As ruthless and cruel as he is intelligent and cunning, the Baron's greatest skill is his talent for the subtle and clever manipulation of others through their weaknesses or his understanding of human nature.

A varied library of repertoire will increase the student's musical understanding and skill.

Mastery of the skill requires experience in varying wind and sea conditions, as well as knowledge concerning sailboats themselves and an understanding of one's surroundings.

The pictures have little in common as narrative, but they have much in common as art ; the same deft handling of their material, the same understanding of people, the same ability to focus interest sharply and reward it with honest craftsmanship and skill ... No small share of that credit belongs to the men and the one young woman Hal Roach has recruited for his production.

It suggested that, instead of declaring their services to Queen Elizabeth, barristers should " sincerely promise and declare that I will well and truly serve all whom I may lawfully be called to serve in the office of one of Her Majesty's Counsel, learned in the law according to the best of my skill and understanding ".

For instance, as early as 1920, E. L. Thorndike used the term social intelligence to describe the skill of understanding and managing other people.

Proper understanding of biomechanics relating to sports skill has the greatest implications on: sport's performance, rehabilitation and injury prevention, along with sport mastery.

Hobbes felt that there was no skill unique to lawyers, and that the law could be understood not through Coke's " reason " ( the method used by lawyers ) but through understanding the King's instructions.

Hobbes felt that there was no skill unique to lawyers, and that the law could be understood not through Coke's " reason " ( the method used by lawyers ), but through understanding the King's instructions.

He refused to come to any understanding with the government, although offers were made to him by Napoleon Bonaparte, who admired his skill and his obstinate energy.

His works, though, exude a sense of conciliation and understanding as well as a calm trust in Swiss democracy ; they are executed with great skill, providing brilliance to everyday scenes through subtle choices in colouring and lighting.

I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

This is a skill peculiar to chaos magicians, requiring a deep understanding of the nature of memory and belief and is also the proposed mechanism through which all magic works.

Nonaka's view may be contrasted with Polanyi's original view of ' tacit knowing ', Polanyi believed that while such declarative knowledge may be needed for the acquisition of skills, the argument goes, it no longer becomes necessary for the practice of those skills once the novice becomes an expert in exercising them, and indeed it does seem to be the case that, as Polanyi argued, when we acquire a skill, we acquire a corresponding understanding that defies articulation

It can be implicit ( as with practical skill or expertise ) or explicit ( as with the theoretical understanding of a subject ); it can be more or less formal or systematic.

In accordance with this understanding of learning, Bruner proposed the spiral curriculum, a teaching approach in which each subject or skill area is revisited at intervals, at a more sophisticated level each time.

The aim of the Girl Scouts is that girls will develop to their full potential by pursuing four goals: developing their full potential ; relating to others with increasing understanding, skill, and respect ; developing a meaningful set of values to guide their actions and to provide for sound decision-making ; and contributing to the improvement of society.

This must involve both skill efficiency and conceptual understanding.

Training a dog in obedience can be an ongoing and lengthy process depending on the dog, the methods used, and the skill and understanding of both the trainer and the handler.

This skill relates to an understanding of the mediated nature of all communication, and to an awareness of the act of representation.

Simon Baron-Cohen identified the infant's understanding of attention in others, a social skill found by 7 to 9 months of age, as a " critical precursor " to the development of theory of mind.

Denning commended A. D. Patel for having mastery of all the facts and problems of the sugar industry and presenting them with skill and understanding.

These are considerable works of civil engineering and require some skill and intuitive understanding as well as good engineering.

Unlike humans, who have had proven telepaths for only a few generations, Centauri possess a far greater understanding of the skill, and permit those who possess it far more latitude.

Though Beaux admired Eakins more and thought his painting skill superior to Sartain's, she preferred the latter's gentle teaching style which promoted no particular aesthetic approach.

Emer was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, a gentle voice, sweet words, wisdom, skill at needlework and chastity.

: This is a skill in which one behaves in a comforting, nurturing, kind, and gentle way to oneself.

* Strong performance skill in voicing many types of characters, with a specialty in the gentle and mature sister characters.

The ninth century was in its artistic work `` the spiritually freest and most self-sufficient between past and future '', and the loving skill spent by its artists upon their products is a testimonial to their sense that what they were doing was important and was appreciated.

We have not the leisure, or the patience, or the skill, to comprehend what was working in the mind and heart of a then recent graduate from the Harvard Divinity School who would muster the audacity to contradict his most formidable instructor, the majesterial Andrews Norton, by saying that, while he believed Jesus `` like other religious teachers '', worked miracles, `` I see not how a miracle proves a doctrine ''.

Charles Burney wrote of her singing that " by a natural pathos, and perfect conception of the words, she often penetrated the heart, when others, with infinitely greater voice and skill, could only reach the ear.

Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, liked the film, the acting, and Hitchcock's direction, and wrote, " With all the skill in presentation for which both gentlemen are famed, David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock have put upon the screen a slick piece of static entertainment in their garrulous The Paradine Case ... Gregory Peck is impressively impassioned as the famous young London barrister who lets his heart, cruelly captured by his client, rule his head.

