Lewis's knockabout style is a relief after Dionne's workmanlike prose.
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Alexander Radulov also got a workmanlike assist on the goal.
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Edge of Nowhere, meanwhile, takes a straightforward and workmanlike tack.
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His speeches, blunt and workmanlike, depend upon dramatizing social statistics.
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But there's something to be said for its workmanlike efficiency.
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Clues about his creativity shine through the workmanlike surface, though.
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This workmanlike mission has little to do with daily political squabbling.
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At the same time, they function and flow with workmanlike precision.
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Justice Kavanaugh is, for now at least, more cautious and workmanlike.
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They need Shaun Livingston's fully automatic turnaround jumper and workmanlike post game.
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Talks were proceeding in a "workmanlike and constructive manner", the official added.
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Lexip's is workmanlike, lacking options pro gamers and power users might want.
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They were the last band you expected to end up sounding workmanlike.
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"Pretty workmanlike — it was a nice win," Kansas coach Bill Self said.
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At the Guildhall he learned the oboe, at which he was workmanlike.
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But even the film's more workmanlike performances blend into the overall ensemble.
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He's a quiet, sincere, workmanlike presence, and that's what we're there for.
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"What we see is a picture constructed with workmanlike clarity," he said.
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But these rides have generally been in more workmanlike cars or S.U.V.s.
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In Manafort's case, Elllis is likely to take a more workmanlike approach.
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Onstage, they're tight and energetic, crafting unpredictable setlists and performing with workmanlike precision.
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The band's workmanlike approach to music carries over to their day-to-day.
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Malcolm Brogdon, the workmanlike Bucks guard, has become a favorite for the trophy.
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Those occasions are generally more workmanlike, lacking the formality and grandeur that Trump prefers.
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The rest of the Rumble set the table for WrestleMania in unspectacular, workmanlike fashion.
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It contains the original kitchen, with workmanlike stone sinks and a large bread oven.
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But that era's continuous, workmanlike grinding probably didn't feel all that glorious then, either.
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"Paradise" comes across as schematic, workmanlike, while "The Baptism of Christ" radiates spiritual conviction.
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Critics called his fiction workmanlike, relying more on twisty plots than characters and dialogue.
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She's used a workmanlike attitude and droll wit to make inroads with two previous presidents.
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The others are more workmanlike, but still represent a strong set for any TV show.
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The show has a workmanlike quality that aligns nicely with the rest of Cuse's work.
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When I look back on his career to date, I'm struck by his workmanlike spirit.
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Dallek's is a workmanlike addition to the literature on Roosevelt and covers all the bases.
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Her faith in devotional attention and a workmanlike approach as transformative qualities in painting is palpable.
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Votto was never a bad teammate, but his intense, stoic, workmanlike approach was the stuff of legend.
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Overall, his performance is grounded and workmanlike, and it only gets better as the stakes get higher.
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Mr. Feig, like Ivan Reitman before him, has assembled a workmanlike action-comedy about people at work.
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But that bottle of workmanlike Scotch can also contribute its alcohol and flavor to the cooking process.
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The exception to the workmanlike vibe is Cleveland's best reliever, the sky-tall and phenomenally gifted Andrew Miller.
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As a pure piece of cinema, Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is sometimes beautiful, mostly workmanlike.
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Many of them were probably not surprised that the Rays came away with a workmanlike 4-1 victory.
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Hamburg won its game on Friday at the Volksparkstadion, 1-0, with a workmanlike performance against visiting Leverkusen.
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Nonetheless, Smith is an able synthesizer who weaves together a readable if often workmanlike narrative out of these sources.
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"Unsolved" is equal parts appealingly pulpy and workmanlike, sometimes paced like a procedural and sometimes like a prestige drama.
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Brian G. Shellum, a retired Army tank and intelligence officer, does a workmanlike job of relating this neglected tale.
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It's part old-time public recitation, part Hollywood table read, and at points actors stumble over the workmanlike text.
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But his workmanlike absorption in the task at hand is precisely what makes this movie fascinating as well as moving.
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Despite a workmanlike efficiency and a practiced smile that invited comparisons to cyborgs, Holzhauer allowed some charm to break through.
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If only the same were true for this workmanlike comedy, kept afloat solely by the likability of its two leads.
