Word: effortless
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...stories appeared so simple and effortless that many aspiring writers decided to turn them out themselves. These admirers might get the props right--say, a mobile home with linoleum on the floor and an opened bottle of gin on the kitchen table--but not the magic that Carver could work with such material, not the sense of enormous import lurking in the pauses of desultory conversations...
...FACTS. Any kind, but do get them in. They are what we look for—a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and this is what gets A’s. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in the top, “Illustrate;” “Be specific;” etc.? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there...
Margo, how is this possible? The rim hangs ten feet above the floor. If you're 7'2 and reach as high as you can, how hard could it be? I've seen you on TV, Margo. Your layups look effortless. You average more rejections per outing than Harvard's admissions office. You're undoubtedly capable...
...full house, could be described as the difference between rhinestones and diamonds. While Gibson has (or had, depending on who you talk to) catchy beats, hot dance moves and glitz by the mile, Bartoli has complex, complicated arias, a captivating stage presence and an elegance so effortless that one can only surmise that it must be innate...
...first time he had been in the building since May 22. Clinton, hurt and puzzled, by all reports, sits and waits for Gore's call. The President brims with ideas, and with professional frustration at the sight of Gore fouling up an exercise that to Clinton is effortless second nature...