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Word: slicking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Usage:

...evil ... er, that is, I mean, Cedras good) must be present and true -- at the time. The salesman or the politician requires persuasive hallucinations to earn a living.But those who, * like me, voted for Clinton and have wished him well believe now that his multilayered, many dimensioned reality, too slick by half, lacks a moral core...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evil Is Not Impressed for Very Long | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...fourth goal of the game was not Harvard's however, but instead it was another tally for Providence on a slick counterattack, and the game was pretty much over...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Field Hockey Loses to Providence, 3-1 | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...tensile strength, as the joint's brutal homosexual ring ultimately finds out. He has even more mental strength, patiently working up -- for 19 years -- an escape attempt that will not only bring down the insufferably pious and hypocritical warden Norton (Bob Gunton, an oil slick in shoes) but also turn a tidy profit for him and his best friend, Red Redding (Morgan Freeman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: A Joint Enterprise | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...battle among competing online newsstands is about to get even fiercer. This summer Apple opened a slick service, eWorld, and publisher Ziff-Davis is expected to launch its powerful new Interchange Online Network before the end of the year. But the most fearsome competitors may be ones that are still in the wings. Next year Microsoft is expected to introduce its own online service, code-named Marvel, which it could bundle into every copy of Windows it sells. Even more formidable would be an online service from AT&T, which can market directly to its 80 million customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hooked Up to the Max | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

...just as small, he would steal, sell drugs, set fires. He had been barred from local stores because of his thievery. The manager of the local Gallery corner market says, "He had a 11-year-old body, but he was 29 or 30 in the head. He was a slick con artist. They should have hung him in the middle of the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There Are No Children Here | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

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