From my limited understanding of the comic book industry, jacks-of-all-trades are pretty rare. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Problems with First-Person Narration] Reference
Only two ministry employees worked exclusively at the Hacienda, where they served as jacks-of-all-trades, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Blurring the Line] Reference
These musical jacks-of-all-trades began as accompanists, singing the songs of their master at the castles he visited. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in Music] Reference
A package like this is GOLD to somebody like myself and with the economy the way it is, more and more designers and developers are going to have to be able to become "jacks-of-all-trades". From Wordnik.com. [Adobe eLearning Suite: for the master of all trades] Reference
So cardiologists have started pursuing an unorthodox strategy -- shoring up the dying hearts with stem cells, the body's self-renewing jacks-of-all-trades, immature cells that can be coaxed into transforming into many different types. From Wordnik.com. [REBUILDING THE HEART] Reference
Nobody could dispute the superior economy and comfort of having a concentration of patients arranged in the wards according to their ailments, with a general kitchen, a general laundry, a dispensary and surgery, and a staff of officials, each with his own distinct business, instead of as many jacks-of-all-trades, each doing a little of everything. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861] Reference
If we do this, we no longer have to be jacks-of-all-trades, we can focus on our customary strengths. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
For two days the two jacks-of-all-trades worked at many lines and with many materials before Stevens called a halt. From Wordnik.com. [Spacehounds of IPC] Reference
Being part of that environment for years before venturing out on our own really turned us into jacks-of-all-trades. From Wordnik.com. [Practical eCommerce Articles] Reference
Biomolecules are medicine's jacks-of-all-trades: They are suitable for the diagnosis and treatment of women who are. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Political Fraud Exposed for GM crops approved in Western Australia January 2010] Reference
If one goes back 100 years, men like Henry Ford, the Wright brothers and T. Edison could have been considered "jacks-of-all-trades". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Eventhen I had an instinctive revulsion toward men who start everything andnever carry anything out These jacks-of-all-trades were loathsome to me. From Wordnik.com. [Mein Kampf]
Nothing is more dangerous for a political party than to be led by those jacks-of-all-trades who want everything but can never really achieve anything. From Wordnik.com. [Mein Kampf]
But most advisers catering to the vast majority of the investing public have to be jacks-of-all-trades, which by definition makes them masters of none. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
It also aims to have four medical support workers - nurses, mechanics, engineers, communication specialists and jacks-of-all-trades - for every doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
They are the jacks-of-all-trades of surgery, required to deal with almost any surgical emergency, from removing cancer in the colon to performing caesarean sections. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The ACS also advises doctors who primarily work in urban hospitals, where the work is more specialized, not to do stints in small, rural hospitals, where they typically need to be jacks-of-all-trades. From Wordnik.com. [SOCIALIZED MEDICINE] Reference
Biomolecules are medicine's jacks-of-all-trades: They are suitable for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer diseases; they are used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and asthma; they help stimulate the build-up of the body's own immune defenses with flu and polio inoculations. From Wordnik.com. [D Mag - News] Reference
= Arrowstar Roofing & Construction understands that-as a Central Oklahoma homeowner, business owner or property manager-you have an unlimited choice of large and small OKC companies, private handymen and "jacks-of-all-trades" to employ for your vital roofing and construction projects. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
First the men, and most of them were what would now be called jacks-of-all-trades, felled trees, six or eight inches in diameter, and cut them into logs, some of which were split down the center, making what are called puncheons; others were only nicked at the ends, being left in the rough, that is, with the bark on. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky] Reference
Where are those wonderful cooks we hear about, where those exquisitely trained house servants, those cabinet makers, and the jacks-of-all-trades that were the pride of the South? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Future of the American Negro] Reference
A Central Oklahoma homeowner, business owner or property manager-you have an unlimited choice of large and small OKC companies, private handymen and "jacks-of-all-trades" to employ for your vital roofing and construction projects. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Librarians are often jacks-of-all-trades, but that doesn’t mean we automatically have the right training or resources to be everything to everyone, in an environment where “everything” means, more and more, “technology assistance.”. From Wordnik.com. [Help! « Attempting Elegance] Reference
Audia writes, "We recognize that leaders aren't jacks-of-all-trades who share an ideal set of traits; everyone excels at some tasks more than at others. From Wordnik.com. [BNET Articles] Reference
We're jacks-of-all-trades. From Wordnik.com. [Fox Evil]
"Tanks like T-44 or Panther are jacks-of-all-trades in the game. From Wordnik.com. [Gaming Nexus] Reference
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