| 单词 | slicker |
| 例句 | It was Bunny, all right, all six-foot-three of him, looming up behind me in a tremendous yellow rain slicker that came almost to his ankles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He opens the door and I split, quicker and slicker than a banana. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But tens of thousands of spectators, most of them German, began to flood into the regatta grounds, huddled under black umbrellas or wearing rain slickers and hats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bronwyn gave us each a crushing hug and handed out black rain slickers she’d snagged, which I’d suggested we wear to provide some measure of protection from the storm raging outside the loop. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z With his borrowed key, he opened the Pipeworks door, and they hurried past the yellow slickers on their hooks and the lines of rubber boots. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A cop in a rain slicker was directing traffic at the intersection. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When the day was over and he was upstairs taking off his boots and slicker, he saw the old man from the generator room and went to talk to him. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Enoch opened his slicker and pulled one of the wrapped hearts from an interior pocket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Stash it in your slicker and let’s get on with it.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When they came up out of the Pipeworks, they stripped off their boots and slickers and hurried out into Plummer Square, where they flopped down on a bench and burst into furious talk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He pinched my cheek, and whispered, “We’ll teach these city slickers that they can’t come up here and beat our dogs.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, they began to emerge onto their decks in peacoats and slickers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Doon buckled his tool belt around his waist and put on his slicker, which, for some reason, smelled like sweaty feet. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Little Willy loved to look at all the people, especially the “city slickers,” as Grandfather called them. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He wears glasses, and when last seen was wearing a gray tweed sports coat, khaki pants, and a yellow rain slicker. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Better wear your slicker. Now you take care and be quick.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He strode up a hallway where yellow slickers hung from pegs on the walls. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I pulled off the sweater, under which I was wearing a rain slicker I used to go sailing in, a kind of canvas sack. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The rocks are cold under my hands, slicker than I expected. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He found a rubberized canvas seabag and he prowled the rest of the ship in his boots, pushing himself off the bulkheads against the tilt, the yellow slicker pants rattling in the cold. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Jenny and Abby slipped into their bright yellow rain slickers and flipped up the hoods. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The pine tree was only a few more yards, but the hill was getting steeper and slicker, and Grover wasn’t getting any lighter. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After returning inside, he stoked the fire, then pulled on his rubber boots and his rain slicker. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “The sooner, the better. I noticed a squirrel having an upside-down feast on feeder number eight. We need to put an end to that. A slicker surface might do the trick.-” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He was wearing a red rain slicker and a canvas fishing hat pinned with wet flies and nymphs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to my room and got my rain slicker. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “What that?” she asked Bill one rainy night as she pointed to the rain slicker he wore. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I haven’t even checked to see if Ben packed me a slicker. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Medium,” said Doon, and Lister found him a slicker and a pair of boots. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I know city slickers when I see ’em and them thar’s two of the slickest of ’em all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then came three short, boiling subslurries, slicker and sweeter, as if composed of the Baked Alaska. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He made no special preparation except to wear a heavy sweater and rain slicker. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When she comes she rushes from the awning in a long slicker, her head covered with the hood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids in this group look a lot slicker and more polished than Dad’s group. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I backed off as scotch splashed on my shirt; it felt lighter, slicker, and warmer than water. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It was yellow slickers with writing on the back, college pennants, and plus fours. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the hallway was a room full of people, some of them sitting on benches and pulling on knee-high rubber boots, some struggling into their slickers, some buckling on tool belts. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Jody walked to school dressed in a slicker and short rubber boots. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Doon met her just outside the door, and she followed him inside, where he handed her a slicker and boots to put on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Look closer, though, and there’s no mistaking that both he and the movie are far slicker than any genuine sticky-carpet fare. Review: In ‘Cop Car,’ a Joyride by 2 Runaway Boys Takes a Wrong Turn 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z In it, Mr. Stanley, as a city slicker lost in the country, questions and gets smart answers from Carter, portraying a wisecracking local yokel: Ralph Stanley, bluegrass master, dies at 89 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z A city slicker could make a case that Larry the Cable Guy is the longest-running piece of performance art in pop culture today. Critic’s Notebook: The Original Blue Collar Comedy Tour Stars 2013-05-17T20:33:55Z Her best new songs, like “Stay Away” and “Nuclear Seasons,” are grand, skillful pop, slicker and less adventurous than her earlier oeuvre. Music Review: Charli XCX at the Knitting Factory 2012-03-11T22:00:12Z Pitch Perfect would give you an all male a cappella team struggling to defeat a slicker, all-female team – in terms of casting, and even in terms of substantial parts, it would be mostly a wash. There's an all-female Ghostbusters – how about a male Thelma and Louise? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Instead of lab coats the dancers wear clear plastic rain slickers over black outfits and black gloves. Dance Review: Harrison Atelier Enlists Merce Cunningham Dancers ? Review 2011-11-28T22:29:41Z The band is slicker, yes, but still worthy of their exalted place in the hard-rock world. Alice in Chains still reigns supreme in Seattle 2010-10-09T20:54:00Z Wearing a hard hat and a fluorescent slicker, she traverses a London overlaid with smartphone detritus: emojis, message notifications, text balloons and, at the end, a giant map pin weightily stalking her. The Playlist: The Weeknd, Leonard Cohen and Dirty Projectors All Want It Darker 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z One of the things that all of the bags I took out for a road test have in common is that they weren’t designed specifically with office workers and city slickers in mind. A great all-around backpack 2012-07-29T16:00:00Z That’s why I found myself giving demerits to the slicker, more commercialized operations, no matter how good the end product. Frugal Traveler: Memphis on the Cheap: Elvis, Barbecue and Baseball 2013-07-25T18:05:28Z "Smart", in American usage, is slicker and sharper than "intelligent"; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought. Teen fiction and the shadow of cancer 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z Following those good-hearted bumpkins to the Iowa State Fair and watching them collide with the preening city slickers from Des Moines was like watching a new nation being born. As Life Spins On, the Midway Beckons 2010-08-28T05:01:00Z This album is in small ways slicker than his outstanding 2008 country debut, “Learn to Live,” and of course less surprising. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-24T22:23:00Z Jon and Etta Smith live out a city slicker’s dream, mostly, by building a self-sustaining house, corral and livestock feeding system on their bear- and rattlesnake-infested bison ranch in northwestern Montana. What’s on TV Thursday 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Everything is slicker and grander in this iteration, including the hotel, which now looks like a supersized plantation. ‘The Witches’ Review: A Tale of Mice and Women, Toil and Trouble 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Milan — An artificial rain shower ended the Burberry Prorsum show this evening, pelting the models in their flasher-ready, see-through slickers and splashing all the front-row types, who had to pull up their knees. Review: With Weather as a Composed Prop 2011-01-15T20:42:43Z The sounds get slicker; the lyrics grow more generalized. Regional Mexican Music Is Finding More Ears. Peso Pluma Is Helping. 