Word: cleverer
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Feeling confident, I sent a mass e-mail to family and friends instructing them to vote yes or no on each one without any comment, a request they all ignored. All of them also thought it was clever to suggest their own first names. Also, I learned that when my mom receives an e-mail that upsets her, she immediately calls. "The only name I like is Jeff if you spell it with two f's instead of t's," she said. "You cannot do this to my grandson. I'm just trying to protect this poor unborn baby...
...swift. Lured by low taxes and a young, well-educated workforce, multinational firms such as Intel, Dell and Hewlett-Packard set up shop, establishing Ireland as a bridge between the U.S. and Europe. Exports soared, helped by billions of dollars in E.U. development funds and the government's clever management of public finances. Growth took off too: the Irish economy expanded at an average of 6.5% a year during the '90s, more than double the rate of the previous decade...
...From that point on, all I wanted to do is draw comics. And specifically, superhero and science fiction comics. Basically I used to copy comic books, and draw my own comics on scrap paper. But I had an education which was rather hostile to that, because I was quite clever at school, and I could do other things like physics and chemistry and stuff, and so I got kind of sidetracked...
Since Sen. Barack Obama’s win last Tuesday, this modified campaign slogan has graced signs at rallies, g-chat statuses, and more than one newspaper headline. I’m all for clever turns of phrase, but this particular quip reveals a misguided attitude shared by many Obama supporters...
...tenderness to the story, and “Role Models” surprises with its insight into the realities of adult-child relationships. Quick-fire dialogue also balances out the movie’s tendency toward broad and crude humor. Rudd’s character supplies a number of clever quips, and his highly referential, sarcastic style provides ample laughs. Ronnie is also given a number of good lines—most memorably his insistence that all white people be referred to as “Ben Affleck.” Wain worked on a number of television comedies, including...