Word: sleight
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...decided to eat something. A can of beans might not cost you anything for years. The rule is supposed to match the revenue generated by the stuff a company buys with its costs, and it is called depreciation. But to anyone other than a CPA, it looks like a sleight of hand. (See pictures of the top 10 scared stock traders...
...roads often form patterns of strong lines behind the actors, but this never seems forced. The only drawback to his directorial affectation is that it’s, inevitably, just that. While the scenes are always artfully composed, some diversity in filming might shift the focus from directorial sleight to more engaging storytelling.The movie suffers at times from other shortcomings, but they aren’t significant enough to displace its much more noticeable successes. Devereaux’s sons—George, who narrates the film, and Robbie—are underdeveloped as characters. They toss out stock adolescent...
...took more questioning, and some interrogators' sleight of hand, before the Yemeni gave up a wealth of information about al-Qaeda - including the identities of seven of the 9/11 bombers - but the cookies were the turning point. "After that, he could no longer think of us as evil Americans," Soufan says. "Now he was thinking of us as human beings...
...time, the GOP tried to block Sotomayor's nomination to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals because they feared she was being lined up for a spot on the Supreme Court. It took a piece of congressional sleight of hand to hold up that nomination for over a year, but in the end, the Republicans had to cave, and Sotomayor was approved. (See pictures of Judge Sonia Sotomayor...
...scrambling to the ramparts. "With the nomination of Robert Groves, President Obama has made clear that he intends to employ the political manipulation of census data for partisan gain," North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry cautioned. Other lawmakers called Groves an "incredibly troubling selection" who must be watched for "statistical sleight of hand...