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z We thought that the collection was slicker and more commercial than we were expecting. | Mugler Wins! 2011-03-04T02:45:13Z The drive to make something faster, slicker, lighter, warmer has spilled over into the wearables space. At Nike, Extending the Track to the Runway 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z No city boy protests here and no slicker pretensions. Justice for Cameron, the good doctor who recognizes trouble, on "Virgin River" 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Several additions to the D.C. menu show how Evans might be trying to appeal to us city slickers. The BBQ Joint’s red light means go 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Whatever the outcome, the dispute highlights what veteran Hollywood producers say is the inherent risk in financing small independent films, which often struggle to find an audience in a market dominated by bigger, slicker productions. Film entrepreneur draws mixed reviews 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z She completely bypasses the sweaty authenticity of groaning determination for a slicker, brighter sort of pop desire. New band of the day ? No 817: Florrie 2010-07-02T16:13:00Z It adds denser rhythm and slicker pop dynamics; there are fewer moments concerned with showing off jazz-school chops. Music Review: Etienne Charles’s ‘Creole Soul’ Shifts Away From Mainstream 2013-07-24T21:51:10Z But not all of us will be city slickers. TV highlights 28/07/11 2011-07-27T20:59:01Z In fact, he goes on, the only difference between him and city slickers are suits, ties and fine shoes. In praise of ? Welcome to Lagos 2010-04-26T23:05:00Z The planned screenings reflect an equally cinematic battle between media companies courting audiences with ever slicker means of releasing their films and shows. Two GoT Episodes Get IMAX Makeover 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The difference is that this version of the Black American Network is slicker than the public access-looking jokey-joke version seen in the first season. Sometimes we can go home again: “Atlanta” comes full circle in its final season, only richer 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z This slicker new version landed just outside the top 40, at No. 41. Why 1987 remains the most important moment in alternative rock 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The dude has always been slicker than a can of oil with the ability to sell snow cones in the middle of a blizzard. "Air" doesn't do justice to Sonny Vaccaro, much less sneakerheads 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Now even city slickers with no obvious need for immediate refrigeration are getting into Yeti, just as they embraced Timberland boots and Canada Goose jackets. Can the Yeti Unite America? 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Its so-called gallery section contains items like “The Bank Roll” jacket: a slicker, ridged version of “Who’s Asking” for the artlike $1,200. Critical Shopper: At Sass & Bide, Gallery Girls of the World Unite 2014-03-12T23:30:41Z Not a Hellhound, but an exuberant border collie, followed shortly by its owner, a cheerful woman in a hooded yellow rain slicker. Beyond Stonehenge, searching for Britain’s stone circles The whale I'd painted in poster paint using my mother's clear nail varnish to make it look slicker and shiny as if it had just come out of the water. Philip Hoare: a life in writing 2013-06-21T15:37:01Z The stranger in a slicker kills their way through the friend group until Julie, our smart stand-in for a final girl, figures it out. 25 years ago, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" told the future of teen trauma 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The group, which now consists of Mr. Rose and sidemen rather than the band of comrades from its 1987-91 heyday, is larger, slicker and even more cartoonish than it was in its early years. Critic’s Notebook: Axl Rose and Kanye West, Heroes of Governors Ball 2013-06-10T21:53:47Z Mr. Buress has become a slicker, more mature performer with less of his old awkwardness. Hannibal Buress Evolves From Cult Star to Showman 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z No doubt, part of Blauw’s popularity is that it’s far slicker than your average hole-in-the-wall. Choice Tables: Eating Out in Amsterdam: Way Beyond Herring 2012-01-20T20:31:43Z People often imagine that digital technology will affect art by making it slicker and swifter and more quickly transmitted to more people, who will probably consume it on handheld devices. Go ahead, touch the art. That's the point of 'Twiddle, Poke, Hold' 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z She’s wearing a yellow slicker and an adorable cloche hat, and she smiles up at him with uncomplicated joy, like he’s an angel on earth. In Hollywood’s golden age, no dancer rivaled Debbie Reynolds’s high-stepping joy 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The follow-ups, Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness, are slicker and whip by at 84 mins and 88 mins respectively. From Ida to The Evil Dead: 10 of the best films under 90 minutes 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z She was eventually able to rein it in, replacing some key personalities, setting some financial guidelines for each section and using some technical workarounds that allowed for inexpensive 2-D backgrounds to look slicker. Cannes 2014: With 'Prophet,' Salma Hayek seeks to realize a vision 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z “Becoming Bond,” written and directed by Josh Greenbaum, is an altogether slicker proposition. ‘Midnight Return’ and ‘Becoming Bond’: The Smuggler and the Spy 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z According to Saturday's closing act Tiesto, there is a slicker approach to production than at many European festivals. California dream 2010-04-19T10:21:00Z The chorus is about celebrating Odd Future's ascent to world tours and fame, and the sound — though slicker than before — indicates Domo sticking to his guns, trusting his taste. Domo Genesis and the unsung depth of Odd Future 2011-09-29T18:40:09Z Again and again in this show, we see slicker, more confident men take advantage of Richard’s naïveté; he is always willing to help, usually out of the goodness of his own heart. 'Silicon Valley' Recap: Should Gilfoyle Actually Be Pied Piper's C.E.O.? 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z There are revealing glimpses into the early work of artists who would morph into entities that were slicker and ostensibly cooler. ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ Review: New York’s Last Rock Renaissance 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z After dinner, I lingered, chatting with the patrons and staff who, unlike the crowds at Louie Mueller, were not used to city slickers stopping by. Frugal Traveler Blog: Texas Road Trip, Part I: Barbecue, Dr Pepper and Tortilla-Tossing 2012-02-07T19:59:19Z Though I felt pangs of jealousy for the super-cool pricier rentals, which offer a slicker look and jazzy colors, the Backpacker was perfect for my purposes. Frugal Traveler Blog: In New Zealand, a Man, a Van, a Plan 2012-04-03T20:21:34Z At the top of the post is a photo of Thunberg, the hood up on her trademark slicker. Teen activist Greta Thunberg is now a fashion icon, whether she likes it or not 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z "Oh look at you and them new shoes, he think he slicker than a can of oil!" Sneaker Release Trauma is real. Just ask any suffering shoe collector 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z As far as the rooftop show’s famous coats go, Ringo Starr’s red slicker is underrated. The Sublime Spectacle of Yoko Ono Disrupting the Beatles 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Who says a condiment can’t be the color of a 1950s rain slicker? Perspective | Gene Weingarten: The continuing saga of the beleaguered customer-service rep 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Quarry Hall at Dinosaur National Monument is newer and slicker than the Price museum, but we soon learned that its fate was once as precarious as a plant-eating stegosaurus amid a pack of predatory sauropods. On a dino crusade in Utah, tracks don’t always follow the map 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Also, social media makes it easier to build a brand from scratch, and some small food businesses have slicker websites and more clever brand identities than their much bigger competitors. Small Food Businesses Tap Into Changing Appetites 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z “Cannibal” is in every way a slicker and prettier album than her debut “Animal.” Critic?s Notebook: Gaining an Edge in Female Rap Race 2010-11-23T23:07:00Z And when the light hits her bangles or the folds in her rain-wet slicker, there’s that sparkle. The Week Ahead: Oct. 16 ? 