Word: slicking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some campaign assets of his own, among them a record as a can-do state legislator and an endorsement from the Charlotte Ob- server. But he was outspent 2-to-1 by Democrat Hargrove ("Skipper") Bowles Jr., 52, an ebullient millionaire businessman who lavished $1.3 million on a slick statewide media campaign. Not even Bowies' G.O.P.-scale spending, or the Democrats' 3-to-l edge in voter registrations, could stem the Nixon tide, which made Holshouser North Carolina's first Republican Governor-elect since...
Diana Ross is the greatest incongruity of all since she, the slick singer, superstar, and immediate singing success is such a questionable choice for the leading role. In several recent interviews, she said that for a year she read about Holiday and listened only to her recordings. The product supports Ross, who offers a sensitive interpretation of Holliday which shows that she went beyond a superficial investigation of Lady Day's personality. For instance, Holliday was well know for being languid, but Ross plays her as a normally vivacious woman whose lethargy is a byproduct of an addiction to heroin...
...himself in a new and flashy public relations package--the best money could buy--in an attempt to capitalize on his name and reputation. The voters, reaching into a tradition of local interest and loyalty and verring away from the new and alarming, chose to ignore the pretty and slick package. Instead they turned to a man of long-standing local ties who had spent a lifetime working within and for the area and who reflected more accurately their own basic conservatism...
Princeton's strengths are its long, accurate kicking and the finesse of a slick passing game. Their teams are usually composed mostly of experienced graduate students, whereas Harvard's ruggers are generally undergraduates...
...beanballing pitchers more times than any other player in the league. Through it all, though, he kept his temper and helped lead the Dodgers to the 1947 pennant with a team-high batting average of .297. He quieted his critics with a display of clutch hitting, bunting, slick fielding and flashy base running that won him Rookie-of-the-Year honors. In one poll at season's end, he was runner-up to Bing Crosby as the most popular man in America. Though his batting average* through ten seasons with the Dodgers was a formidable .311, Robinson is perhaps...