Word: slicks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last week, he borrowed one -- from Clinton. Campaigning in Philadelphia for next week's Pennsylvania primary, Clinton blasted Bush for appropriating a guaranteed-college-loan plan "that has been at the core of my presidential campaign since the day I announced." The Governor quipped, "Now, they say I'm slick...
...results may have primarily reflected the sway of personality politics, a phenomenon familiar to Americans but less known to Britons. Right up to the photo finish, the gentlemanly, mild-mannered Major bested Labour leader Neil Kinnock in popularity polls by 10 points. Although Kinnock delivered a slick performance that outshone Major's on the campaign trail, he could not shake the widely held perception that he is a rather ruthless opportunist who -- Bill Clinton, take note -- is not entirely to be trusted. Polls indicated that if Labour's shadow chancellor, the brainy, witty John Smith, had been party leader, Labour...
...convince often clashing interests that he is on their side. Clinton's defenders like to point out that the now sainted Franklin D. Roosevelt was often regarded in his day as a crafty politician promising something for everybody. But 1992 is the worst possible year to be called "Slick Willie" -- the nickname invented by opponents of Clinton in Arkansas that he detests but has never been able to shake...
Just imagine--slick, unscrupulous admen coming up with the lines in between shots at their mini-basketball net ["Hey Michael, how about this one: `Smart golfers never play through without a tea.' (Swish) "sounds great, Elliot! Whaddaya' think about `if you need to get somewhere, take the Tea.' (Swish...
...sounds that eventually became known as rock 'n' roll. Even after the British invasion of the 1960s, black rockers like Jimi Hendrix, the Ohio Players, and Sly and the Family Stone danced back and forth across the color line. That ended with the disco era of the 1970s, whose slick, producer-driven, synthesizer-motorized tunes created a racial schism in pop music that has yet to mend...