In times like these Cowperwood's own manipulative ability was taxed to the utmost, and he had to watch every hour to see that his fortune was not destroyed by some unexpected and destructive piece of news.
He could use these city loan certificates deposited with him for manipulative purposes, deposit them at any bank as collateral for a loan, quite as if they were his own, thus raising seventy per cent.
Cowperwood in return for his manipulative skill was to have a fair proportion of the stock--twenty per cent.
Manipulative tricks have always been worked in connection with stocks of which one man or one set of men has had complete control.
It is certain that some families—notably the Taylors, Huttons, and Masons—have by their manipulative and mechanical skill justly acquired a great reputation.
I think when this fact is more clearly recognised, much of the distrust now entertained respecting manipulative treatment will have been removed.
The effect of these cases has been that, finding they have done no good, and sometimes even harm, surgeons have too much discarded manipulative treatment, and have too exclusively adopted the motto non vi arte.
The manipulative part of the treatment of joints stiff from being sprained may be briefly said to consist in pressure over the part most injured, and momentary extension of the limb, followed by sudden forcible flexion.
Very interesting is the manipulative skill they showed on a large scale in erecting standing stones (probably connected with calendar-keeping and with worship), and on a small scale in making daring operations on the skull.
Arctic foxes and some other wild mammals show great cleverness in dealing with traps, and the manipulative intelligence of elephants is worthy of all our admiration.
Power of Manipulation Another quality which separates monkeys very markedly from ordinary mammals is their manipulative expertness, the co-ordination of hand and eye.
It is contained in the total cost of staff (Table C), and is consequently divided between the various classes in the same proportion as the cost of the manipulative staff.
That is not to say that in the performance of the actual duties there is no room for the acquirement of considerable manipulative skill.
The ratios of cost are shown in Table D, and the total cost of the manipulative services in respect of parcels calculated on this basis is shown in Table F.
He practised the art of painting in my father's room, and was greatly helped by him in the requisite manipulative skill.
He was often able to give substantial help and assistance to young students; and he was most liberal in giving them valuable practical instruction, and in assisting them over the manipulative difficulties which lay in their way.
His profound astronomical knowledge was combined with a rich store of mechanical and manipulative faculty, which enabled him to take a keen interest in all the technical arts which so materially aid in the progress of science.
To be able to make such instruments seemed to him to be a glorious achievement of refined mechanism and manipulative skill.
I used my right hand in all that was necessary, and my left in all sorts of practical manipulative affairs.
These people are manipulative and often become sociopaths, and their behavior is thought to have been molded before they were six months of age by insufficiently attentive caretakers.
The realization of that phenomenon might help us to resolve our own internal conflict in dealing with the manipulative sociopath.
Whether it will gain or lose by its translation will, to some extent, depend upon his artistic perception as well as his manipulative skill.
The process possesses brilliant and effective illustrative power, offers ample scope for the ingenuity and manipulative skill of artist, engraver, and printer, and promises well-nigh unlimited possibilities as a medium of pictorial expression.
The manipulative campaign, of which he was made manager, was a giant success.
He invented several forms of truss himself, and in general it may be said that his manipulative skill and his power to apply his mechanical principles to his work are the most characteristic of his qualities.
The puritanism of Wichita (modified sometime since by the art life of Chicago, such as it was) was having a severe struggle with the manipulative subtlety of the ages--represented in this man.
Only Schryhart, not himself, would be taking the big end in thismanipulative deal.
As chairman or president of the city council Mr. Sluss held considerable manipulative power over the machinery of procedure.
Even more than stock-brokerage, even more than banking, even more than stock-organization he loved the thought of street-cars and the vast manipulative life it suggested.
The manipulative processes and kinds of dishes are sufficiently varied to arouse and sustain the interest of a pupil.
Table service lessons are introduced in this way to emphasize the fact that a complete meal should be prepared before all types of foods are studied and manipulative processes are performed.
In decorative designs particularly, tin-plate printing suggests almost unlimited possibilities for brilliant effects, and in this respect it offers fair latitude for individual originality and manipulative skill.
To secure this a considerable degree of artistic perception and discretion, as well as manipulative skill, is requisite.
The rare ingenuity of his mind was ably seconded by his manipulative skill, while the quickness of his perceptions was equalled by the calm rapidity of his movements.
The educational value in painting furniture is confined to the choice of finish and color and in learning the manipulative processes.
Such problems may involve judgment, a combination of judgment and manipulative skills, or a combination of judgment and creative thinking with some manipulation.
The successful laboratory or craft problem provides a measure of the pupil's judgment and creative ability; an opportunity for manipulative expression; and a means of producing something that should contribute to the beauty of the home.
There has been a tendency in some cases, however, for the pupil's interest in the actual manipulative processes involved in the project to be so great that she lost sight of the opportunities for the best applications of art.
Thus combined, the process calls for less manipulative skill than is required in the shaping of the free paraison by the glass-blower.
There is the same difference in feeling and manipulative skill, the same difference of power over the materials employed, that enables one photographer to surpass another in rendering more truthfully the difference of texture.
This kind of hardness I should attribute to a miscarriage of thought, or a failure, from want of manipulative skill, to produce the desired effect.
They are not even average photography, being utterly destitute of manipulative skill, and as deficient in art-excellence as they can well be.
I do not say that results quite as good cannot be obtained by any other method, for I know manipulative skill plays a most important part in this class of work.
It has sometimes been found that a very academic and scientific method of treatment has tended to lower the standard of manipulative skill.
Not only is manipulative skill acquired, but scientific reasons for processes and methods are outlined, and improvements are suggested.
His development in our art was simply wonderful, his manipulative power was quite extraordinary; it was the one case in our experience where it seemed as if the pupil had come to teach the masters.
Teachers and parents should foster these manipulative tendencies and use them for the child's good.
One aspect of play particularly should have a large place in education; namely, the manipulative tendencies of children.
Neuropathy This system of manipulative treatment was originated in 1899 by Drs.
These extremes can be powerfully influenced and equalized by manipulative inhibition, relaxation or stimulation.
If such dislocations or subluxations be the sole cause of the trouble, their correction bymanipulative treatment may produce a cure within a few weeks.
Suppose manipulative treatment should succeed in stopping a fever instantaneously.
Under allopathic as well as under the treatment of othermanipulative schools such an acute reaction would be immediately suppressed.
It therefore behooves every health seeker to acquaint himself with the theories and claims of these various systems of manipulative treatment.
Therefore neurotherapy would not suppress acute processes by manipulative treatment any more than by drugs, ice, antitoxins, surgery or any other suppressive method.
Manipulative Treatment~ Osteopathy, massage or magnetic treatment when indicated and available.
It is true that manipulative work, like everything else, can be overdone and produce harmful effects upon the operator.
Many patients imagine that such manipulativetreatment is superficial.
Physical exercise has similar effects upon the system as hydrotherapy, massage and manipulative treatment.
A few manipulative treatments replaced the bone where it belonged, and the sciatic rheumatism was cured.
I have frequently noticed in my own manipulative work how much the conscious and concentrated effort of the will has to do with its effectiveness.
The manipulative schools of healing maintain that practically all disease is caused by mechanical abnormalities of the spinal column or of muscles, ligaments and other connective tissues, due to abnormal strain or injury.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "manipulative" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: calculating; loaded; shrewd
