Word: cleverisms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Tony Blair's Chancellor of the Exchequer, he has represented the U.K. in international financial negotiations for a decade. Back home, he has played a pivotal role in securing Labour's three consecutive electoral victories. His achievements - freeing the Bank of England to set interest rates; masterminding a clever strategy that avoided committing Britain to a speedy adoption of the euro; an impressive record of steady growth, low inflation and high employment - are so anchored in British life that they go almost unremarked. For all that, Britons seem surprisingly uncertain what manner of man it is who should soon move...
...Putin rides high in the opinion polls. He has brought stability and pride back to Russia. He speaks tough to foreign politicians. And, as his comments on the treaty on conventional forces in Europe show, he is politically clever. The threat is a veiled one. Putin says he first wants to put his argument to the NATO-Russia Council; he intends to appear as a reasonable negotiator. Whether he really thinks the Americans will back down in Poland and the Czech Republic is not clear. But he appeals strongly to Russians. And he can make a lot more trouble...
...Kesminas sees both as found objects for him to "sculpt." He's now composing a ditty to the tune of Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll, though he keeps getting stuck on the lyric, "I spent my whole life being pigeon-holed." He needn't worry. He is too clever a cultural contortionist for that...
...encourage the use of the word “bright” to refer to anyone with a worldview free of the mystical and the supernatural. “A bright” is totally different from being bright. The word was not chosen because brights consider themselves especially clever or intelligent. It was chosen because “bright” is an uplifting word that atheists can call themselves to avoid all the negative connotations associated with atheist label. After all, why would anyone want to explicitly come out as an atheist, when so many people in America...
...portrayal of cannibalistic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs.” But he also adds subtle layers of complexity to his character. Crawford is more than a cold murderer, and viewers sympathize with him at moments and laugh at his clever retorts at others. At times, his performance is almost too perfect and a bit too familiar, but Hopkins impresses. Gosling holds his own considerably well, though his experience is no match for Hopkins’s. His delivery in the courtroom misses a convincing punch, disappointing for an attorney who is supposed...