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For the past two years Samsung has offered a workmanlike Note and a higher-end Edge version with curved glass.
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But he's also a director with a longtime relationship with Lucasfilm and a workmanlike approach that suggests he can take orders.
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This comedy about concealed identities, madness and mismatched couples contains some lovely arias and ensembles, but also reams of workmanlike recitative.
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A brisk 96 minutes, the movie is workmanlike in its approach, yet still manages to be stirring thanks to the subject matter.
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The Orioles are expecting a workmanlike season from Gallardo, who has made at least 30 starts in each of the past seven seasons.
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It is Future Dystopia 101, and director Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) is too workmanlike to give it much visual pizzazz.
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It has a magnificent knack for getting the best out of bang-average players, and for making workmanlike jobbers seem like Olympian gods.
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Written in direct, workmanlike language, their books don't romanticize animal behavior, even as they focus on those aspects that tug at human hearts.
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Durable and unflappable, he also had an unassuming, workmanlike demeanor that played well during a lengthy career in the country's largest media market.
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The best offense in the NBA against the best defense; the glitz and pomp of the Warriors against the workmanlike virtuosity of the Spurs.
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Enid may technically be too old for the book to qualify as YA fiction, but it's written with the genre's straightforward and workmanlike style.
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There's no room for a workmanlike career in pro gaming right now, and that inevitably leaves a lot of people out in the cold.
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And unfortunately the choreography, by Denis Jones, features numerous tap routines that are more workmanlike than inspired, and occasionally seem to go on forever.
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The book doesn't distinguish itself from others in the genre — it's an epic poem rendered in workmanlike prose — but the details are astonishing nonetheless.
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But it's no less transcendent as they transition from the slow motorik of some workmanlike techno, through brutalist EBM, and off-kilter post-punk.
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All of those elements make for a workmanlike heartstring-tugger from Dutch-Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad based on a novel by Charles Martin.
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Too pedestrian to be some form of Stark tech, too workmanlike to be RDJ-approved casual wear, too normal to be a motion-capture getup.
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Written by Daemon author Daniel Suarez, Change Agent is supposed to be a workmanlike beach read that presents big ideas through a fast-paced plot.
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Defensemen Mikhail Sergachev and Dan Girardi scored for the Lightning, who won with workmanlike goals from the back end instead of their usual flashy offense.
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While the first season felt as bracingly creative as a chilly Minnesota wind, creator Noah Hawley appears to be settling into a more workmanlike pattern.
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Much of it, alas, is workmanlike stuff to sell to the many tourists who come in the summer to visit the lake and Niagara Falls.
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Yet that was precisely why France's World Cup victory — criticized as more of a workmanlike ramble than a triumphant march — offered a vindication of sorts.
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But it does a workmanlike job of explaining the challenges Ginsburg faced on her way to becoming a well-known litigator and eventually a judge.
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The bout ended in a workmanlike win for the 26-year-old Yusuff, with all three judges scoring it 29-28 (two rounds to one).
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Sophomore forward Christian Bishop's career-high 33 points paced host Creighton's workmanlike 72-60 nonconference victory over Oral Roberts on Tuesday night in Omaha, Neb.
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Spider-Man A game that seems to capture the power and agility of one of Marvel's most iconic heroes, after years of decent but workmanlike adaptations?
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But his career and performances were far from workmanlike: Landau made his mark on Hollywood early, and sustained and expanded it through intense dedication and preparation.
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If anything, it was workmanlike [and] gave us a glimpse of the 'can do' business side of the president that we haven't seen much of lately.
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Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders sit side by side at the front of the cafeteria, heads bent over matching yellow legal pads, taking notes in workmanlike silence.
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It was Eriksen's 13th goal in his last 15 appearances for his country and underlined the pivotal importance of the Tottenham Hotspur playmaker to the otherwise workmanlike Danes.
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For those who take the trip, though, "The Great Wall" is solidly constructed, and despite its abundant visual effects, a sort-of old-fashioned exercise in workmanlike efficiency.
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On the level of craft, "My Son Wears Heels," which includes a foreword by Diane Ehrensaft, a developmental and clinical psychologist specializing in gender, is workmanlike at best.
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It wasn't an immediate change but instead a slow and steady process: Leonard's workmanlike demeanor became a hallmark of the Raptors' play — carrying them to previously unforeseen heights.