22 2011-10-14T16:46:11Z The next time these city slickers visit, you should post some rules to the ranch. Perspective | Ask Amy: Cowboy needs to wrangle human predators 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Rose, insanely optimistic and daffy, doesn't know city slicker Mark, but she says that she needs him and loves him. Eigengrau | Theatre review 2010-03-18T22:00:00Z By the time “Walk This Way” was recorded, Mr. Smith was no longer producing Run-DMC, though he was still making records with Whodini, a much slicker group, which, like Run-DMC, had platinum success. Larry Smith, Hip-Hop Producer, Dies at 63 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z In this case, blood is slicker than writer. Theater review: With Faction of Fools’ ‘Titus,’ an audience sees red And the freewheeling can-do/make-do, upstart/startup nature of Intiman today can seem miles apart from the slicker, more institutional image of Intiman past. Intiman’s second festival has more to prove in 2013 2013-07-05T16:46:38Z But if these soloists were slicker, they were duller, too, and there was less pungency in this chorus and orchestra’s securely massed sound. Music Review: Trinity Wall Street and Musica Sacra in ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-21T22:43:12Z One company at the conference, Silvercar, showed longer, slicker videos by its users — at least one of which was unsolicited. Frugal Traveler: Tech Tips, and Warnings, for Budget Travelers 2014-03-25T16:40:17Z Television and movies are littered with fish-out-of-water tales about city slickers or country yokels transplanted into an unfamiliar environment. Your move to the big city may be your last 2013-12-27T17:00:00Z “Soul!” helped pave the way for the pivotal Black music program “Soul Train,” a far slicker production that made its national debut three years later, in 1971. ‘Soul!’ Brought Black Culture to TV in 1968. A New Doc Tells Its Story. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z While all the Rhimes hallmarks are there – lightning-fast pacing, plenty of sex, a leather trench coat that will send you immediately to Net-a-Porter – it’s both brighter and slicker than most of her other shows. The Catch: Shonda Rhimes-produced private eye curio is far-fetched but fun 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Gang of Four lost its initial momentum with a career that straggled into the 1990s as the band tried slicker, more electronic pop and dance music. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-24T23:19:27Z There are some people who would have been happy if the first two rows of the audience were given slickers and blood got all over them. What Happened to Off Broadway Revival of ?Carrie?? 2012-04-09T21:38:26Z Playing bumpkin-boss to the hilt, Griffith was an ideal foil for the city slicker Thomas, whose condescending attitude finally got him thrown in the clink. A few ways to enjoy and celebrate Andy Griffith 2012-07-03T20:17:11Z “Prisoners of War” isn’t a better show than the slicker, starrier, more high-powered “Homeland.” Watch List: Season 2 of ‘Prisoners of War’ on Hulu 2013-05-28T20:52:03Z Such touches were submerged at the Anthem show, much of which sounded like a slicker version of the kind of stuff performed at Woodstock, the festival for which PTM’s latest album is named. Review | Portugal. The Man blends heavy rock and funk at the Anthem 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z So did Mapplethorpe, of course, but in a slicker, more idealized mode. Review | In the galleries: Matt Wilt wields a deft hand for his ceramic creations 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z For truly uninitiated city slickers, Urban Rangers will help set up tents, conduct s’more toasting lessons and take groups on night hikes in search of nocturnal critters. Campsites in the Heart of New York City 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z “I’m just so pleased that the theater community in Baltimore is expanding and getting slicker and bolder,” says Center Stage artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah. Chesapeake Shakespeare among troupes banking on Baltimore If “Know My Name” had been shaped in these slicker forms—a corrective, a tell-all—readers sympathetic to Miller would have readily received her rage, whatever her tone. The Irrepressibly Political Survivorship of Chanel Miller 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z He wanted to inoculate himself against literary critics who might sneer at him for writing a slicker, more commercial book. Richard Price Finds His Pseudonym for ‘The Whites’ Annoying 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z While Gulman’s previous output has been standard hours of loosely connected material, this special is slicker, more vulnerable and thematically integrated. What Happened After the Joke: A Stand-Up’s Harrowing Tale 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z For a while, Hank’s prodigal return is played for gentle, knowing laughs, as a comedy about a city slicker slumming it with the good country folk and rediscovering his roots in the process. ‘The Judge’ Stars Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Motown’s sound was slicker while Stax’s was “blacker”and more spontaneous. ‘Dreams to Remember’ review: An homage to Otis Redding 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z But I have to admit to what can be described only as a city slicker’s insecurity: What if I don’t see a single creature? Footsteps: Jewels of Olmsted?s Unspoiled Midwest 2011-09-02T18:18:14Z It's slicker and more prominent than in previous "Halo" editions. 'Halo 4' scheduled for November launch 2012-04-17T17:41:12Z The Brooklyn Academy of Music understandably decided not to include “The Toy,” but its retrospective does reveal how Pryor’s screen work from the 1980s became slicker, more hollow and hostile to his peculiar gifts. Critic’s Notebook: A Richard Pryor Retrospective, ‘A Pryor Engagement,’ at BAM 2013-02-05T23:21:42Z When the yellow ones go on it makes everything in the room look gray, unless you are wearing a yellow rain slicker or carrying a rubber duck. Seeing Color: A Matter of Nature, or Culture? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Darker, slicker, and more monstrous than the group’s fizzy first steps, Mezzanine relied on heavy sampling to braid together disparate threads in music’s history. Reissue of Massive Attack’s Mezzanine Highlights Band’s Influence 2013-11-15T16:52:52Z There, helpers in yellow slickers hoist the wheelchair up to an elevated platform. Art In Review: ODED HIRSCH: ?nothing new? 2012-03-22T20:36:27Z But without characters who are credibly grounded by the actors portraying them, the show feels slicker and more contrived than it did. | 'Rent': That Ragtag Bohemian Army Returns 2011-08-12T02:01:00Z James was dirty and grumpy — a city slicker trying to learn to manage all the complex human and animal needs that suddenly had become his responsibility. Spending My Tenderness on Animals 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Even city slickers don Wranglers this month when the rodeo gallops into town. Live It Up in Houston 2011-04-25T05:20:02.430Z There were vinyl slickers and fluorescent-lined suits notable for the slick tailoring for which Versace gets too little credit. Milan’s Titans — Zegna, Versace, Prada — Do Men’s Wear Battle 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Playing in the Geffen’s smaller theater, “Nothing to Hide” was a slicker, simpler and more enjoyable evening’s entertainment. Critic’s Notebook: Make-Believe at Geffen Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse 2012-12-19T23:07:37Z To him, bigger and slicker did not mean better. Music Review: Waters Points ‘The Wall’ Toward Abuse of Power 2012-07-07T13:03:25Z The foliage rustled, crisp as newspaper, and my sweater cuffs, peeping from beneath the sleeves of a borrowed rain slicker, became itchy shackles of sodden wool. Harvesting Grapes in France, With Champagne as Reward 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The problem for Kick-Ass 2 is that the slicker it becomes, the more it risks losing the joyous veneer of half-baked heroism that helped make the first film so singularly, enjoyably offbeat. Will Kick-Ass 2 stay offbeat as our self-made superheroes polish their act? 2013-03-14T11:54:38Z Onstage, Bussang’s productions are also slicker and more aligned with the standards of publicly funded French playhouses — leafy backdrop aside. This Theater Brings Nature Right Into the Drama 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Larks all round as the city slickers set off fire alarms, try to catch chickens and get stuck in the mud. TV highlights 04/07/2012 2012-07-03T18:59:01Z In 1971 the experimental Portable Theater produced his play “Pignight,” a jarring look at city slickers taking care of a British pig farm who run afoul of a disturbed German farmworker. Snoo Wilson, Surrealistic British Playwright, Dies at 64 2013-07-08T01:09:55Z The Beach Walk, finished a decade ago, signaled a new, slicker look at ground level. For ‘Mayberry with sunsets,’ head to Florida’s Indian Rocks Beach instead of Clearwater 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z I don't know what it is about Vaccaro, but the dude has always been slicker than a can of oil with the ability to sell snow cones in the middle of a blizzard. "Air" doesn't do justice to Sonny Vaccaro, much less sneakerheads 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z At a nearby booth was a flat reproduction of a Van Gogh self-portrait with slightly raised, slicker areas to show both outlines and how brush strokes swept or swirled within those outlines. Different ways to show paintings, photos to blind people 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Many of these were cheaply made and plotted repetitively, but gradually their gruesome protagonists became smarter and slicker. World War Z unleashes an unedifying breed of zombie 2013-06-17T13:58:58Z Such choices make for a disorienting viewing experience, especially if you’re accustomed to the conventions of slicker documentaries. A True-Crime Story That Puts the Victims First 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z While