Word: clever
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, people at Harvard may be all too willing to write off Razo as an isolated case. Officials are already quick to point out that Razo's alleged crime spree began before he entered Harvard and continued while the Kirkland House resident was on vacation. What a clever way to wash our collective hands of the whole matter...
...Turow's legal training and experience as a prosecutor have honed some skills useful to lawyers and storytellers alike: an eye for significant details, an ear for how people talk and what they may actually mean when under pressure. Presumed Innocent has not stumbled into success. It is a clever, carefully prepared plea for popular attention...
...herrings, for all their abundance, never come off as mere plot tricks. Turow, a Harvard Law Graduate who served as an assistant U.S. attorney before becoming a partner in a Chicago law firm, doesn't have to bluff to be clever. Everything--the suspicions, betrayals, attractions--come off making perfect sense, psychologically...
...orphaned puppy, partly because modern plastic surgery makes the plot anachronistic, partly because, even with his Cyranose, C.D. is a darned sight more attractive than his beefy rival. Aaaahh, who cares, as long as Steve Martin gets a chance to strut his physical grace, wrap his mouth around clever dialogue, clamber up to rooftops like a Tarzan of the Northwest, give new life to the old-fashioned nobility of the love letter, and drink wine through his nose? "Party trick," he shrugs. It's a neat trick, being Steve Martin. He's so good; his movies will get even better...
...crunch dissipated with some clever reshuffling and normal student attrition, the College began to devise solutions and the forecast is better for next year. The Quad renovations will be completed by early next fall and Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 has implemented an annex housing plan that will house 101 undergraduates in rent-subsidized apartments in Peabody Terrace, the Botanic Gardens and 8-10 Mt. Auburn...