Word: glib
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...mouth sentences that often sound as if he read Hemingway before writing, also brings to his craft an Irish eye for sentiment and a memory for "all the important little tiles of fact on every story of consequence." He is a tenacious reporter, with a disarming manner and a glib way of dramatizing. Bishop on Bishop: "I'm a reporter. A pretty good one. A pro. If my work is memorable, it's because I've revived the ancient art of storytelling...
...some of the tales are genuinely clever and sharp, and nearly all are polished--even if the New Yorkeresque polish occasionally creates glib effects. Nevertheless, the styles are usually at least as effective as the contents. The bright opening sentences, for instance, nearly all dig directly into the black heart of whatever is the matter: Being a murderer myself...
...Jekyll and Hyde Variations, by Morton Gould, premiered by the New York Philharmonic. The piece, consisting of a theme and 13 variations, wittily-if obviously-evokes the opposing moods of the Stevenson story with calm, melodic passages alternating with turbulent climaxes. In an epilogue of glib, quiet harmonies, Gould mirrors the release through death of Stevenson's tortured hero...
Wall Streeters praise carefully prepared securities reports on particular stocks or industries, which go largely to brokerage houses and are rarely seen by the public. What they lambaste are the glib, hastily prepared market letters, the short daily or weekly tip sheets on market movements and particular stocks, which brokers pass out to their customers like pretzels...
Market letters earned a sour reputation for themselves in the 1920s and '30s-and have done little to redeem it. In those days, brokers used the letters to push sales of the securities they handled, loaded them with glib predictions and tips on questionable stocks. According to a 1933 survey by the Cowles Commission for economic research, 1928-32 forecasts of how certain stocks would perform were actually 4% less accurate than if the choices had been made at random from the list. Eleven years later a similar survey by the commission found that accuracy had improved hardly...