one might argue that artificial intelligence allows for quicker, slicker user experiences, creating user experiences dependent on AI guarantees that any error or poor design choice becomes a single point of failure. AI is Becoming a Band-Aid over Bad, Broken Tech Industry Design Choices 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z And that’s when he gave me a big yellow rain slicker the next night. Reba McEntire on collaborating with Dolly Parton, looking ‘tough sexy’ and living ‘Not That Fancy’ 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z They got that from minute one with the passing far slicker, the movement far better and, at one stage, it looked like a mere formality and case of how many. Rangers beat Livingston to set up Hearts semi-final 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Maybe the most massive quasars are city slickers, forming in hubs of tens or hundreds of other galaxies. Powerful black holes might grow up in bustling galactic neighborhoods 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z "The idea is to use digital technology to make a process that is slicker, smoother, cheaper and more transparent . . . and to have it regulated," he was quoted as saying by the newspaper. LSEG explores blockchain for cross-asset digital 'ecosystem' 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z "The idea is to use digital technology to make a process that is slicker, smoother, cheaper and more transparent . . . and to have it regulated." LSE Group draws up plans for blockchain-based digital assets business - FT 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z If Charles can get Dubois to be a little bit tricky, a little bit slicker, then he really does have a chance. 'Dubois can't just rely on puncher’s chance’ 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Yet as her music grew slicker — and her closely scrutinized romantic life ever more celeb-studded — Swift’s most devoted fans continued to perceive her as the unflinching diarist they’d discovered as kids. It's a love story, L.A. just says yes: How Taylormania took over the world 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z In a game played at a frantic pace, Eddie Howe's side were slicker than their opponents as they made it three league wins in a row. Newcastle beat Man Utd to climb up to third 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Having run Scotland's devolved government since 2007, the SNP of today is vastly bigger, slicker, and more successful than it was when it had only two MPs in the early eighties. SNP leadership: The battle raging for the party's soul 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “It was a little slicker, a little slower in general,” Truex said. Harvick goes for win No. 10 at Phoenix in final Cup season 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z The city slickers fed up with rising egg prices have had questions for Samuel Dodds. Perspective | Virgin chicken wranglers, tired of pricey eggs, are snatching up birds 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z "That guy," Smith said, "he's slicker than grease." Christian health nonprofit that let people “opt out of Obamacare” saddled members with debt and ruin 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The PS VR2 is an undoubtedly slicker, lighter, and more comfortable experience than its predecessor. PS VR2: Sony's next attempt to make virtual reality gaming mainstream 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z One fan wore an umbrella atop his head and several students sitting in the front row donned rain slickers. UCLA rally falls short at Arizona as Wildcats snap Bruins' 14-game win streak 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Dior men's artistic director Kim Jones transformed familiar pieces such as fishermen's rain caps, slickers and chunky sweaters into an elevated styles in muted colors - ivory, dusty blues and a pale, mustard yellow. Dior Homme gives new life to age-old classics at Paris Fashion Week 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z My umbrella was wide and sturdy, my rain slicker insulated and as yellow as a Minion. Column: It's flooding in Southern California. 85 years ago, the damage was way worse 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Gauff adapted better than most to the indoor courts which players say are faster and slicker than those outdoors. American Coco Gauff reaches semifinals at ASB Classic 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “The juice in my mouth was slicker than an eel’s.” Gaylord Perry, spitball-throwing Hall of Famer, dies at 84 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Smarter, slicker operators won't be bullied out of games any more. Spectre of absent Erasmus sets mood at Twickenham 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z The slicker the theatrical maneuvers, the more the show begins to feel like a hoax. Review: Mentalist Vinny DePonto plays benevolent mind games at the Geffen Playhouse 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Players throughout the game seemed to struggle with the field, which might have been slicker due to recent rain and fog. Seahawks’ Bruce Irvin: Field for Munich game was ‘terrible’ 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z It was understandable in that Spurs had once again played in first gear, conceding the initiative to a Sporting side who looked sharper and slicker in possession. 'Time for Conte to unleash timid Tottenham attack' 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z To city slickers, they might seem like the perfect places to put renewable energy — sun-swept fields and windy plains degraded by pesticide use and overgrazing, practically crying out for a second economic life. This power line could save California — and forever change the American West 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Like a vengeful villain in a Western movie, city slicker Trump targeted Cheney in the Wyoming Republican primary. The conning of the Cowboy State 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “It was a lot slicker the second time. That’s where it got a little out of control at the end.” Dodgers TV reporter injured sliding down Bernie’s Chalet 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Your character’s been described simply as a “city slicker.” 'Never Have I Ever's' new heartthrob wants to subvert the 'model minority' stereotype 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The huge success of films in southern Indian languages with better scripts and slicker visuals has been a talking point among critics and moviemakers. Laal Singh Chaddha: How Aamir Khan adapted Forrest Gump to Bollywood 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Every summer, thousands of British city slickers escape to the countryside to enjoy the fairy tale-like “green and pleasant land” that poet William Blake praised in the 18th century. 'Britain is melting': The U.K. records its hottest day ever as a heat wave scorches Europe 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Robbie Ray, who carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning on Friday night, said the baseballs early in the game were better but they seemed to get slicker as the game went on. Slippery in Seattle? Mariners, Angels pitchers criticize ‘slick’ baseballs used at T-Mobile Park 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Could two gay city slickers survive on a dirt road in a desert town just a few doors down from an alpaca farm? They swapped an L.A. pad for a Joshua Tree homestead — and a growing gay community 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Now the circuit moves to slicker grass, with Wimbledon starting on June 27. Analysis: If No. 1 Iga Swiatek keeps improving, look out 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z He was a bigger, slicker fighter who did what Alvarez usually does to his opponents — impose his will on the man across the ring from him. Alvarez faces questions after first loss in nearly a decade 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z I’m gay, and I’m Black, and I’m a city slicker with no children. Opinion | Don’t let Mallory McMorrow fight bigotry alone 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z “I don’t know if they run out of the rubbed-up balls and they are scrambling to get more rubbed up, but it seems like the balls later in the game are slicker,” he said. Slippery in Seattle? Mariners, Angels pitchers criticize ‘slick’ baseballs used at T-Mobile Park 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z City slickers shouldn’t have all the fun and gas-savings of electric vehicles. Dear Mr. President: C’mon man, make climate a populist cause 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z It's just that southern industries are making them with better scripts and slicker visuals. KGF 2, RRR, Pushpa: The southern Indian films winning on Bollywood's turf 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Urged on by an exultant Kop, Liverpool simply overwhelmed United as they were quicker, slicker and simply in a different class to their fallen rivals. Salah scores twice as Liverpool outclass Man Utd 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The third season of “Snowpiercer” seemed slicker somehow and even delved into other genres, especially in the first few episodes. Daveed Diggs on the 'unfathomable' idea behind 'Snowpiercer's' season finale 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Cochran noted in the AP obituary for Estes, “how many city slickers from New York or Chicago can make a fortune selling phantom cow manure?” ‘One of a kind’: Former AP reporter Mike Cochran dies at 85 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z This is the best I’ve got: We need to stop thinking a dashing rescuer in a red slicker or yellow fire-resistant shirt should come save us from wildfire. This Isn’t the California I Married 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Its product comes in a slightly slicker form than Detect, with a cartridge into which a person can insert their swab. The future of coronavirus tests takes shape on a Caribbean yacht 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Mistletoe in Montana Melissa Joan Hart stars in this holiday romance as the owner of Paradise Ranch, where city slickers go on vacation to play cowboys and cowgirls. What's on TV Friday: 'Sugar Plum Twist' Hallmark; 'The Hollywood Christmas Parade' on the CW 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The song featured more pyrotechnics; afterward, two stagehands in yellow slickers appeared and swept away whatever mess the fireworks had left behind. Tyler, the Creator, proves the power of risk-taking and brand-building at Day N Vegas 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z He will now be known as a guy who is slicker than his TV hair, who thought he was unique, too much so to follow rules, and more precious than anyone in the room. Perspective | Aaron Rodgers is entitled to stay unvaccinated. He’s not entitled to lie about it. