Word: smoothed
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...From the first moment of Casino Royale, Craig was a different sort of Bond. Instead of the 007 of the Fleming canon - a tough but smooth gentleman spy, schooled at Eton and Cambridge, radiating wit and warm sensuality - Craig seems a cyber- or cipher-Bond, with a loyalty chip implanted in a mechanism that's built for murderous ingenuity. ("If you could avoid killing every possible lead," M tells him in this installment, "it would be deeply appreciated.") In lieu of the double-entendre bons mots assigned to Connery, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan, Craig communicates in grunts and sullen...
...even they have required convincing. Cincinnati is home to some of the country's most active social-conservative leaders, including antipornography crusader Phil Burress. Many have never forgiven McCain for famously describing religious conservatives as intolerant in 2000. The McCain campaign hired Mike Huckabee's Ohio director to help smooth relations with social conservatives. The candidate himself came to Cincinnati in late June for a private meeting with half a dozen leaders to remind them of his opposition to abortion and ask for their support. After that conversation, Burress declared himself a "changed...
...lacks the dazzle and sex appeal of his collaborators. Perhaps Legend realized this: with his aptly titled third studio album “Evolver,” he announces in his sultry voice that he has stepped up his game. “Evolver” moves with a smooth, soulful momentum, powered by sweet lyrics, satisfying bass lines, and tightly constructed songs. After a sexy, morning-after intro that perfectly blends atmospheric piano with a heartbeat bass drum and muted horns, the album explodes with first single “Green Light,” a catchy, danceable track...
...squealing at the Empire told you that kids (mostly girls) who are the franchise's target audience know the difference between watching a TV movie at home and seeing their idols on a 50-foot screen. The smooth adorableness of teen dream Zac Efron is now available in giant economy size. The deep dimples of his costar Vanessa Hudgens now loom, in microscopic close-up, like the mountain crevasses in an IMAX travelog; a bear cub could hibernate in one of them. And the dance numbers - the real reason some adults don't mind a 100-min. HSM babysit...
...squealing at the Empire told you that kids (mostly girls) who are the franchise's target audience know the difference between watching a TV movie at home and seeing their idols on a 50-foot screen. The smooth adorableness of teen dream Zac Efron is now available in giant economy size. The deep dimples of his costar Vanessa Hudgens now loom, in microscopic close-up, like the mountain crevasses in an IMAX travelog; a bear cub could hibernate in one of them. And the dance numbers - the real reason some adults don't mind a 100-min. HSM babysit...