Word: clever
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...Henry, though, who cares most about attaining the real thing. be it real love or real literature. Yet throughout the play he is only able to articulate it through clever tirades. He compares real drama to a good cricket bat. He contrasts his dated pop favorites with classical works. While these motifs are entertaining, they seem to be vain attempts to give the play breadth...
They started seven years ago as a clever promotion, a harmless gimmick designed to boost business for airlines. But now frequent-flyer programs have triggered a dangerous dogfight in a vulnerable industry. As the major carriers scramble to offer the best giveaway plans, almost everyone who flies frequently for business or pleasure is busy trying to calculate how many miles of travel it will take to earn a free trip across the country or even around the world...
Chris Cabot as the Ballplayer (who is supposed to be Monroe's real-life husband Joe DiMaggio), has a menacing physical presence. Cabot plays up the stereotype of the dumb jock, but amidst all the gumcracking lie some very clever lines. Granted, he does stupid things, like calling Freud "Floyd." But his stupidity makes him an even more affable character. He's the only one in this clan that doesn't take all of this "smart talk" seriously...
...nine months before reality iced Wall Street. Erdman does not have to worry; quicker than a program trade, here he is, hedging his investments with a sixth novel. The Palace offers no scenario for economic disaster. Quite the contrary. The book is a racy tale of how one clever and gutsy (though not especially honest) fellow can rise from being a Philadelphia coin dealer to owning the splashiest gambling casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City...
...strange bit justifies-to the extent that a Pudding plot requires-Lyfe's complicity in an elaborate hoax masterminded by billionaire "horseshoe magnate" Richard Denuar (Jason Tomarken). Uncertain of his family's affection in his declining years, Denuar hits upon a clever scheme to test the love of his four daughters and sixth wife: He will feign illness and then stage his own funeral to learn his family's true feelings. Only those who love him for himself will earn a share of his fortune...