Word: cleverisms
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...Harris' clever and witty book makes this argument with power, but that's partly because she doesn't brake for subtleties. A classic 1928 study, she writes, found that children who violated rules at home "were not noticeably more likely than anyone else to cheat on a test at school or in a game on the playground." Actually, that study did find some correlation between honesty inside and outside the home. And psychologist Douglas Jackson has reanalyzed the data with modern statistical techniques and found a very high correlation...
Terrasson, 32, has always been an original pianist, but the pleasures of his first two albums tended to be clever, surface ones. This CD, recorded live, is a breakthrough, thanks in no small part to the fact that his trio (with bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Leon Parker) has been playing together for more than six years--a rarity in the harsh economic climate of today's jazz world. On a set of standards sprinkled with Terrasson originals, the trio plays softly and sparely, at times swinging as much by implication as by force. Melodies have a way of slithering...
Some of the most offensive, crude and outright gross on-screen behavior of the summer can be found in There's Something About Mary. Yet despite its consistent lewdness, Mary is a clever film that takes a twisted joyride and ends with a surprise. The plot is complicated and topsy-turvy, so to spare those who have not yet seen the movies, here is a quick rundown: beautiful Mary Jensen (Cameron Diaz) just cannot get away from stalkers. However, when Ted Stromman (Ben Stiller) wants to track her down 13 years after their dismal senior prom date, he is doing...
...side of an office building, a statue of a business man leans forward, the wall resting where his head should be. A clever poem next to him recounts the fate of his "head for business." Sitting in Grand Central Market, eating fried bananas and feeling grateful that I took Spanish in school, I was amazed by how much I liked the parts of LA that...
Sony consistently churns out artfully designed high-tech gear. But sometimes even the king of the audio-video world messes up. Take its new Watchman Color TV ($109, due out next month). It's lightweight, looks great, and comes with a clever neckstrap that doubles as an antenna. But painfully poor reception and a tiny 2.2-in. screen make it a better paperweight than...