Word: slicking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even though the Information Superhighway doesn't have real passing lanes or slick roads or even cars, we still must drive defensively and be ready for any new twists and turns the road may take...
...signatures on an antimove petition. Regional officials in Denver took notice. Postponing the decision to relocate, the Postal Service hired a market-research firm to conduct a telephone survey. However, Cooper and others found it insultingly biased--not a sincere sampling of opinion but the basis for a slick p.r. offensive...
...come out with a film that has "Billion Dollar Baby" stamped all over it. "Star Wars" is a rousing crowdpleaser, a reaffirmation that the good guys still win some of the time, and an affectionate needle at the legendary Flash Gordon movies of yesteryear all wrapped into one very slick package. And while devotees of the sci-fi movie genre may not take too kindly to the implicit parody of their chosen cult contained in Lucas' film, the dazzling special effects of "Star Wars" by themselves should prove sufficient to eclipse any lingering qualms they might experience about this decidedly...
...since that is pretty much the permanent condition of most of the population. But Hannibalsson's administration has embittered Freeland's young people by severely limiting the amount of rock 'n' roll played on the national radio station. Opposition coalesces around this offense against social justice. A team of slick political consultants arrives from the U.S. to connive against the incumbent...
...Slick and sexy, Guess?, Inc.'s long-cultivated image began turning seedy last summer. First, five contractors for the $500 million clothing empire were cited by California inspectors for illegal home-sewing operations. Then a class-action suit accused Guess and 16 subcontractors of paying their mostly immigrant workers less than minimum wage. Ornery picket lines spread from Guess's shop on Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive to its 66 other retail outlets across the country. And in a final one-two punch, the National Labor Relations Board forced the firm to rehire employees it had fired for union sympathizing, while...