Word: deft
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...affidavit show that she grilled her husband for every detail about his alleged interactions with the Russians. While Ames comes off as relaxed and somewhat careless, she frets constantly. Did he send the message on time? Should she get Paul out of the house? Did he find a deft way to transport large sums of cash? Often she seems nervous and distrustful of Ames. At one point, she challenges him: "You wouldn't lie to me, would...
...cinematography. At the beginning, Bonnie pounds on the window out of sheer boredom. Her call is immediately answered with a view of Clyde, who is contemplating stealing her mother's car. When their glance meet through the window, the moment seals their fate. Quick shots of Bonnie's deft strokes as she flawlessly applies her lipstick, Clyde's cocksure grin as he displays his gun to prove his claim as a bankrobber, and the target practice, where Clyde teaches Bonnie to shoot through a tire swing are only the beginning of the sexual imagery that punctuates the film...
...their Brentwood home were relatively unscathed by last Monday's earthquake. His Anything ordeal is over. His new cartoon series The Critic -- created by Simpsons swamis Al Jean and Mike Reiss -- premieres on ABC this week, preceded by reviewers' raves. The show, with its post-Woody Allenish wit and deft movie parodies, looks like a winner...
...Ivory (director), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenwriter) and Ismail Merchant (producer) have made of The Remains of the Day has the hallmarks of their best recent work: the aggrieved passion of Howards End, the acutely drawn sense of loss in Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. They have peppered the story with deft details that illuminate the cottage industry of running a lavish estate: snipped hedges, gleaming doorknobs, decapitated fowl, the Times pages freshly ironed each morning. And they have filled the house with a perfect cast: Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton; James Fox as Lord Darlington; Peter Vaughn as Stevens' father...
Pretty soon, however, I was swept into the rhythm of her words, and I understood everything without understanding a word of what she was saying. With a deft turn of my hand, she doomed me to four children, did I understand? She went on like a whirlwind, about family, and success, and friends, and the future, and before I knew it, she threw the ball in my court. "Do you have any questions...