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Only 31, well-dressed and well-mannered, with slick hair and even slicker social media slogans, he became Austria’s youngest-ever chancellor and formed a government with the far right. Fake Polls and Tabloid Coverage on Demand: The Dark Side of Sebastian Kurz 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The explanation that UK gambling technology, honed during the online revolution at home, is simply slicker than US versions seemed simplistic. Markets rally as Evergrande fears ease; CO2 restart to cost ‘tens of millions’ – business live 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z He said rain — the main threat from Nicholas — really doesn’t stop the linemen who are generally outfitted with slicker suits and grit, he said. Hurricane battered Louisiana braces for Nicholas drenching 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z A single sentence about foreclosure sales and gun-toting protests is blown out into a scene that lets Futterman pit good old boys with rifles against city slickers in suits. 'American Rust' bears a likeness to 'Mare of Easttown' — without the sense of humor 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Pack on his back, yellow slicker shedding raindrops, tramping through the woods in the North Bend/Snoqualmie area in the documentary “Hunting Bigfoot.” ‘Hunting Bigfoot’ review: Seattle-based filmmaker follows a man obsessed with finding Sasquatch 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z He added: "Thieves are also becoming even slicker stealing quad bikes - watching for hours to rush into farm yards and steal them when they are left unattended for a few minutes." Gangs on e-scooters targeting GPS farm equipment 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Success hinges on whether they can deliver slicker technology and more attractive pricing than incumbents. Analysis: JPMorgan, Goldman bet on tech to crack UK consumer market 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z If you recall, Kikuchi had troubles adjusting to the MLB baseball, which is slicker and has flatter seams than the ball he used in Japan. Mariners Mailbag: What to do about Yusei Kikuchi and his unique contract? 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z If the infinitely slicker new movie is an allegory at all, it’s an allegory for what would happen if a really big, tool-using primate had an ancient beef with a really big radioactive dinosaur. In 'Godzilla vs. Kong,' the big monsters brawl. And the audience actually wins 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z He said he is still adjusting to the slicker MLB baseball. Arihara's spring debut for Rangers is 2 shortened innings 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z He said he is still adjusting to the slicker MLB baseball. Arihara’s spring debut for Rangers is 2 shortened innings 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z He said he is still adjusting to the slicker MLB baseball. Arihara’s spring debut for Rangers is 2 shortened innings 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Among the adjustments already, Arihara said, is getting used to a slicker baseball for the grip on his fastball and split-fingered pitches. Rangers RHP Arihara starts transition to majors from Japan 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Luna Rossa’s greater time on the racecourse was apparent in its slicker crew work which was evident in the second race, sailed in stronger winds in which the teams were more closely matched. Luna Rossa wins “trade-off” to open challenger series final 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Unlike slicker true-crime boxes, “Welcome Home” is designed to seem like something one might receive after moving into a new house amid a highly active neighborhood watch group. How COVID-19 led an L.A. troupe to reject Zoom theater for play-at-home games 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z When a city slicker is outfoxed by a country bumpkin, we consider it just, yet we think it unfair the other way around. Pop culture isn't biased toward 'coastal elites.' If anything, it's the reverse 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z A slicker, more modern one from the Boston Modern Orchestra Project has less character but much beauty. Lou Harrison's generosity endures when we most need it 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z But Emi was wound up, bouncing around the room in her pink boots and yellow slicker, ponytail flying. ‘It’s been life-altering for everyone.’ Kindering bridges the virtual gap to help kids with special needs 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s also a way for city slickers with snake phobias to confront their fears in the wild. This Urban Safari Comes With a Warning: Watch Out for Snakes 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Trump’s town hall on NBC had a slicker introduction with more bells and whistles. Trump and Biden town halls: two channels, two candidates, two planets 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Fantasy Grounds is the slicker of the two platforms, and its user base skews a bit older — mostly people in their 30s, according to Davison. Column: D&D nerds (like me) are donning virtual armor and venturing online amid pandemic 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z It’s all just a game to Gary, whom Carell plays like a distant cousin to “The Office’s” Michael Scott — slicker and more calculating, to be sure, but fundamentally just as clueless. Review: Jon Stewart's off-key political comedy, starring Steve Carell, is far from 'Irresistible' 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Many struggle to turn a profit as they offer up doses of nostalgia, a communal experience and low-cost entertainment in the face of slicker and better-funded indoor competitors. With many movie theaters still closed, drive-ins try to show the way 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Cadwell said that, over time, the indoor courts may become smoother and slicker than the outdoor courts and will need resurfacing perhaps every six years. Indoor tennis courts finished, with no one to play 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z Rough and slicker greens during tournament week mean almost every hole demands forced carries over water or bunkers—a major challenge for amateurs when compared to pros. What would you shoot at TPC Sawgrass under Players Championship conditions? - Golf Digest 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The difference is that today’s suppressors, while just as mean, are slicker. Opinion | This Black History Month, let’s focus on the present 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z City hall is much more supportive of the new, slicker venture, leasing a room for its vinyl library – 35,000 LPs donated by two radio stations – with plans for community events and podcasts. 'People came to make noise': Porto's abandoned mall turned underground music hub 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Villa were, simply, proving to be quicker and slicker. Tyrone Mings’ quick-fire response grabs Aston Villa draw at Manchester United 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z The visitors were, as afternoon drifted into night, slicker and quicker and brighter. At Liverpool, Another Symphony Brings the Crowd to Its Feet 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z We keep being told the process will get slicker and speedier. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “I was just a city slicker,” she said. Artist preserves farmland of native Kentucky in watercolor 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The camera is passable, the battery life is good, and the software is a little slicker than before. LG G8X Dual Screen review: better than you might ThinQ 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Before banding chicks or counting eggs, scientists don hard hats and slickers and grab poles to protect themselves from divebombing parent birds. Gulls are the feathered fabric of our very landscape — and they are a lot like us 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Pitchers claimed the balls were slicker then, too, and that slugfest between the Astros and Dodgers featured a record 25 home runs and went down as an instant classic. LEADING OFF: A’s choose Manaea, Rays start Morton in WC game 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Verlander has been critical of structural changes to the baseball since 2017, when pitchers and coaches from the Astros and Dodgers complained that World Series balls were slicker than ones used in the regular season. Blame it on the juice: Pitchers set for homer-filled October 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Next to the country bumpkin, the city slicker comes up short. On TV, country is the soundtrack to the American dream 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Throughout the day, bulldozers planned to dig a line on the north flank of the fire and hand crews worked around the southern edge, which includes slicker, steeper terrain that vehicles can’t navigate. Rain slows spread of Stevens County wildfires, triggers flooding 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z If so, the county’s slippery slope will get even slicker, and Montgomery will find itself in peril of becoming the region’s only major jurisdiction lacking a top-shelf credit rating — and saddled with higher borrowing costs. Opinion | A credit-rating agency warning should scare Montgomery County 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z When an actor who makes Westerns visits a Montana dude ranch, a woman realizes that he’s actually a city slicker who knows nothing about being a cowboy. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z No weather forecaster can tell you for sure when to wear a rain slicker, stock up on canned goods, or evacuate a city that’s in a cyclone’s path. Why Weather Forecasting Keeps Getting Better 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z And then the label didn’t like the shots – they wanted something slicker. Kirk Weddle's best photograph: Nirvana's Nevermind swimming baby 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z At a nearby booth was a flat reproduction of a Van Gogh self-portrait with slightly raised, slicker areas to show both outlines and how brush strokes swept or swirled within those outlines. Different ways to show paintings, photos to blind people 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The country boy in me dreamed of becoming a city slicker. Asking our readers about their hometowns brought back nostalgic memories and emotions — some bitter, some sweet 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z He meant it as a tribute to his parents, “city slickers in Chicago,” he says, who “wanted to be cowboys and cowgirls.” New in L.A. theater: ‘Bronco Billy’ rides again; Billie Holiday sings sad truths 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z None of the websites were familiar; the sites were slicker and seemed less unsavory. How the Game Boy found a new life through emulation 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Like most such stories, “Bless This Mess” privileges the country over the town, prizes the hicks above the slickers. Review: In ABC’s ‘Bless This Mess,’ the clueless hipster as comedy target 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z It showed that vertically oriented “selfie” videos shot by candidates in a loose, conversational style performed better on social media than slicker, more expensive videos adapted from TV commercials. Digital Hype Aside, Report Says Political Campaigns Are Mostly Analog Affairs 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z They donned rain slickers and gas masks, dropped a collapsible rowboat down a manhole near the baseball stadium on Rainier Avenue and paddled 18 miles through the sewers before emerging near the Ship Canal. In subterranean Seattle, thousands of miles of tunnels, pipes and cables keep the city running 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It was no raucous dress-up occasion, but a pleasantly laidback affair — almost as cozy as watching at home, but with better roughage and slicker design. Awards for the Academy Awards: We watched the 2019 Oscars from all over Seattle and dished out awards of our own 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z As the minutes wore on, the guard, outfitted in a rain slicker, repeatedly moved one hand toward his firearm. How did YouTube personality ‘Furry Potato’s’ trip to an L.A. synagogue end in gunfire? 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z A train had just pulled into port, and workers in yellow slickers were jogging out to meet it. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “Stuffed and Ready” is not a drastic departure, but it's slicker and more widescreen. On Cherry Glazerr's new album, Clementine Creevy puts her personal problems on a public stage 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z But it was the visitors who looked the slicker and more threatening before the interval. Rashford’s strike and De Gea’s brilliance earn Manchester United win over Spurs 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z The slicker the surface, the wackier the conditions, the more comfortable Mahomes, all of 23, seems. Chiefs Finally End a Playoff Drought at Home, Burying the Colts 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z “If you have a CEO who is nauseous dealing with someone who’s slicker than they are, then that can be a problem.” Palantir once mocked the idea of salespeople. Now it’s hiring them 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The fuel rises were doubly galling for the yellow vests in their suburban and rural homes because they can’t rely on good public transport like rich city slickers do. How do you stop green taxes hurting the poor? 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Crews in yellow rain slickers were still clearing debris from burned homes and removing trees from streets littered with melted plastic trash cans and hollowed vehicles on tireless rims. Residents return to California town leveled by wildfire 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Crews in yellow slickers were still clearing debris from burned homes and removing trees from streets littered with melted plastic trash cans and hollowed vehicles on tireless rims. Residents head back into California town leveled by wildfire 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z He says its look will be "slicker than any other TV news programme in Britain today". The Nine to show 'world through Scots eyes' 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z In addition to payments going to what EWG called “city slickers,” the organization found that 85 recipients got checks that went above the $125,000 federal payment limitation. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The series, which was brought to life by Riverdale writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, feeds into the new approach that drama made for Generation Z needs to be slicker and more sophisticated to draw in audiences. Does the Sabrina reboot live up to the hype? 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The desert sun made the 1 1/2-mile track even slicker than usual, and it appeared to wreak havoc with some teams' tire pressure decisions. Keselowski wins NASCAR playoff opener, gets 500th for Penske 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s no surprise to see puffers, parkas and slickers in the fall men’s collections. In Fashion: The Heaviest Winter Coats 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The seminar room was much slicker than the last time I’d seen it, and the coffee was infinitely better. Breakthrough 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Fried chicken may be thriving nearly everywhere on the planet, but in America, its birthplace, KFC has had a serious wobble as slicker rivals do a better job at winning over fickle millennials. ‘Chicken is where it's at’: the unstoppable rise of KFC 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z The agents activated sirens and flashing lights, and Hunter said the panga driver, outfitted in a yellow rain slicker, accelerated and turned away. Judge finds human smuggling panga driver, not CBP agents, at fault in deadly collision at sea 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The president in a rain slicker at the helm of a sailboat, presiding over antics at a picnic, sitting with the first lady outside Springwood, the Hudson River mansion that was the Roosevelt homestead. Private world of Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled in newly found film footage 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Jak’s on Green Lake is labeled an alehouse, but it’s the same iteration of the Jak’s Grill brand, only with a good craft-cocktail program in a slicker, contemporary setting. Seattle Happy Hour hits: What may be the best burger deal in the city, and Tex-Mex snacks at a family-friendly hangout 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z She knew the names of the high school ag teachers; she wasn’t a “city slicker.” Chris Curtis: the heart of the markets 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z He knows the measure is hurting his popularity in rural France, where already he's seen as the quintessential city slicker. Speed limit cut on French roads angers rural voters 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Houkal plays some with the racial and class tensions underlying the relationship between the city slickers and their rural hosts, though "Edge of Isolation" isn't really a political film. Indie horror 'Edge of Isolation' brings verve to genre 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The origins of the slicker date to 19th-century Britain, when cloth coats were treated with oils like linseed to resist rain. Why Even City Slickers Should Reconsider Classic Fisherman’s Rain Gear 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Their second reward of the afternoon was far slicker in its construction, Jürgen Locadia placing a superbly weighted pass between opponents for Izquierdo to reach as Ward unwisely went to ground. Wilfried Zaha’s double clinches huge derby triumph for Crystal Palace 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z The spectacle was infinitely slicker than the more experimental performances Remy gave in the years after she formed U.S. Meg Remy's provocative pop of U.S. Girls dances against systemic injustice 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Parkdale Mills is a much slicker operation than Carolina Cotton Works. Why Aren’t Businesses Doing More to Save American Manufacturing? