Word: slickness
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Columbia fought gamely in the first half, but slick ball handling and superb field goal shooting kept the Crimson just out of reach. Captain Gary Borchard consistently destroyed Columbia hopes for tying the score with unstoppable drives for lay-ins and alert defensive work...
...first items in the quiz was a Crivelli Pieta, and the trick was to tell what part was original and what part had been restored. Except for certain slick parts, most of the crackled surface seemed beyond reproach. It might even have fooled the Fogg, had the man who donated the painting not also given two photographs of it. one taken in 1907 and the other in 1909. The earlier photograph showed that before restoration about half of Christ's body had peeled...
Like most Hollywood movies these days, Tender Is the Night is too long (2 hr. 26 min.). Like the book, it is too slick: the color work, for instance, is lovely, but at times Director King lets scenery overbear significance. But the sense persists that something serious is going on, thanks importantly to Actor Lukas, who gives a remarkably evocative imitation of the Wise Old Man of Zu rich, the late Carl Jung; thanks principally to Actor Robards. Robards has all the quick intelligence and liquid charm the author wrote into his hero, but he has something more...
...other college in the nation, slick-shooting Sophomore Bonham, 19, would be a sure first-stringer; at second-ranked Cincinnati (season record: 10-1), he is content at the moment to be the best substitute in college basketball. The reason: there were only two seniors on last year's power-packed Bearcat squad that ran up 22 straight victories and defeated top-ranked Ohio State, 70-65, for the N.C.A.A. championship. Massive (6 ft. 9 in., 235 Ibs.) Paul Hogue, a rugged rebounder, is back at center, no longer fouls out of important games. Lanky...
West Side Story. This big, slick cine-musical, like the Broadway show it is based on, decorates its hoods with halos and its cops with badges of dishonor, but its dances still seem (mostly) fresh and its Romeo and Juliet story still seems (mostly) sweet...