Word: slicks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...theartificial in real life. The opening chaptersglitter with name brands and dropped popreferences. Drew and crew can be incredibly slimy,but never see-through. At times the novel seemssuperficial, but Burning Girl is no bore. If thedialogue is sometimes a bit stilted, it's becauseit's too damn slick. Do we care if this ismasterful irony or just plastic writing? NO! We'llsnort at Drew's tacky overtures and Bahar'sspitfire tactics and file it all under "Dirt."Then we'll move on to the good stuff...
THEY CANCELLED THE SWIM TEST REQUIREMENT YEARS AGO, BUT INEVITABLY, ON SOME WET FRIDAY NIGHT, EVERYONE'S FOUND THEMSELVES IN NEED OF A SHORT-CUT ON THEIR WAY TO JFK STREET AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE 800 CUBIC FOOT PUDDLE ON THE WAY. YOU'RE SLICK, YOU'RE STYLIN', YOU'RE SOAKING...
...bought a Nissan 200SX in 1979 and never learned to live with its rear end, which fishtailed all over the highway in slick and rainy weather. And the astronomical cost of replacement parts finally finished whatever predilection I had for Japanese cars. WILLIAM ORR Picayune, Miss...
...world won't carry a bad record across the street. Latin pop will do fine in the English market just so long as its producers don't turn the music's soulfulness and extravagant passion--two things that make it different, and most worth listening to--into just more slick pop product...
...slick-fielding Forst made his living for three years vacuuming ground balls off O'Donnell Field, but blossomed during his senior campaign into a .406 hitter who set a new school mark for hits in a season with...