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Their workmanlike efficacy and pre-conceived strategy was incongruous with the setting: a bunch of grown men skating around on a frozen lake in Middle Of Nowhere, Canada.
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I never expected the band to sound workmanlike It's an intriguing concept, but the melodic ideas on hand here aren't strong or distinct enough to render it a success.
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Compared to the iPhone 4, every single other phone, including Samsung's new "iPhone killer" Galaxy S, was a cheap-looking mess of plastic, incoherently designed or at best workmanlike.
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In colorful if somewhat workmanlike prose, Chadwick tells the story of New York in those murderous decades through the prism of how it policed itself, or at least tried.
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By our second or third offensive attempt, the opposing team knew every angle we were going to come from, and went about dismantling our attacks in a coolly workmanlike way.
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Happ allowed one run (on a harmless solo homer) in six innings, the type of steady, workmanlike effort that has been a rarity from the Yankees' starters in recent weeks.
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Much of this is because we're absolutely spoiled with brilliant point guards these days, so much so that a workmanlike creator like Conley can't help but feel a tad uninteresting.
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"People want easy-drinking, low-tannin 'juice,' as they call it," Mr. Mills said as we tasted in the workmanlike industrial winery, where he rents space to make his wines.
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And print reporters — used to a workmanlike life behind the scenes even on a high-profile beat — have been cast as celebrities of #TheResistance or visible villains trafficking in Fake News.
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George King contributed another workmanlike effort down low with 2117 points and seven rebounds while Tory Miller-Stewart, whose nine rebounds were pivotal in the opening-round win, scored 20053 points.
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He prided himself on being a workmanlike performer, and if he had to individually engage with every single person in the crowd of 22,000 to win them over, so be it.
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The writing has a few holes, and Gary Ross's direction never raises above the level of "workmanlike" — and doesn't come close to Steven Soderbergh's stylish work on 2001's Ocean Eleven.
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Rinne made 21 saves for the wild-card Predators, who rallied from a three-games-to-two series deficit and ousted the Pacific Division champion Ducks with a workmanlike road victory.
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It is difficult to write an exciting book about modern anesthesia but Przybylo is thoughtful and workmanlike in his production, as he is, it is quite clear, when administering his anesthetics.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's inaugural committee raised an unprecedented $107 million for a ceremony that officials promised would be "workmanlike," and the committee pledged to give leftover funds to charity.
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It's true that Rowling's prose is best described as workmanlike and competent; if the reason you read is solely to enjoy perfectly balanced and polished sentences, you may be best served elsewhere.
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Odd in scale, spatial illusion and gravity of mood, these images are fittingly painted in a solid, workmanlike style and are startlingly prescient of 19th-century French artists like Courbet and Manet.
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Where the Warriors have the incandescent, inimitable genius of Steph Curry, the Spurs have the apotheosis of workmanlike competence in Tim Duncan, a man so textbook they call him the Big Fundamental.
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Malcolm Lambert, whose previous books include "Christians and Pagans," does a workmanlike job of clearly summarizing a vast sweep of history in GOD'S ARMIES: Crusade and Jihad: Origins, History, Aftermath (Pegasus, $229.95).
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Despite the popular perception — part myth, part hope — that the work of fashion takes place amid tantrums and rages, high-strung and fabulous, as often as not, the reality is more workmanlike.
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In it, Jeffrey William Hunt, the director of the Texas National Guard's museum, does a workmanlike job of telling the story of those two transitional but still minor weeks in the war.
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"Much, again, as denim has gone through a change of perception from workmanlike commodity product to premium artisanal one, tweed too will be viewed as being other than fusty or dowdy," he said.
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His is still an interesting book, despite its workmanlike prose, because it involves a journey that takes us from 1930s Washington, D.C., to present-day Palo Alto with pit stops around the world.
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On "Heaven and Earth" there's a balance between big-stroke conceptualism — the first CD, "Earth," is meant to represent worldly preoccupations; the second, "Heaven," explores utopian thought — and the workmanlike reality of collaboration.
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After a straight sets, yet workmanlike, victory over compatriot Bethanie Mattek-Sands in her opening match, Stephens had looked poised for another uncomplicated outing as she strolled through the first set against Petkovic.
