Word: deviousness
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...with fatal consequences for her. From that fiery shoot-out until checkmate, the contest becomes increasingly taut, vicious and engaging. At each turn, Laemmle edges closer to his goal. At every escape, Thomas becomes a little wearier, a trifle more dependent on a cast of peasants, restaurateurs, shopkeepers and devious intelligence operatives. None are so devious or inventive as he is. The most adept, of course, proves to be Quartermain, flown in to rescue the child of his brief and passionate liaison with Maria...
...student body. In the ad, Ray did not say he had been pressured by the dean, perhaps because the dean paid for the ad. In any case, the march on Silber's house was cancelled, a testimony to the chicken-heartedness of student leaders in the face of a devious administration...
...defendants. Says Arthur Stevens, Lorillard's general counsel: "We could not have had a more extreme adversary." In denying one of the tobacco industry's motions for dismissal of the case, Sarokin stated that he believed there was ample evidence of a "tobacco-industry conspiracy, vast in its scope, devious in its purpose and devastating in its results...
...outline, Moonstruck might seem an offer anyone could refuse. The Italo- American characters and mannerisms are familiar from several Martin Scorsese movies and a hundred lowbrow sitcoms. But Screenwriter John Patrick Shanley has an ear that confounds cliche and a plot that is both devious and inevitable. As photographed by David Watkin (Out of Africa), Moonstruck is as pristine and fanciful as Lady and the Tramp. As directed by Norman Jewison (A Soldier's Story), it moves with the crack of sexual friction. Jewison has also put together a terrific ensemble of actors. Cher, rag-dolled up in heavy Sicilian...
Santas even manipulated professors into helpingthem in their devious plans. Gavin R. Villareal'90 of Winthrop House said Professor of AstronomyOwen Gingerich delivered a giant inflatabledinosaur to a student in his Science A-17 class.He then told the class not to ask him to deliverany more gifts, adding that he limits suchextravagances to one a year...