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...oldest profession"), and the driving, up-tempo number Why Don't They Leave Us Alone turns the hookers and pimps into the most inspired chorus line in town. The Life may, in truth, be just another kind of Broadway hustle, but when the con men are as slick as these, you drop your money with a smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRING IN 'DA TUNESMITHS | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

...evening belongs to Nuccio, the ever-slick sorcerer who with one raised eyebrow can send chills down anyone's back. Without ever resorting to melodrama or slapstick comedy, Nuccio gives a performance that is as funny as it is frightening. His dry subtlety sparks laughter from almost everyone yet his mere presence casts an ominous shadow across the stage. His voice may not be as musically powerful as some of the cast's, but he has the power to enunciate and, most importantly, act, which more than makes up for his minor shortcomings as a singer. By the time...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, | Title: Falling Under the Spell of 'The Sorcerer' | 4/24/1997 | See Source »

...slick-looking granite building on Mt. Auburn Street that Kinko's occupies may be a text-book Boston office building, but when the late-night crowd takes over around 11 p.m. the innocent-looking copy center begins to change into club Kinko...

Author: By Richard M. Burns, | Title: Night Owls Flock To 24-Hour Haunts | 4/2/1997 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: techTALK | 3/11/1997 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: lLIVINGSTON, MONTANA: IT BREAKS A VILLAGE | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

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