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Up until this year, and in particular the last few weeks, Dragic's 2013-14 Suns campaign felt like an odd blip of elite production in what has otherwise been a workmanlike but ordinary career.
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Gorton's lucid, workmanlike order affirmed that immigration is indeed distinct from other policy areas and that the courts aren't supposed to have a whole lot of authority in questioning the political branches over it.
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Robin Cross, a veteran author of World War II histories, does a workmanlike but uninspiring job of covering all this in OPERATION DRAGOON: The Allied Liberation of the South of France: 1944 (Pegasus, $27.95).
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Instead, each scored two runs in a more workmanlike manner to support Masahiro Tanaka — reaching base on three singles and a double — and providing the first four runs in a 6-3 Yankees win.
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More crucially, its workmanlike cinematic language can't quite capture the urgency and expansiveness of Didion's vision as a writer, and how keenly and bitingly she managed to forecast the insanities that plague our time.
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The Lightning are 6-0-1 since losing in regulation for only the second time this season and eased to a 63-1 victory over Dallas on Thursday with a workmanlike performance for 60 minutes.
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Yet Mr. Jones's success at the house — he has produced one unexpected hit collection after another; notably that based on designs of the obscure British designer Christopher Nemeth — requires a workmanlike understanding of the brief.
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Montana's workmanlike approach has been drawing people in since 2909, but it's really in the last few years, since his remix of Nicki Minaj and Lil Herb's "Chiraq" went viral, that things have taken off.
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The President's tribute to Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens -- who was killed in Yemen on a mission that was a success or failure, depending whom you ask — was the emotional coda to an otherwise workmanlike speech.
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This approach helps elevate The Sense of an Ending a bit above its otherwise workmanlike storytelling, which seems, quite obviously, to be derivative of its source material — a book on screen, rather than something more original.
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In Westwood, she proves to be an obstinate and unpredictable subject and interviewee, which is a shot in the arm for an otherwise workmanlike biographical documentary, giving a look at both her life and her personality.
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Meanwhile, while Athletic Bilbao were anything but unimaginative, their approach was considerably less romantic and far more rooted in a workmanlike ethic, not to mention the individual exploits of their talismanic forwards, Dani and Manu Sarabia.
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In this case, it's not gender equality, but rather the roots -- and price -- of competitive greatness, yielding a move that's intellectually stimulating but whose execution is closer to a workmanlike grind than a clear-cut winner.
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Salah did not play, and Egypt watched a workmanlike performance go to waste when Uruguay defender Jose Gimenez scored on a dramatic 03th-minute header to propel his team to a 1-0 victory at Ekaterinburg Arena.
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Wawrinka may not be as popular as his countryman Roger Federer, but "Stan the Man" has earned considerable respect, along with three Grand Slam titles including the 2016 U.S. Open, for a workmanlike approach to his craft.
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Capable, workmanlike, quick to learn and good up front, Pod didn't start the show in line for the crown, but through grit, determination, and a bit of luck, he could win it in the same way Leicester did.
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GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Canada opened their defense of their Olympic men's ice hockey gold medal with a workmanlike 5-1 win over Switzerland on Thursday in a muted contest that failed to fill the Kwandong Hockey Centre.
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There isn't much art in this workmanlike premiere, but it does begin with a shot of the clouds painted over Versace's bed that leads to a lovely, nearly wordless sequence contrasting Gianni's civilized morning with Andrew's primal scream.
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But at least for the moment, Boston, after a methodical, workmanlike sweep of a resilient Indiana Pacers team in the first round, reflected the team that many preseason observers thought would waltz its way to the N.B.A. finals.
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For lower-tier NFL quarterbacks, anything less than amazing production tends to invite an avalanche of "this guy could be replaced by a workmanlike Brian Hoyer-wannabe making the minimum, and no one would notice a difference" analysis.
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It's more workmanlike than imaginatively scripted or shot, which is a little disappointing — there was certainly an opportunity to set the film apart from other procedural films or movies about death row, but this one sticks to familiar vocabulary.
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That loss meant England got a workmanlike Scandinavian opponent rather than Brazil in the quarter-finals and, while it was not a game that set neutrals' pulses racing, they again showed the calmness their manager has instilled in them.
