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Ted Bernstein, when he was assistant managing editor of The New York Times , published a house organ, “Winners and Sinners,” that offered kudos for the occasional “bright passage” or deft metaphor and cited questionable and nonstandard grammar and usage that appeared in the newspaper.
The New York Times ' Ben Brantley calls The Blue Room "a deft, efficient and sometimes amusing piece of work ...
Devising the question calls for the deft and tactful art of the straight man, for playing George Burns to your Gracie Allen.
Fashion journalists covering the couture are careful to explain the precise tailoring and the deft application of the paillettes, since most of it isn't meant to register on the scanning gaze.
They particularly like his deft black humor and "gift for genuinely shocking his audience" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Pope-basher Sinead O'Connor portrays the Virgin Mary.