Word: slicking
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...frat pledges. I was informed by an anonymous source to look for these, but really, they were easy to spot. They were too slick for Hillel, too self-congratulatory and full of freshman bravado. They also had name tags that read “Dirt” and “Mango.” When asked, most good-naturedly admitted to being there facetiously. One, though, denied it and instead waxed BS about his love for girls’ feet. In response, I asked him what he thought of his own feet. He didn’t have...
...Nifty play between junior Rani Griffin and junior Amy Uber. Griffin was in front of the net and worked a slick backhanded pass to Uber who almost scored a goal...
...HARVARD GOAL. Beautiful give-and-go between junior Anna McDonald and Vaillancourt. McDonald took the puck at the left circle, passed it to Vaillancourt, and then charged the net. Vaillancourt fed a slick pass down low and McDonald sent it home. HARVARD 1, CORNELL...
...subjects from remaining mundane disasters all the time. The fervor he infuses into each line rewards a close scrutiny of his work. Even in “The Woman Who Sat on the Toilet for Two Years,” Holder manages to write, “All your slick / Posturing. / The endless histrionics / Wind up / In a dance / Cheek to cheek / Above the bowl.” An ironic explication of characters like this one leads to captivating lines often filled with biting understatements. His accessible diction serves to capture well-observed and interesting moments in the ordinary.So Holder?...
...trainer, dispenses pre-fight advice (with many sly slaps to the gut and face) while Jer does such an acute impersonation of a punch-drunk pugilist that the tough guy and his team are scared away. In their seemingly artless but perfectly timed badinage, the two are slick, robust and funny funny funny...