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In their second match, a 3-1 victory over Egypt, Russia took their total over two games to more than 233km, which, after Friday's action, was around 8km more than any other two-match team, with workmanlike Australia their nearest challengers.
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LaMarcus Aldridge scored a workmanlike 19 points and Tony Parker added 163 as San Antonio rolled to a 109-91 victory over the injury-depleted Clippers at the AT&T Center but this one could have been much, much easier for the Spurs.
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A workmanlike comedy with some fun surprises hidden along the way, it's a clever twist on the original that leaves that film intact, and a good-hearted coming-of-age story to boot, with a cast that commits wholeheartedly to its physical comedy.
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On the surface, Ted Cruz looked as strong as ever during his six-day, 28-county bus tour across the Hawkeye State last week week, filling Christian bookstores and old schoolhouses as he trekked from the Missouri to the Mississippi rivers at a workmanlike pace.
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Didi Gregorius and Sanchez also hit homers, Ronald Torreyes tied a career high with four hits, and Luis Severino threw a workmanlike six and two-thirds innings for the Yankees, who remained four and a half games behind Boston in the American League East.
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Only two of those drives took longer than three minutes, quick strikes that represented a staggering blend of speed and arm strength before giving way to a workmanlike drubbing: methodical, mostly monotonous and essentially merciless — a rarity in a matchup of top-five teams.
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Per the label Sahel Sounds—dedicated students and aficionados of the region's music—Etran de L'Air are the workmanlike vets of a scene of celebratory music; their roiling, vibrant leads serve as the soundtrack for "weddings, baptisms, and political events" among other communal celebrations.
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This almost workmanlike devotion to small-scale but gorgeously crafted drama has earned Better Call Saul accusations of being too boring from some corners, and as if to compensate, season three has steadily ramped up storylines about Albuquerque's criminal element, now featuring Breaking Bad favorite Gus Fring.
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Shot in Eastwood's typical workmanlike style, so sapped of color that it sometimes approaches black and white, the movie excels at capturing both the moment-to-moment drama of ditching the plane and the remarkable calm that Sullenberger and his crew displayed while making life-or-death decisions.
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But if selecting Mr. Pence would seem to be a concession to standard political imperatives, the move is also a gamble for Mr. Trump, who has typically valued his allies for their deep loyalty and public feistiness, rather than for the workmanlike political abilities that Mr. Pence embodies.
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The inaugural committee promised that the swearing-in ceremonies and events would be "workmanlike," even as it raised a record-shattering $107 million — about twice as much as former President Barack Obama's inaugural committee raised for the festivities around his 2009 swearing-in — largely from wealthy donors and corporations.
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The pair represent the competing power centers still vying inside Mr. Trump's West Wing: Ms. Sanders, the Southern-drawling, workmanlike political operative installed by Mr. Priebus; and Mr. Scaramucci, the gregarious New York hedge fund manager who has grown close with the Trump family and is new to politics.
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But "Self-Portrait with Bird of Prey and Rat" is further confounding in the way Grosz splits his approach between a workmanlike self-portrait, painted in realistic colors, and the swarms of desaturated clouds surrounding the artist at his easel, as the eponymous bird and rat hover above his left shoulder.
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The workmanlike Olympus isn't a great movie, but it's competent enough in its own way, largely thanks to the sure and steady hand of director Antoine Fuqua, the director of Training Day, Shooter, and The Equalizer and one of the most consistent makers of watchable R-rated action fare today.
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Luke McQueary, a skinny 17-year-old in a plaid Western-style shirt, stepped to the front of the stage and, instead of delivering the workmanlike guitar break I was expecting, set the stage aflame with a blistering solo I would have expected from someone twice his age and experience.
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Providing scant background on Koresh and practically none on the by then 40-year history of the Branch Davidians — they seem to have sprung whole from the Texas plains — "Waco" is a workmanlike summary of events that paints a largely, some might say excessively, sympathetic portrait of Koresh and his followers.
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But big-hitting Matteo Berrettini put himself into that conversation on Wednesday with a gritty, workmanlike effort that no doubt earned the approval of his Italian countrymen, battling past 13th seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 7-6(5) to reach a first Grand Slam semi-final.
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Though the Clippers can be fun to watch, particularly when Paul and Griffin are feeding Jordan for easy dunks, they tend to be lumbering and workmanlike on that side of the court, one of the reasons they have yet to win the affection of certain fans (including those who write weekly basketball columns).
