1.   President Bush is being widely praised for his deft handling of the hostage crisis.

2.   And despite his deft handling of Congress, Freeh has handled other political aspects of his job rather poorly.

3.   Federal Reserve board chairman AlanGreenspan is praised for his deft handling of interest rates.

4.   Gretzky then scored twice on goals in which his deft handling of the puck confused Snow.

5.   The White House seems to have reacted before deliberating carefully on an issue that begs for deft handling.

6.   Bouchard, a separatist, is believed to have boosted his popularity with his deft handling of the crisis.

7.   The Samoans repeatedly got out of trouble with deft handling and long kicking, or by conceding penalties on dangerous Argentine surges.

8.   The Samoans repeatedly got out of trouble with deft handling and long kicking, or by conceding penalties on dangerous Argentine attacks.