both linked to bids in recent seasons.
And if she fails to make her mark against the skilful operator who is today's chancellor, the Christian Democrats can still choose someone else to take him on in time for the next election.
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