Word: effortless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effortless look, the throwaway chic that the Americans do so well. They can give a dinner party for eight, be up early next morning on the tennis court, and still look fresh the next day." The great and relatively recent accomplishment of American fashion has been to take dictatorship away from the designer...
What's more, Ambler has something that I've never encountered in a one-author marathon. Most prolific scribes have annoying catch-phrases that they use over and over, or favorite weird words. You get to feel you're on to them. But Ambler has the effortless writing skill of a British education. His style is sure and undistracting--it goes down easier than lemonade in August. By the gallon...
...preparation for a leap. She seems to hang nonchalantly in flight. Her most beautiful move is a delayed Axel in which she hangs suspended before completing 1½ revolutions in the air. Skating fanciers also admire Dorothy's spins: high-speed yet delicate rotations within rotation. They seem effortless...
...with which our fathers talked of him. Most of his career was in the fifties, when the NBA was still a shoestring operation. We only saw him in action when local TV stations would occasionally trot out old Celtic film clips. Then we got a chance to witness the effortless behind-the-back passes that made him a legend and earned for the Cooz his niche as the greatest backcourt man of all time...
...that seems to have been developed during a subway rush hour. The purpose of these activities is to shut out the world, to listen to the wisdom of one's body Goodman finds that such pursuits are surprisingly effective-although success can be full of paradox. "Concentration is effortless effort, is not trying, " claims Tim Gallwey, a former follower of Guru Maharaj Ji and author of The Inner Game of Tennis. Goodman gives it a try and improves his serve...