Word: cleverisms
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...projects an air of aloofness; he also creates the impression that he is too clever by half, that he coolly evaluates everyone he sees. "Each time you meet him, it's for the first time," says a White House aide. Yet Rumsfeld's intense, controlled style is a nice counterbalance to Ford's fondness for relaxed good fellowship. The two men get along well ... The Pentagon's top officers are waiting with some anxiety for Rumsfeld to take on his sixth Administration job in six years. He has not yet shown the necessary breadth of intellect to handle an assignment...
...Harvard Dance Center. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 495-2222. $6 students; $10 for general. For those audience members who might think that the title of the Harvard Ballet Company’s (HBC) spring show, “Pointe/Counterpointe” is simply a clever, if slightly hackneyed, pun, HBC’s Facebook group promoting the show assures that such is not the case. According to a blurb on the website, the show will fulfill viewers’ hopes if they have “ever wanted to see what happens when ballet dancers...
...have noticed that the word “Slevin” in the title of “Lucky Number Slevin” is not only the name of Josh Hartnett’s character, but also a clever rhyme with the number seven. Seven, coincidentally, also happens to be the number of bloody, noisy deaths in the movie’s opening 10 minutes...
...Engineers (cookingforengineers.com). Before mulling your own cider, making lasagna or baking pecan pie, check the site to see how a dish should look at each stage. Learn culinary mechanics as you go. Created as an engineer's personal recipe repository, the site now has a cult following. A highlight: clever diagrams that summarize the steps in a recipe in compact, printable charts...
...tensions, you probably needed a transfusion. Looking at five of his films (Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Clockers, Crooklyn) years later, though, one can see the camera stylist behind the street-corner Savonarola. Sure, he editorializes with nearly every shot, but he's also a clever fellow at framing the action and getting sharp turns from lots of terrific actors. This joint's worth dropping into...