Word: sleight
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...tracking shot that opens Touch of Evil (1958) with a bang; the magnificent pacifist battle scene in Chimes at Midnight/Falstaff (1966); and the Chinese-box structure of F for Fake (1975). The last title was appropriate, for Welles ended his directorial film career as he began it, with elegant sleight of hand at 24 frames per second...
...cacophony of today's voices, Kanfer, a senior editor of TIME, invents some delightful ones of his own: an aging sleight-of-hand artist called the Wizard, who sets up a fake country; an oil-rich emir who produces a TV sitcom to sell his political message with reworked Borscht Belt shtick; a splendidly confused interpreter who adores women's legs and finds his paradise among the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. Serious evil--the garage sale of the title --lurks here too, and the hero, a TV newsman, finds, as so many innocent investigators do these days, that...
...presenting his plan as providing "relief" from taxation and getting the Government "off our backs," Reagan is engaging in a bit of sleight of hand. The bill is designed to be revenue neutral. It would rearrange the tax burden rather than lessen the Government's impact on the economy. By depicting the proposal in ideological terms, Reagan may also risk losing the support of Democratic centrists who are sympathetic to the plan but not to the fustian accompanying it. "The President has to keep his message in single-minded focus," says one G.O.P. analyst. "To the extent that the message...
...meet concentration requirements and one-third of the courses taken outside a student's concentration. These dual exemptions offer the politically minded honors candidate a rewarding exercise in gerrymandering; courses can be juggled to achieve the optimal mix of grades in the various categories. Thus, by employing a simple sleight of hand, the deft senior tutor or undergraduate can shroud sub-standard grades in new-found respectability...
...another option floated by Government officials is getting Congress to approve "humanitarian aid" to support the contras' families, many of whom live in Honduras and Guatemala, with the expectation that the money would be passed on to the fighting men. Again, Congress would probably be opposed to such a sleight-of-hand funding. The President, however, might be able to provide this family aid out of emergency funds under his control...