Word: slicks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...your door, you have been given an opportunity to get beyond sound bites, to actually have a discussion with a representative of somebody who might just be the next president. Those who fail to take advantage of those opportunities leave candidates with no choice but to rely on slick ads and empty rhetoric. Money dominates politics because money buys ads, and ads work. If voters won’t listen to volunteers, candidates must rely on the most expensive—and most disgusting—medium out there. This means they must appeal to those who can write...
...vividly and entertainingly portrayed. The drunks (Daniel R. Pecci ’08 and the particularly good Simon N. Nicholas) mingle with hustlers (Liam R. Martin ’06, Mike G. Jordan ’08, Jason M. Lazarcheck ’08, the admirably sleazy and slick Rob D. Salas ’08 and Rupak Bhattacharya ’05, who delivers a poorly-written monologue very well), prostitutes (Alexandra C. Palma ’08 and Carla M. Borras ’05) junkies and others in creating a convincing atmosphere of 1960?...
Narratives of marginalization have been crucial to the thematic consciousness of animated films from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the slick CG kiddie films of today. Subversion of social ‘tradition’ and the transcension of adversive societal elements are key parts of this equation. The go-girl butt-kicking heroics of Disney’s Mulan and the odd-man-out subtexts of films as seemingly diverse as Aladdin and Finding Nemo are prime examples of this Disney-fied social flavoring...
...INDICATORS Slick Moves In the largest ever post-Soviet privatization, U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips acquired Moscow 's 7.6% stake in Lukoil for almost $2 billion. The two firms plan to seek oil in Iraq 's West Qurna field...
...film purports to be a series of eight tapes obtained from Northern Alliance forces after “the last known battle involving the leaders of al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.” It remains unclear whether the Northern Alliance is responsible for the slick slow-motion editing...