Word: deviousness
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...high rollers in the Great Entertainment Sweepstakes, well versed in the arts of spin-off and tie-in, have created a devious form of autobiography: they hitch their histories to their hits. The follow-ups are often more compelling than the blockbusters. The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions, for example, revealed a talented and sensitive Mario Puzo far more than it explored his Mafia megaseller. Texas Writer and Journalist Larry L. King extends this technique in his seventh and best book. At street level, he hilariously and venomously chronicles The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas-from 1974 Playboy magazine piece...
...grudging respect and something akin to tender protectiveness for him. His aberrations grew out of a desperate conflict of discordant elements; thus he was in truth the first victim of his own unharmonious nature. We saw a Nixon who could be gentle and thoughtful; some of his most devious methods were mechanisms to avoid hurting people face to face. With all his tough-guy pretensions, he really wanted to be remembered for his idealism. He spoke often of his mother and her gentleness; he missed her dreadfully when she left him when he was quite young to take care...
...possible for a devious person to obtain other people's official documents, including birth certificate, "Morse added...
...winning smile could also mask his inner thoughts. Says William Quandt, a former Middle East expert on the National Security Council: "Sadat was a hard man to read. He didn't always communicate what was on his mind so he would catch you by surprise." He could be intentionally devious on occasion. At the first Camp David session, Sadat read a list of hard-line demands that almost broke up the talks on the spot. His strategy, Quandt later concluded, "was to manufacture a crisis that would force the U.S. to step in and start offering proposals." The gambit worked...
...wooden marionette and sold the first chapter to a children's newspaper, reportedly describing the story as "a little nonsense." By the 15th installment, the author was no longer harried by financial troubles and decided to seal his hero's fate by having him hanged by a devious fox and cat. But popular outrage quickly compelled him to create a lovely blue fairy who resurrected the boy puppet and guided his adventures through 21 more chapters...