) Some also defend their emphasis on unity of musical expression in group performance by pointing out that this is a necessary skill " just like ... in the string section of any professional symphony ", and add that although group performance plays an important motivating and ensemble role, and is a highly visible part of the Suzuki method, solo expression can also be encouraged, and individually tailored lessons are at the heart of the method ( Barber, 1991 ).

The people that Yaiba meets along his journey to become a true samurai encourage him, train him, or inspire him to greatness, though at heart he is still a child, and his incredible skill with a sword is matched only by his kindness towards his friends.

He died of an apparent heart attack on February 16, 2002 after conducting a college ceramics workshop at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, demonstrating his skill to a live audience.

Her powerfully subtle acting can tickle the funny bone or pierce the heart with equally uncanny skill.

The Palm Grove, in the heart of the Royal Botanic Gardens, is a reminder of his skill and foresight, as is the reclaimed land behind the Farm Cove seawall which added a significant area to the Royal Botanic Gardens.

They would be able to: fall in love with everyone, realize the different paths of spirit, perceive the auras of living organisms, attain the power to pass through objects such as walls ( phasing ), bend metal by using the power of the mind ( i. e. psychokinesis ), walk on fire, operate based on spirit communications ( e. g. mediumship ), become a peacemaker, actually change a violent pattern in the world ( e. g. the Maharishi Effect ), organize a tree plant with kids, calculate faster than a computer, control their heart rate — including making it stop — with no ill effects, intuit information from the past ( retrocognition ) or future ( precognition ), have out-of-body experiences, live off nature for twenty days, be 90 %+ a vegetarian, and be able to intuit other people's thoughts and feelings via telepathy LTC Channon coined the term " warrior monk " for these new service members of the First Earth Battalion, which is anyone who has the presence, service and dedication of a monk and the absolute skill and precision of a warrior.

The preparation of such products is not new, but the systems heretofore employed in polymerizations have commanded considerable experimental skill and starting materials of a high purity.

Most often, the term describes those who create within a context of the fine arts or ' high culture ', activities such as drawing, painting, sculpture, acting, dancing, writing, filmmaking, photography, and music — people who use imagination, talent, or skill to create works that may be judged to have an aesthetic value.

:" He marvelled that among the Greeks, those who were skillful in a thing vie in competition ; those who have no skill, judge " — Diogenes Laertius, of Anacharsis.

Board games have been played in most cultures and societies throughout history ; some even pre-date literacy skill development in the earliest civilizations.

More recently, it has been suggested that both the tests of skill and diligence should be assessed objectively and subjectively ; in the United Kingdom, the statutory provisions relating to directors ' duties in the new Companies Act 2006 have been codified on this basis.

It introduced several innovations to role-playing game design, being the first game to allow players to have non-humanoid roles, and the first to have detailed martial arts and skill systems.

In addition, it was also the first role-playing game to have detailed martial arts rules ( known as " Bun Fu ") and the first attempt at a skill system.

Some casino games have a skill element, where the player makes decisions ; such games are called " random with a tactical element ".

In games which have a skill element, such as Blackjack or Spanish 21, the house edge is defined as the house advantage from optimal play ( without the use of advanced techniques such as card counting ), on the first hand of the shoe ( the container that holds the cards ).

Often however Beavers with testicles intact, after escaping as far away as possible, have drawn in the coveted part, and with great skill and ingenuity tricked their pursuers, pretending that they no longer possessed what they were keeping in concealment.

Call centres have also been the subject of complaints by callers who find the staff often do not have enough skill or authority to resolve problems, while the staff sometimes appear apathetic.

He notes that the Elder Edda couples the Æsir and the álfar, a conjunction that recurs in Old English ês and ylfe, clearly grouping the elves as a divine or supernatural class of beings, sometimes extended by the Vanir as a third class: The Hrafnagaldr states Alföðr orkar, álfar skilja, vanir vita " The Allfather Odin | the áss has power, the álfar have skill, and vanir knowledge ".

An expert witness, professional witness or judicial expert is a witness, who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have expertise and specialised knowledge in a particular subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially and legally rely upon the witness's specialized ( scientific, technical or other ) opinion about an evidence or fact issue within the scope of his expertise, referred to as the expert opinion, as an assistance to the fact-finder.

The New York Times reported in September 1906 on the rationale for the changes: " The main efforts of the football reformers have been to ' open up the game '— that is to provide for the natural elimination of the so-called mass plays and bring about a game in which speed and real skill shall supersede so far as possible mere brute strength and force of weight.

's office, you have to have political skill.

For that he must pass from representing a single figure to several together ; history and myth must be depicted ; great events must be represented as by historians, or like the poets, subjects that will please, and climbing still higher, he must have the skill to cover under the veil of myth the virtues of great men in allegories, and the mysteries they reveal ".

Laboratory hamsters have not lost their ability to dig burrows ; in fact, they will do this with great vigor and skill if they are provided with the appropriate substrate.

( The most illustrious aristocratic youth to have been educated this way may have been Louis XVI, whose parents had him learn the skill of locksmithing.

Normal characters usually have skill ranges of 3 to 20 ; to succeed in a skill roll, the player need to roll equal or below his character's skill.