Lastly, Brust has a decided knack for slipping absorbing mysteries into the minor details of his stories ; mysteries that tend to fascinate his readers, once they notice them, and often form the kernel around which later books coalesce, even though their resolution still springs upon the reader unexpectedly when it finally comes.

During the onset of the series, Otaru comes into the inadvertent acquisition of three marionettes ; Lime, a wildly effervescent girl with a knack for mischief, Cherry, the gentle and soft-spoken mind with gifted culinary skills, and Bloodberry, a bold and voluptuous woman with vigor matched only by her libido.

His hat was stuck on the top of his head so lightly, that it threatened to fall off every moment -- and would have done so, very often, if the wearer had not had a knack of every now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place again.

One of the early black dance crazes of the early twentieth century was the Mess Around, described by songwriter Perry Bradford in his 1912 hit " Messin ' Around " as: " Now anybody can learn the knack, put your hands on your hips and bend your back ; stand in one spot nice and tight, and twist around, twist around with all of your might.

Shir is the fastest character in the game, even having a chance to attack before most characters, and is also very useful since she has a knack of stealing items that are otherwise impossible to obtain ; however, the only catch is once she steals, she will automatically leave the party, leaving Rolf to re-recruit her back in the group.

She has a talent for trouble, a knack for friendship, and a magical kiss — the baiser de la fée, or " fairy's kiss ," — which can effect miraculous healing or change the size of herself and others .< p > She is drawn as a lithe young woman with simultaneously red and blonde hair, and insect-like wings growing from her back.

Though more often a defender, Brehme has shown an exceptional knack for finding the back of the net, scoring at every club he played for.

After retiring as a one-club man in 1954, he joined the back room staff as self-taught Physiotherapist and had a knack of being able to diagnose a player's injury just by looking at them.

Stockport fans named him ' The Ghost ', due to his knack of ' ghosting ' in at the back of the box to score from crosses.

Yvette Guilbert paid him homage saying “ You have the knack of creating popular pleasure, in the finest sense of the word, of entertaining crowds with subtlety, according to the status of those to be entertained ".

If you had the knack, Puck might do minor housework for you, quick fine needlework or butter-churning, which could be undone in a moment by his knavish tricks if you fell out of favour with him.

As a child, Chasez was extremely shy, but when a friend bet him $ 20 to enter a talent show, he won the contest and soon realized he had a knack for performing and that he really enjoyed singing.

Unlike other significant characters, he has no magical knack, but, prior to meeting Alvin, he was made invincible by means of a tattoo given to him at birth ( similar to Achilles ).

De la Rey had an uncanny knack for avoiding ambush, leading many to believe that he was advised by the ' prophet ' Siener van Rensburg who accompanied him.

Alfonzo's knack for getting the big hit in the clutch spot had endeared him to many Met fans who still consider him one of the all-time Met greats.

Although somewhat dimwitted as a father, he has a knack for ingenuity, is loyal to his country, and possesses a profound insight into those around him.

His ambition and knack for self-preservation see him frequently play a pivotal role in the Schismatrix.

However, afterwards, he has a vision he dubs Shining Man, who makes him promise only to use his knack for good.

It was under new manager Neil Warnock that Morrison eventually grabbed his 100th Crystal Palace goal in the London derby against Queens Park Rangers ( a club he has a knack for scoring against ) on 10 November 2007, with an 88th minute equaliser, making him the eighth player in the club's history to reach this milestone.

That year, Regan's knack for earning wins in late-inning relief situations caused Sandy Koufax to nickname him " The Vulture ".

His quick-starting ability, along with a sense of balance and knack of evading direct hits by tacklers, kept him relatively injury-free, missing only four games in 10 years and never more than one game per season.

To counteract Louis ' knack for getting into trouble, his older brother Pete got him involved in the school track team.

He became an influential person in Harkin ’ s career as he saw him develop his knack for clear, concise journalism.

A smart, shrewd and ambitious young man, well connected, and with a knack for getting in the good graces of important people, he was bound to go far.

Nimzowitsch never developed a knack for match play, though ; his best match success was a draw with Alekhine, but the match consisted of only two games and took place in 1914, thirteen years before Alekhine became world champion.

Allmusic said that Finn, " Has consistently proven his knack for crafting high-quality songs that combine irresistible melodies with meticulous lyrical detail.

He was the Hearst newspapers ' baseball columnist for many years, beginning in 1911, and his knack for spotting the eccentric and the unusual, on the field or in the stands, is credited with revolutionizing the way baseball was covered.

Along with the milk of my nurse I received the knack of handling chisel and hammer, with which I make my figures.

He became a popular character actor, with a particular knack for playing drunks.

Picking the right category E is something of a knack: for example, take the given rng R, and make a category E whose objects are rng homomorphisms R → S, with S a ring having a multiplicative identity.

Lichtenstein began experimenting with sculpture around 1964, demonstrating a knack for the form that was at odds with the insistent flatness of his paintings.

He rides in a manner indigenous to the soil, he shoots with the real knack and he acts with that sense of artistry that hides the acting.

Burnett has also been compared to Yasujiro Ozu for his strong sense of composition, Stanley Kubrick for his sharp ear for juxtaposing popular music with images, John Cassavetes for his knack for coaxing natural performances from amateur actors, and Robert Altman for his interest in the minutiae of human interaction.

However the Woodchucks have an uncanny knack for always having the right volume with them for the task at hand ).

A key signing ahead of the 2007-season included Fredrikstad's Simen Brenne, an attacking midfielder with a knack for scoring important goals.

However, Sir Thomas never formulated anything like Gresham's Law, which was the 1857 invention of Henry Dunning Macleod, an economist with a knack for reading into a text that was not written.

While Shastri preferred peace with Pakistan, writing to a friend after the Indo-Pakistani War in 1965 that the problems between both countries should be settled amicably, he had previously displayed a knack for taking quick and decisive actions during the war.

Lucy is naive and ambitious, with an undeserved zeal for stardom and a knack for getting herself and her husband into trouble whenever Lucy yearns to make it in show business.

Charlie Daniels, a big-bearded fiddler with a knack for novelty songs, gave Southern rock its self-identifying anthem with his 1975 hit " The South's Gonna Do It ", the lyrics of which mentioned all of the above bands, proclaiming: " Be proud you're a rebel / ' Cause the South's gonna do it again.

Greene began acting while attending Queen's University in Kingston, where he also acquired a knack for broadcasting with the Radio Workshop of the university's Drama Guild on the campus radio station CFRC.

The owner, Albert Arkwright ( Ronnie Barker ), is a middle-aged miser with a stammer and a knack for being able to sell anything to any buyer, no matter how unwilling.