Word: sweet-talk
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...Bush, who spared no sweet-talk overture to reluctant Democrats over the past week, seems intent on using the tax cut to see how much he can do with the Republican votes he's got. And Democrats figure this is their chance to make bipartisanship a very uncomfortable reality for the new president...
Prerequisites are for the slow-of-tongue who cannot sweet-talk themselves that "signature of instructor." And who among us has not misrepresented his or her schedule in trying to get into the section with the TF who speaks English well? Potential classes become definite, other sections mysteriously materialize from whole cloth, and all sorts of other conflicts suddenly appear once their existence becomes useful...
...film re-creates not only the bizarre case (already the subject for one TV movie this season) but also the media frenzy that surrounded it. TV reporters try to sweet-talk their way into the principals' homes. Friends and relatives battle over selling their stories to Hollywood. "Mom, when they make the movie, can I play myself?" asks Wanda's daughter as if she were seeking a lift to the mall. Layers pile on layers: we watch as Wanda watches herself on Donahue and A Current Affair; the film's producer and writer appear as themselves; and the entire story...
...native--people our age tend to be kind of horny. Thanks in no small part to the Sexual Revolution, it's easier than in times past for two people to meet in a bar, sweet-talk, over a few beers and go home together. Conceptions of what "nice" girls do have changed. The most notorious source of male motivation...
...gabbing about the things real people talk about, like when the garbage will be picked up and why the landlord is such a grouch. Gibbs' hangdog cynicism is funny, and the writers have a good ear for dialogue. In one scene Mary's 14-year-old daughter tries to sweet-talk Mom into letting her and a friend go to the movies. Mary figures out the ruse and turns them down. "Told you it wouldn't work," says the daughter as they stalk out of the room. Snaps the friend: "Well, you set it up wrong." TV's First Father...