Word: cleverisms
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...aisles for the perfect message, driving the salespeople to distraction by handling, opening and reading card after card. I always avoided those horrible schmaltzy cards with photos of overfed children or sunsets on the front and mind-numbingly bad epic poetry inside. Instead, I'd search out vaguely clever puns, affable humor or subtle photographic cards with blank innards, paired with, I hoped, an inoffensive, non-neon colored envelope. And more often than not, after an hour or so of careful research I'd find something suitable, pay for my treasure and leave the store triumphantly...
...darkening, the climactic switcheroo-without four beguiling actors who make their characters plausible at the sweetest and harshest of moments. (Rudd is especially adroit at suggesting Adam's metamorphosis from nerd to hunk.) Only at the end do we realize exactly who has been manipulated by a clever artist. We have...
...Clever traveled to Eugene, Ore., in search of his first NCAA title. After consecutive 14th-place finishes at NCAAs during his sophomore and junior seasons, he was hoping for much more this time around. But when Clever faulted on his first throw and failed to break even 60 meters on his second, he was one bad throw away from a last-place finish among 19 competitors...
...Clever would not allow his collegiate career to end in such dismal fashion. He delivered a clutch 67.82-meter throw to move up to ninth place in the competition and advance to the finals and earn All-American status...
...While Clever failed to surpass hometown favorite John Steigeler of Oregon to win the national title, he nevertheless remained the greatest new-rules javelin thrower in Heptagonal history. His meet record of 74.06 meters and his three consecutive league titles has set the standard by which future Ivy javelin throwers will be judged...