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Larger, slicker firms sell chicks and veterinary services to smaller outfits. How the growth of cities changes farming 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z It's online self promotion, at home and abroad, becomes slicker by the day. Who will challenge China's 'open' internet? 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Overnight, I went from suburbanite to city slicker. Revenge of the Suburbs 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Last but not least, with the rainier weather comes slicker roads. Exploring in the Northwest: Don’t leave without these 10 items | Provided By Northwest Motorsport 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z United were proving faster and slicker and more determined in every facet of play. Manchester United and Marcus Rashford allow Burton little consolation 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Their digital services are getting slicker, but are aimed chiefly at the broad mass of existing customers rather than poorer new ones. Digital technology can make financial struggles easier to manage 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z As Tuesday’s match wore on and the slicker Iranian team pulled ahead with two goals, fans in the Beirut neighborhood of Hamra veered between hope and resignation. Syria’s World Cup soccer bid mesmerizes a divided nation badly in need of hope 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z The display looks magnificent against the phone's barely-there black bezels, giving it a slicker look than the iPhone 7 Plus as well as Google's Pixel. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Review: Superb But Too Familiar 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z “People like us in smaller places and people that are in the rural communities, we’re just the same as the big city slickers,” Sullivan said of her fellow rural activists. Resistance efforts are taking root in pro-Trump country — and women are leading the charge 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z A major reason why Bravo was bought and Hart demoted was because of his supposedly slicker footwork. If Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are to succeed, Ederson needs to hit ground running 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z In 1943, Fortune magazine reported that the bites were considered a “rare delicacy by city slickers.” To get a little taste of Dunlap, you can't beat the Turkey Testicle Festival 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Something with better sound quality and slicker execution should be an obvious purchase. Who needs a HomePod when you could have an iPod Hi-Fi with Alexa? 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Earlier Saturday, Maren Morris played an impressive set that confidently blended traditional country sounds with slicker textures from pop and R&B — a once-heterodox gesture Twain helped normalize with her zillion-selling “Come On Over” album. Shania Twain's Stagecoach performance felt like an amazing computer simulation 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z At Red Rocks they put on their slickers and they had umbrellas. John Tesh cancer is in remission, but he says that makes touring more important 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The big difference is that when his City perform as he wishes they are close to an unstoppable proposition, faster, slicker and cleverer than the Chilean’s vintage ever were. Manchester City’s toothless strike force misread Pep Guardiola’s blueprint for success | Jamie Jackson 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Liverpool, without hitting anything like the heights of the autumn, were sharper, slicker and more aggressive, again and again scything through Arsenal’s mulch of a midfield, isolating defenders almost at will. Alexis Sánchez the substitute symbolises Arsenal’s decade of sorry stagnation | Jonathan Wilson 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z But the finale, “Chicago,” with its city slickers on the prowl, damsels seeking dates and one wandering sailor, ends “Migration” on a note of sheer jubilation. Step Afrika! brings black migration saga to vibrant life 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Joining them soon will be Art of the Table restaurant, relocating to a slicker space with a bar. Stone Way North is the new barhopping place to be 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z He is a consummate city slicker, a soft-handed, foul-mouthed toff who lives in a 58-story building and has been identified with New York City excess his entire life. The intolerance of the left: Trump's win as seen from Walt Disney's hometown 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Mayweather was faster and slicker, Hopkins more fearless and willing to take risks. Bernard Hopkins Throws One Final Punch at Father Time 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z One AFL-CIO union leader described him to The Washington Post in 1976 as “a country slicker” who masked his brainpower behind a rustic persona and his ever-present cigar. W.J. ‘Bill’ Usery, renowned labor-management troubleshooter, dies at 92 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z At that moment, he was less worried about Donald Trump winning the presidency than a far slicker populist coming along to galvanize the same anti-establishment constituency four years after a Trump defeat. Pulling the lever for doomsday: How Donald Trump changed everything 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Monaco was a pale imitation of its usual slicker self. Monaco takes French League 1 lead with 1-1 draw at Dijon 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Their midfield was the slicker from the outset. PSG draw the sting of Arsenal and seize initiative in Group A 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z And so Jack Filak and Tracey Oates, officials from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, put on their slickers on this rainy afternoon and go knocking on the doors of union households. Can either presidential candidate rescue this Ohio city? 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z He often appeared in rain slickers, rain boots and a red hat, carrying his trademark suitcase with a note that said, simply: “Please look after this bear. Thank you.” U.S. Elections, Wells Fargo, Nobel Prize: Your Thursday Briefing 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z He often appeared in rain slickers, rain boots and a red hat, carrying his trademark suitcase with a note that said simply: “Please look after this bear. Thank you.” Calais, Trump, Putin: Your Thursday Briefing 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z And the dusty streets of this isolated outpost may hold little appeal for Russia's city slickers. Russian free land: A brilliant bureaucratic nightmare? - BBC News 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Even though the equipment is slicker, the procedures remain basically the same as they were 60 years ago. Surprisingly Little Evidence for the Accepted Wisdom About Teeth 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z None of these competitors, however, offer these features in a slicker or more fashionable package than the Apple Watch. Apple Watch Series 2 Review 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the movie turns even slicker with a mad choreographed rush around the courthouse when the verdict is read and Wright is found guilty. ‘London Road’: Making murder into a musical 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Though shot with period rigor and told with tight narrative economy, "Lady Macbeth" has become one of the most discussed titles amid far slicker and more modern offerings here. Toronto: Is a repressive 19th century drama from a newbie director the most radical movie of the season? 