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They think the coverage of the "sleight" is nutty. From Wordnik.com. ["Why couldn't President Obama have put on more of a show for his British guests?"] Reference
The original referred to a "sleight" against Jamie Carragher. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Carragher: 'I'm not on my last legs at Liverpool yet'] Reference
I don't think that kind of sleight-of-hand will work with Barry Allen, though. From Wordnik.com. [Friday at lightspeed | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
But the same kind of sleight-of-hand is occurring here as with the climate debate. From Wordnik.com. [Run and hit] Reference
If these wars can only be funded through this kind of sleight of hand, they maybe shouldn't be funded at all. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Alan Grayson: Funding the War: There Ought to Be a Rule Against This Kind of Rule] Reference
You could populate an interesting subcategory of composers with a particular flair for that kind of sleight-of-hand. From Wordnik.com. [Categorical denials] Reference
Nothing to do with the kind of sleight-of-hand obfuscation you're trying to pull here, equating "all other Democrats" with Lieberman. From Wordnik.com. [CT-SEN: Lieberman Won't Say Whether Dems Should Win House] Reference
A type of entertainment such as sleight of hand, producing unexpected objects by tricks. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
That kind of sleight of hand will come back on a company that is attempting to sell a luxury product at a premium. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
It's called sleight of hand. From Wordnik.com. [Recount 'em all!] Reference
A kind of sleight-of-hand trick, by which I could be mature one day and the next in blooming youth. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Basement Flat] Reference
It was another one of your deft sleight of hand tricks. From Wordnik.com. [Randy Credico: Congratulations Chuck! You've Knocked Me Off the Democratic Primary Ballot] Reference
It took some sleight of hand to reinforce this positioning. From Wordnik.com. [Disinvited To The Party] Reference
"But father, I have no skill or sleight to work with tools.". From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
An English sleight of hand man played Jeffries Hall three nights. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
So the homestead loan business became a sleight-of-hand performance. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
It is the earliest sleight-of-hand trick taught to the nursery child. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
A similar sleight of hand is at work with the "new" monies for education. From Wordnik.com. [Fiddling After Paris Burned] Reference
How we manage the sleight of hand of totally creating this other story is bizarre. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Lydon: Tarun Tejpal's heart-ache for "the idea of India" (AUDIO)] Reference
This time out the versatile Soderbergh has cast himself as a sleight-of-hand artist. From Wordnik.com. [Boys Just Wanna Have Fun] Reference
I think a magician might call this something else, you know, sleight of hand, misdirection. From Wordnik.com. [How We Pay Attention] Reference
Few employers (or their lawyers), understand the legal significance of this sleight of hand. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Solin: Nationwide Tosses Its 401(k) Clients Under the Bus] Reference
The gains were merely an illusion, sleight of hand on the part of policymakers and politicians. From Wordnik.com. [Why you should be skeptical about standardized test scores] Reference
The accounting sleight-of-hand was denounced in March as "misleading" by a court-appointed examiner. From Wordnik.com. [SEC Homes In on Lehman, 'Funds of Funds'] Reference
Computer tricks still involve a sleight that goes unnoticed by the audience, but they're more versatile. From Wordnik.com. [Magic: New Tricks Of The Trade] Reference
It was a retail sleight of hand he never could master, the “Ma'am, I think you need a larger size” sale. From Wordnik.com. [Large size in stockings is hard to sell] Reference
It's typical of the movie's sleight of hand that the eeriest character just might be the film's moral center. From Wordnik.com. [What 'American' Dream?] Reference
And that may not be the only form of accounting sleight of hand behind the good news on Goldman's balance sheet. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Touch the Money] Reference
Yet when scientistsor logicians claim to have cleared up any particular mystery, there isalways a sleight of hand. From Wordnik.com. [We can't escape from mystery] Reference
When asked on Saturday about his characterization of Sherrod, for example, he responds with a sleight-of-hand trick. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Bonifer: Breitbart's Game] Reference
A magician's sleight of hand, he told Enrique, was entirely dependent on his ability to focus an audience's attention. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
Here it becomes a plaintive musical exploration of past aided by the technological sleight of hand of a contemporary music studio. From Wordnik.com. ['Bimexicano': Rock Versions Of Mexico's Latin Classics] Reference
It's a technologic sleight of hand whereby engineers splice different frequencies of light through a cable, immensely boosting capacity. From Wordnik.com. [Why Size Doesn't Matter] Reference
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