Parents can be nimble-fingered at pushing our buttons — because they installed them.
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No longer reserved for bohemians or nimble-fingered knitting groups, patchwork pieces will slot seamlessly into your summer wardrobe.
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If someone can solve a Rubik's Cube, you might safely assume they are both nimble-fingered and good at puzzles.
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Some rooms were lined with leather, others had hand-painted wallpaper or tapestries made in French workshops by nimble-fingered Huguenots.
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He shaves off all his hair and wears Japanese style clothes. He is extremely nimble-fingered. He is good at sports and has a good eye for things. ; : :Kiyotaka's grandfather and the owner of Kura.
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CMJ New Music wrote that Fahey's "... newest work is slightly more subdued than last year's Let Go, but equally as radiant. A nimble-fingered master... Fahey has continually created profound expressions on the acoustic guitar, in a mystical yet intimate setting".
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Reviewing Snyder's book, The New York Times describes the author as "nimble-fingered craftswoman". However, Jane Langton calls Snyder's style of writing "sober" and states that there are many loose ends in the book that a reader could build "a bird's nest out of them."JANE LANGTON. in the New York Times Book Review. March 31, 1974, p.8.
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Record Mirror regarded "Dreaming from the Waist" as one of the highlights of The Who by Numbers. Critic Chris Charlesworth regards it as one of the Who's best songs. Authors Steve Grantley and Alan G. Parker praise Keith Moon's drumming and especially John Entwistle's "nimble-fingered" bass guitar playing. Charlesworth concurs that Entwistle's bass solo is "a stunning display of virtuosity".
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Their musical style is a blend of folk music, jazz and classical chamber music, with touches of blues. The music written by the members of the ensemble is often centred on an album theme and is played with a wide variety of acoustic instruments. The name of the band is an original composition, derived from the French word 'flair' and the Dutch word 'vlerk', which means 'a nimble fingered hand' or 'wing', but also 'rowdy young man'.
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Escape of the Artful Dodger is an Australian children's television series first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. Escape of the Artful Dodger is the story of Jack Dawkins, who was introduced in the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. The Artful Dodger is a fast-talking, nimble-fingered young pick- pocket in London, whose voyage to Australia presents an opportunity to escape from his old life of being a crook, to become a hero.
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Popmatters writer Craig Hayes opined that Countdown to Extinction was "either an exemplary illustration of nimble-fingered thrash metal that introduced Megadeth to a legion of new fans" or "an unimaginative, artistically cynical stab at arena-baiting commercial success". According to Greg Sandow from Entertainment Weekly, Megadeth's "music has lost its former hurricane verve but keeps its crunch, and feels more rooted, even more melodic". Chad Bowar from About.com raved the album's 20th anniversary edition, describing the songs as "more straightforward" and the lyrics predominantly being "politically charged".
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This was part of a trend towards all things handcrafted, as a writer in The Times put it in 1966: "The hand-made look is infinitely desirable – provided that other hands have done the work. Nimble-fingered grandmothers all over the country have been pressed into service to produce the kind of work their granddaughters laughed at three years ago. The Women's Home Industries...has a booming business collecting and retailing the products of domestic craft". Two years on, Prudence Glynn also noted the demand for clothes that "at least look handmade", suggesting this might be a desire for individuality in an era of mass production.
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When the player enters the house, it yields a number of intriguing objects, including a brass, battery-powered lantern, an empty trophy case, and an Elvish sword of great antiquity. Beneath the rug a trap door leads down into a dark cellar, which is revealed to be one of several entrances to a vast subterranean land known as the Great Underground Empire. The player soon encounters a colorful host of dangerous enemies, including deadly grues who only prey on their victims in the dark, an axe- wielding troll, a giant cyclops who flees in terror at the mention of Odysseus, a vampire bat that can drop the player anywhere in the mine if encountered, evil spirits guarding the Entrance to Hades, and a nimble- fingered thief armed with a stiletto who makes mapping the maze difficult by removing or scattering any items that the player might drop to leave a trail. The ultimate goal of Zork I is to collect the Twenty Treasures of Zork and install them in the trophy case.
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