Word: slicking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tape can be analyzed. So can the precise acoustics, including inaudible frequencies, so that the exact room setting and microphone placement of any new taping would have to duplicate those of the original. To drag even more conspirators into the Watergate cover-up in an effort to accomplish such slick editing would seem unlikely and dangerous indeed...
...hates mystery movies. So I expected to find myself walking out halfway through Herbert Ross's new murder mystery, The Last of Sheila. But I never did. Sheila has all the equipment of a mystery movie, but it doesn't put that equipment to work. It is a slick production, but bogs down in its slickness, and never gets down to the mystery business. Despite the fact that it fails to deliver its basic promise, Sheila is an entertaining flick...
Normally, the Oakmont Country Club, a 6,921-yd. ogre of a course with slick greens, deep rough, and fairways as narrow as a bowling alley, lays low such high intentions. But Johnny played exceptionally well, putting like a pool shark and hitting his lofty drives as straight as the stretch of Pennsylvania Turnpike that bisects the course. Starting six strokes off the pace, Johnny overtook a dozen of the world's top golfers with one of the most spectacular come-from-nowhere charges in the annals of golf. Scoring an incredible nine birdies in the first 15 holes...
...arrogant and the mighty can fool the TV cameras with a photogenic visage or a slick presentation, but the relentless scrutiny of capable reporters is not swerved from the truth so easily...
...young Guru enjoys the perquisites of his office. He dresses invariably in a tailored grey suit and white shirt, drives around in a chauffered Rolls Royce, and commands a small fleet of private airplanes. The Guru serves as Supreme Editor In Chief of the organization's House organ, a slick monthly called "And It Is Divine." And his lieutenants, like executives in the business world, sometimes fall victim to government rules and regulations. One member of the Maharaj Ji's entourage was recently arrested while attempting to smuggle a suitcase full of jewels into India...