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The movie thus generally plays like less than the sum of its parts -- delivering a few laughs courtesy of Larson and Jackson's playful banter, or the incongruity of Fury getting all gooey about a stray cat, before eventually unleashing Captain Marvel's powers in an action sequence that's fleetingly stirring, then workmanlike thereafter.
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Thousands of papers have been published, from workmanlike investigations of the role of certain brain regions in, say, recalling directions or reading the emotions of others, to spectacular treatises extolling the use of fMRI to detect lies, to work out what people are dreaming about or even to deduce whether someone truly believes in God.
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After two runners-up finishes, Johnson finally snatched the Canadian crown with a workmanlike final round of six-under 66 that left the big-hitting American three shots clear of Kim Whee and An Byeong-hun The South Koreans both birdied the final hole for matching 69s to share second on 20-under-par.
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Written by Richard Wenk and Luc Besson, this workmanlike film has the no-frills efficiency of several other Besson productions, but it lacks the tongue-in-cheek humor of "Taken," to say nothing of "Three Kings," a non-Besson project to which the plot here — American soldiers search for looted gold — bears some resemblance.
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It's a pretty workmanlike verse from Wayne, but it gets right to the point: Rap-A-Lot was undoubtedly key to the development of Cash Money, as their success as an independent record label from the South helped direct Master P's own vision for No Limit Records, which in turn inspired Baby and Slim.
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Abe Vigoda, the sad-faced actor who emerged from a workmanlike stage career to find belated fame in the 19963s as the earnest mobster Tessio in "The Godfather" and the dyspeptic Detective Phil Fish on the hit sitcom "Barney Miller," died on Tuesday morning in Woodland Park, N.J. He was 94, having outlived by about 34 years an erroneous report of his death that made him a cult figure.
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All was forgiven by the time he played his acoustic version before Game 1 of the 2012 N.L.C.S. John Amirante Rangers, Yankees and Mets games from 1979 to 2015 While Amirante is hardly a household name, he sings a tidy and workmanlike anthem, and if you are from New York and watched sports over the last 35 years (particularly Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup finals), you will recognize the Bronx native's distinct baritone.
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EditorsNote: Update 2: adds next opponents in second graf Jared Butler scored 19 points and MaCio Teague added 17 to lead No. 24 Baylor to a workmanlike 76-53 victory over Ohio on Thursday afternoon in a quarterfinal game at the Myrtle Beach Invitational in Conway, S.C. The Bears (3-1) advance to play Coastal Carolina on Friday, with Ohio (983-2) falling to the consolation bracket for a contest against Utah.
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In the mid-nineteenth century, Charles Dickens, who was fascinated with the new, scientific approach to law enforcement, wrote that London's Detective Force: is so well chosen and trained, proceeds so systematically and quietly, does its business in such a workmanlike manner, and is always so calmly and steadily engaged in the service of the public, that the public really do not know enough of it, to know a tithe of its usefulness.
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And while Rollins' attempt at emoting a grizzled sadness hidden behind a pair of old, tired eyes failed to garner the acclaim it did for actors like Mickey Rourke, to a lesser extent, the role did feel like a reward not only for an actor who had put in his workmanlike dues as hired muscle over two decades, but also for the punks who had been following his weird, winding acting career for just as long.
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Many in the West persist in framing Africa exclusively as a continent troubled by "crisis and problems," said Simone Cipriani, founder of the Ethical Fashion Initiative, which organized the show of workmanlike clothes by the South Africans Keith Henning and Jody Paulsen; of outfits marrying blanket woolens with sophisticated woven elements by Lukhanyo Mdingi and Nicholas Coutts, also from South Africa; of frankly political patterned apparel by the Nigeria-born, Philadelphia-based attorney Wale Oyejide; and of Gozi Ochonogor's deceptively simple suits.
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Taken together, the division has everything you could want in a summer race: A billionaire organization that isn't here to make friends, run by the brightest brains in the business; a workmanlike legacy franchise that just can't help but finish first, but without much to recommend it for watchability; two middle-income squads with talent to spare and with an outside chance at a late-summer push; and a morass of awful and as-yet-unredeemed venality that just might be on the path to redemption.
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