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Reassessing the Roles of Women as 'Makers' of Medieval Art ...
53 the cleasby-vigfusson Icelandic-english dictionary chooses “skilled” to
translate the term, while birgit Sawyer describes astrid as “accomplished,” and
dag Strömbäck labels her with the evocative expres- sion “nimble-fingered.”54
the ...
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... Nimble- witted: Quick-witted * He is a nimble-witted man who can resolve any
knotty dispute * Our college has a nimble-witted group of students Nimble-
fingered: Skilled with the fingers * Our country does not lack in nimble- fingered
persons ...
3
Assembling for Development: The Maquila Industry in Mexico ...
Woman's docility is contrasted with man's aggression, the undemanding woman
with the demanding man, the nimble-fingered woman with the clumsy (but strong)
man, the nonunion woman with the union man, and the woman who does not ...
4
Jorie Graham: Essays on the Poetry
coming undone, something terribly nimble-fingered finding all of the stops. What
happens in these lines is that as the drive to "go in" is played out it gradually
thickens and slows to a halt, something one sees over and over in the work of ...
5
Structural and Functional Properties of Collocations in ...
... (i.e. symphony) hot-blooded character scarlet-faced boy barrel-chested built
self-centred person nimble-fingered self-confident hid-back atmosphere short-
handed soft-spoken man short-lived high-born follower overrated piece right-
minded ...
6
Butterfly Mother: Miao (Hmong) Creation Epics from Guizhou, ...
A: Icicle was clever and nimble-fingered. His nimble fingers hammered out an
iron rock drill, hammered out an iron chain of six links, then chained the Seeds to
the hillside. The Seeds couldn't have moved even if they had wanted to. Who was
...
7
Food Words: Essays in Culinary Culture
Indeed, since mechanization has led to the association of skill with specific
dexterities, modernity has also witnessed the increased valorization of “nimble-
fingered” workers, often women. While the nimble-fingered third world female
worker is ...
8
Making a Killing: Femicide, Free Trade, and La Frontera
For employers, the ideal maquila worker was “docile, undemanding, nimble-
fingered, nonunion and unmilitant.”29 These traits were seen as critical to
maintaining a low-wage regime, the essential ingredient of the assembly plants' ...
Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Georgina Guzmán,
2010
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Cotton & Capital: Boston Businessmen and Antislavery Reform, ...
In addition, they were "nimble-fingered" and "placable and easily directed if well
treated."2 Atkinson's primary concern with cotton production in the South clearly
revealed the limits of his concern for the welfare of blacks. Although he was ready
...
10
Unfinished Socialism: Pictures from the Kádár Era
Pictures from the Kádár Era András Gerő. Nimble-fingered Border Guards 104.
Border guards (...) At the traffic checkpoint overseen by Captain Comrade Janos
Sipos. border guards are engaged in an unheard-of task; they are embrotdenng ...
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Wonderful Wednesday
Sultry on the mic and nimble-fingered on the bass, Piper pours ample emotion into her songs. Now based in Florida, the Australian native has ... «WOWT, 七月 15»
Liquid Liquid: The Most Important NY Band You've Never Heard Of
... Liquid Liquid employed bass, vocals, marimba, and percussion with the adamant delicacy of a very nimble-fingered speed-typist pecking out ... «New York Observer, 七月 15»
American woman who uses Twitter handle @theashes puts stuffed …
... social media platform as hordes of nimble-fingered cricket lovers share their thoughts on the historical rivalry between England and Australia. «Evening Standard, 七月 15»
Watch Morrissey Cover Lynn Anderson's '(I Never Promised You a …
... of which sounded splendid in the hands of the singer's nimble-fingered backing band of Dickensian-looking dudes with Hitler-youth haircuts. «Nashville Scene, 七月 15»
Stanfest rises again ... and brings a few surprises
P.E.I.'s Juno Award-winning Catherine MacLellan made her welcome return to the mainstage, with nimble-fingered guitarist Chris Gauthier, ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, 七月 15»
The Week in Radio: Space rocks and heroes
The internet calls him a magician, but James actually works with security professionals to save the world from nimble-fingered baddies. «Herald, 七月 15»
Full of verve
She braved Guru Bharadwaj's nimble-fingered fillers between sollus and kept up an energetic high through the many utplavanas (jumps). «The Hindu, 七月 15»
Nimble-fingered Doreen continues to play Mozart on the piano as …
Nimble-fingered Doreen Davies continues to play Mozart and Beethoven on the piano at a staggering 100 years old. «Braintree and Witham Times, 六月 15»
Travel Insurance - The West Australian
So even if the disappearance of you treasured belonging is not the work of a nimble-fingered thief but a forgetful oversight, you still need to ... «The West Australian, 六月 15»
Old soul: Leon Bridges' improbable road to making vintage sounds …
Jenkins, it turns out, was the nimble-fingered lead guitarist of White Denim, arguably the best American psych-rock band going. Together, along ... «RedEye Chicago, 六月 15»