1.   As a manager, she's very adept at helping empower people and making them feel involved."

2.   Director Michael Apted is adept at balancing suspense and credibility, even when the story stretches into Orwellian dimensions.

3.   Disabled athletes spend most of their lives in wheelchairs and are adept at maneuvering them.

4.   Dole has been more adept at seizing photo opportunities in his out-of-town forays.

5.   Dole has been particularly adept at avoiding spending money on campaign-related events in the past several weeks.

6.   Double-double threat: Arizona has two quarterbacks, Keith Smith and Ortege Jenkins, and both are equally adept at running and passing.

7.   Dribble penetration can come from any of the 10 players on the court, but usually it is the point guard who is most adept at this art.

8.   Effective persuaders must be adept at describing their positions in terms that illuminate their advantages.

9.   Egoyan has always been adept at constructing cinematic jigsaw puzzles, and "Felicia's Journey" is no exception.

10.   Each is adept at articulating the anxieties of ordinary people who feel _ often justifiably _ that they are ignored by complacent mainstream politicians.