Word: cleverisms
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...really, really clever,” Downing says. “You meet a lot of smart people at Harvard, but Dave is extraordinarily smart. He’s really sharp...
...might hope. When it occurs, exchanges are often marked by formality and the seeming need, on part of the student, to impress the professor. Some faculty members, such as Kemper Professor of History James T. Kloppenberg, complain that students only come to speak to them with something clever to say, and never simply for clarification or to ask for help...
...Riain then utilized a varied repertoire of powerful serves, spinning drops shots, and clever volleys as she dismantled the Big Green’s Winingham at second singles. O’Riain won the first set, 6-3, but was shaky to start the second set, as Winingham ran the score to 2-2. O’Riain blasted two aces and nailed an overhead slam in the next game, however, to grab a 3-2 lead. She would drop just one more game in the match while finishing off Winingham...
...lose sight of the main thread of the plot. The tangents are usually more entertaining than the actual storyline, as is often the case in broad comedy. Tranio’s scheming is entertaining, but it is more amusing when he starts going on and on about how clever he is, or alternately how utterly screwed...
...years ago, Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg decided to forget everything they knew about filmmaking. Looking for a way to break what they considered bad habits behind the camera - like using music to set a mood or relying on clever editing to boost a weak scene - they drafted The Vow of Chastity, a manifesto with 10 rules to strip cinema down to its barest essentials. The imperatives included that films should be shot in color, with hand-held cameras, on location with no additional props, no soundtrack and no extra lighting. They should...