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The master-stroke, however, was inviting top magazine editors like Conde Nast Traveller and National Geographic to the state.

Kerala: Gateway Of India 2011

The master-stroke, however, was inviting top magazine editors like Conde Nast Traveller and National Geographic to the state.

Kerala: The Gateway Of India 2011

Meanwhile recalling Peter Mandelson to his Cabinet looks to have been a rare Gordon Brown master-stroke; the "Prince of Darkness" has taken just a week to work his magic.

Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008

Interestingly, in a dramatic master-stroke, Peake allows the final moments of this undoubtedly uproarious scene to be witnessed by the Creature (identified by this time in Peake's stage directions as "the Demon"), who has crept in from one of the entrances.

Novel into Drama and onto the Stage 2008

But he was also known for having faked a disability all of his adult life, and having the discipline to maintain the illusion, just so he could eventually pull off a master-stroke of a trick.

Archive 2009-01-18 Toby O'B 2009

If it is true that the excommunications are to be lifted in the next few days, Pope Benedict will have brought off another master-stroke of understated genius by associating it with the Octave of prayer for Christian Unity.

Archive 2009-01-01 2009

That master-stroke of digital "reform" has vastly altered the electoral landscape in this country, where non-computerized voting is a practice now all but extinct.

Two cheers for the Dem efforts for election reform legislation 2009

I think doing this interview now was a master-stroke.

Video: Obama Pushes Back Aggressively Against Bill Clinton 2009

I think doing this interview now was a master-stroke.

Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Video: Obama Pushes Back Aggressively Against Bill Clinton 2009

Either way, it was the latest master-stroke in a string of decisions that have confounded Israel, the United States, and the world at large.

Mark Levine: The New Creative Destruction 2008