Word: sleight
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...Times, my worst fate would have been dishonorable discharge, or one less reference on a resume. But for my editor, who had no way of knowing how my words had been distorted, the breach of trust cut far deeper. In an industry where people make their living by sleight of tongue, I had used words in a public forum to make his magazine look foolish. And words, once flung into that forum, can cause tremendous pain...
...Medicaid, education and the environment." So often was this mantra used that the team referred to it as simply M2E2. Clinton had arrived at a golden synthesis, bridging the traditional Democratic notion of protecting entitlements with the New Democratic position of fiscal responsibility. Of course, he did it through sleight of hand. His budget proposals didn't come to grips with spiraling Medicare costs and deferred the most painful cuts until after his second term...
...Worker retraining. Another good idea--except Clinton wanted to force employers to create their own programs, on penalty of having to pay a new, mandatory 1.5% payroll tax. Political error! The tax threat exposed the attempted sleight-of-hand a bit too nakedly. It was never enacted...
...July 14 meeting, Jenison, one official who wasn't going to stand for any regulatory sleight-of-hand, told DeBarba and Kacich that if Northeast tried to resolve its licensing problems through internal paperwork alone, he would oppose it. Northeast had to get a license amendment approved before it could off-load another full core, and time was running out. DeBarba and Kacich called on Galatis and Betancourt to help them write the amendment request. The plan included, for the first time, the cooling-system improvements Galatis had been demanding for three years. It was a kind of victory...
Diaconis, Leverett professor of mathematics, is a world-class sleight of hand artist and a master card player who uses his tricks to teach mathematical concepts, such as probability...