Word: slicking
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...Punk'd generation. Likewise with NBC's action-and-bikini-heavy cop show Hawaii. Guys these days are used to video games in which they can orchestrate their own car chases, crashes and shoot-outs, with the violence--and even sex--rendered with cinematic accuracy. To them, even a slick action show in its safe-for-network version may seem as dated as Tom Selleck's Magnum, P.I. mustache...
...Byrd handed Barrino Holding Out for a Hero, the Bonnie Tyler anthem from Footloose. "That's the kind of song that gets you votes," said Lythgoe. It's easy to see why they felt that way: the song is dramatic, with big, brassy notes. It's also a gooey slick of '80s cheese whose histrionics aren't well suited to Barrino's funky style and slinky voice. (It's not really disco, either.) On the show, the judges singled out the song as a terrible choice, and Barrino finished second to last...
...They did make a slick getaway." GLYNDA CHU, spokeswoman for the Edmond, Okla., police department, which is looking for thieves who stole 5,000 lbs. of used cooking grease from three area restaurants...
...They make nice, slick ads begging us to come see one of their ‘Master Chefs’ and extolling the virtues of 50 kinds of nuts, surely they can advertise about the Crimson Cash program,” he writes...
...MiniDisc player (also out in June), which is chrome plated, carved out of solid brass--to eliminate structural seams that weaken over time--and accompanied by silicone-tipped brass earbuds. Sure, it basically performs the same functions as a run-of-the-mill $80 player, but its slick, cold body has a heft that's absolutely seductive...