Now Mr. Bush's generally adroit handling of the China episode has brought grumbling from the activist conservative wing of the G.O.P.

He has earned a reputation for adroit handling of live coverage, especially during the failed Soviet coup.

Like Mr. Carlucci, General Powell won high marks for his adroit handling of a job that had been badly discredited in the Iran-contra scandals.

Only through the adroit handling of the legislation by Speaker of the House Henry Clay was a settlement reached and disunion avoided.

Even the more familiar material gains an updated energy from her adroit handling of close-focus, rapidly shifting narrative angles.

But she has true musical instincts, as several elegant turns of phrase in the Faure and adroit handling of the cadences in the Bartok showed.

His sense for witty situations is as impressive as his adroit handling of the players.

In general, Yellin, through adroit handling of the Brute Squad, was able to bring these bad fellows, eventually, under control.

McFarlane revived it in 1983 by adroit handling of a Joint Chiefs meeting with the President on Feb. 11, 1983.

His adroit handling of the 1987 crash didn't hurt either.