Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...IDEA OF order for Mr. Palomar parodies the ancient trick of looking for guidance in the zodiac...
...readers grew more sophisticated, authors in England and the U.S. felt less obliged to offer fiction in the guise of fact. But the tradition of the imaginary autobiography has continued to attract notable writers from Dickens and Twain to Salinger and Bellow. In the right hands, the old trick of the sham document can still inspire belief and wonder. The Tree of Life comes from the right hands...
...trick lies in getting just the right i.d. Long-known as the place for fake i.d.'s, HSA International Student i.d.'s, don't have much clout in Cambridge anymore. Anne A. von Germeten '86, the HSA travel manager, says she discovered this while investigating charges of the i.d.'s misuse. "I called up a lot of the places in Cambridge and found out the i.d. doesn't even work," she says...
...show business is to become a brand name, presold to audiences, like Agatha Christie or Neil Simon. Andrew Lloyd Webber may be headed toward that status as composer of such glossy, high-energy musicals as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats and Starlight Express. Lloyd Webber has mastered the trick of seeming to juggle big ideas while actually asking little of his audience beyond a pleasant passing of time...
...they pull the trick, the Quakers--who have won three straight Ancient Eight crowns-- would become the first Ivy team since Dartmouth to win four titles in a row. The Big Green did it in the late '60s and early...