Word: clever
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...embittered astronaut hero. Earl’s chief opponent, the money-minded space official Dr. Frubar, soon learns that an antagonist who relies on the support of ad money and horny secretaries can only advance so far. Plympton’s inventive mind is perceptive enough to create clever scenarios with some sort of reason to them; in the best sequence of the film, he conjures up a planet inhabited by intelligent body parts, but has the wit to craft a discordant societal structure around them. Earl takes up with the planet’s population of tiny-limbed noses...
Kraay is joined in the shot put by fellow captain Chris Clever, who should be in the running in the weight throw. Senior Arthur Fergusson and freshman Tekky Andrew-Jaja are both capable of placing highly in the triple jump...
...away drugs to diseased African nations, companies that support AmeriCorps even while they lay off their own employees, and telephone utilities that donate computers and networks to schools. While these "socially responsible" cases provide a welcome contrast to the standard fare of mergers and acquisitions, high tech battles and clever marketing schemes, the material is treated institutionally and culturally with a care bordering on disrespect...
...Elaine Shannon: It's simply astonishing what he was able to do, and how long he was able to get away with it. Now, it's possible for someone who's clever enough to do this, and obviously he was that clever. He drove the same old cars, lived in the same house, didn't do the obvious things that would alert his fellow agents...
...judge this park by its cover. At the front gate to Disney's California Adventure, just across the way from the original Disneyland, the state's name is spelled out in 11 1/2-ft.-high letters, widely spaced to spread across the entrance. Beyond the logo you see a clever mix of shimmering images: the Golden Gate Bridge (it carries the park monorail) above Hollywood Boulevard and, at the far horizon, a flawless Pacific sunset...