Word: slicking
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...commercialization. Nowadays there are a lot more big explosions--hallmarks of Hollywood action hits such as "Die Hard" and "Lethal Weapon"--and fewer screwy plot twists and secret hideouts. Moreover, the modish European aesthetic of the '60s and '70s has given way to American-style glamor. What was once slick and suave is now just overkill. As the end result, we have only the gloating of an automobile manufacturer...
WHEN POP MUSIC AND JAZZ come together, it is seldom on equal footing. More often than not, musicians opt either for the predictable, ingratiating styles of pop (Kenny G.) or for ostentatious, cerebral techniques lifted from jazz (Steely Dan). What they get is slick, one-dimensional music, a bogus hybrid that has all the kick of a wine spritzer...
Jordan, a shy, soft-spoken man, still seems uncomfortable on the stump even after four years in office. But not Brown ("Slick Willie," as Jordan calls him), who leads all the candidates in endorsements--the major unions, many of the Democratic clubs ("Machine," Achtenberg says dismissively) and a healthy collection of ethnic organizations. Achtenberg, meanwhile, has issued a flood of position papers on everything from immigration to the environment. Her most inventive proposal: a council of neighborhoods that would give the city's diverse residents a voice in city hall...
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...claiming to be repelled by politicians--an era when even politicians say they're repelled by politicians--would hardly seem an auspicious time to launch a self-described "fan magazine" about politics, a Rolling Stone for the arts of governance and electioneering. But here it is: George, a slick bimonthly named for our nation's first President. More memorable than the twee title is the name at the top of George's masthead: John F. Kennedy Jr., a former assistant district attorney who is now Manhattan's most glamorous editor in chief, Tina Brown and Anna Wintour notwithstanding...