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z On the rainy days, they shrugged and put on their slickers. ‘Let’s dance’: Olympics ends in relief for Brazilians 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z David Campbell says the number of fish spilled wasn't known, but workers who looked like fishermen in slickers cleaned salmon off Egan Highway. No typical salmon run: Fish spills across Alaska highway 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Campbell says the amount of fish spilled wasn't immediately known, but men who looked like fishermen in slickers were cleaning fish off Egan Highway. Transport truck rolls, spills chum salmon across Alaska road 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z That wasn’t the only thing that rattled city slickers. Area near Colesburg still draw for Boy Scouts after 60 years 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z If you tend to get loose with your mechanics, you might even play better when it's time to put on the slicker. Your game doesn't have to sink in the wet - Golf Digest 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Other coaches, with slicker rides — including Kim — were also recruiting the player. Lessons from the swamp: USC football will try to win the Helton way 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z It’s that THQ’s Undisputed was a little slicker, a little cleaner, and offered up sharper accoutrements when it came to customization and presentation. The Joy of Six: sports video games we wish would make a comeback 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The first wave of park visitors hurried through the gates, toting umbrellas or wearing rain slickers. Rain doesn't dampen the mood of opening day at Shanghai Disney 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Other upcoming Apple Watch upgrades include a new iPhone-like control center and slicker navigation options, new watch faces, and an SOS feature for emergency situations. Apple Says it's Fixing the Biggest Problem With the Apple Watch 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Clay was slicker and sharper and, after surviving a torrid fifth when some oil of wintergreen on Liston’s gloves set his eyes on fire, forced his opponent to quit at the end of the sixth. Muhammad Ali: the 20 best moments that made him The Greatest | Sean Ingle 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Wielding wooden rackets and gut strings on slicker courts against mostly one-handed opponents, lefties relied on their offbeat spins and paces, all coming from the opposite direction, to vex opponents. Being a left-handed tennis player isn’t the advantage it once was 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z But even the happiest De Beers transplants acknowledge that Gaborone isn’t for avowed city slickers. De Beers Left London for Botswana, Transforming Lives and a Sleepy City 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Prince’s video marked a new era for him – one in which he moved to a slicker style that came with sharp suits and crop tops. The A to Z of Prince 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z His spectacles are safer and slicker, he said, than the rollicking all-day tournaments held in the mountains above. In Madagascar, Game of Courtship Involves a Really Cranky Bull 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The music was different: slicker and more rhythmic, with bigger melodies and far less guitar. First they were JJAMZ. Now they're back to square one with Phases. 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z It felt as if a private equity firm had bought the sport, making it slicker and more palatable to the next potential buyer. The fall: how diving became football’s worst crime | Alejandro Chacoff 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The next few months will provide an opportunity to assess if the DUP is heading in a more liberal direction, or standing its traditional ground, albeit with more modern slicker presentation. Mark Devenport - BBC News BBC News 2014-05-07T04:00:00Z That in turn allows for a greater consistency of selection, making the pressing slicker. How Mauricio Pochettino gave Tottenham the Premier League’s best defence | Jonathan Wilson 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Back roads were slicker and even more dicey. The Journey of the Undecided Voter 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Cobb got his start working with outsider country artists pushed aside as the trend moved to a slicker, pop and R&B-influenced; country sound. Producer Dave Cobb goes from outsiders to influencers 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z And Coconut Grove—Miami’s groovy, Birkenstock-loving village—is now commanding some of the highest prices in the city, competing with slicker neighbors like Miami Beach. Miami’s Coconut Grove Grows from Birkenstocks to Billionaires 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Like the English-speaking version, Japan's Siri says it's been practicing the beat, but in this case it shows — it's faster, slicker, and closer to an actual beat than the "boots and cats" refrain. Siri can beatbox, but it's not very good 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Expect Fitbit to defend its turf with clever new capabilities at a minimum, and slicker devices at most. 5 Things to Expect From CES 2016 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z His oversized jeans and plaid shirts are more yeehaw than city slicker, so he fits right in. From Shump's hair to Tim Duncan's dad jeans: we pick the NBA's most stylish 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z A slicker pol might have mentioned a superb Florida Merlot or an unforgettable Ohio Pinot, but even a novice would know to choose a domestic wine, preferably one in a battleground state. John Kerry’s Middle East Mission 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The fastest-growing flag football leagues are slicker and better organized than previous ones, parents say. Flag Football: The Alternative for Concerned Parents 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z The selected creators will be gambling that slicker content will broaden their viewership and fatten their paychecks. YouTube launches subscription service for $9.99 a month 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Unlike his slicker rivals, Sanders is most at ease talking about the moral and ethical dimensions of politics. Bernie Sanders, The Populist Prophet 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z But migrants abandoned the supplies when word of the train spread through their makeshift encampment, leaving tents, rain slickers and food strewn across the town square. Desperate migrants pack trains trying to get to Europe as weather turns from heat to rain 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z The most recent phone affected by the injunction, the Galaxy S3, was released in 2012 — long enough ago to be eclipsed by slicker smartphones in the rapidly evolving market for mobile technology. Appeals court blocks US sales of old Samsung phones that copied features from Apple's iPhone 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z His three rivals are younger, slicker and, so far, fairly hopeless at firing up the public imagination. An unabashed left-winger is surprisingly on the rise in British politics 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z After its hiatus, Samsung appears to be basing its counterattack on slicker design, and features that Apple hasn’t yet offered. Samsung Takes Smartwatch Fight to Apple 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z He liked to refer to a certain type of lawyer as “slicker than deer guts hanging from a doorknob.” Dr. James H. Duke Jr., Texas Trauma Surgeon, Dies at 86 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z “We were clueless city slickers,” said Mr. Perry, who moved to Vermont from his native England. Vacation on a Vermont Farm, a Uniquely American Tradition 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z It’s not old school repression, it’s something new, something slicker. Obama faces political minefield during Kenyan 'homecoming' 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z He believes a major label deal would have compelled him to repeat “Southeastern,” only a slicker version with choruses and bridges exactly where a listener would expect them. Isbell nails follow-up to career-making disc 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The show was a younger, slicker version of the network’s flagship news program, “60 Minutes,” and a precursor to the types of newsmagazine shows that would consume the prime-time lineup a decade later. Andrew Lack, Circling Back to News and NBC 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z If Algieri’s right hands were tagging him all night, imagine what a far slicker and more experienced champion could manage. Amir Khan no longer deserves Floyd Mayweather date after flat note | Bryan Armen Graham 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z But the Conservative broadcast in which the suave TV presenter Leslie Mitchell interviewed the shadow Conservative Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden was much slicker. The story of the party election broadcast 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z He had just celebrated Mass for tens of thousands of people, who braved the rain by huddling under umbrellas or in thin plastic rain slickers. Pope, thousands brave rain for Easter in St. Peter’s Square 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z With the Masters starting Thursday, the question arises again: When will somebody, anybody, shoot 62 in a major, where the rough is thicker and the greens are slicker than in the week-to-week events? So Close and Yet So Far Away: A Round of 62 in a Major 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z But that’s silly; there is much more land to go before the border, a vastness unimaginable to city slickers for whom three blocks is an adventure. T.C. Boyle's Retreat Into California's Redwoods 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z It was also slicker, faster and more professional than other dark web markets, but is ostensibly no more. The Biggest Drug And Gun Market On The Dark Web Just Disappeared And Millions Of Bitcoin With It 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Either way, Mourinho was wrong because it was PSG who played the slicker football, kept their nerve better when the pressure was on and who deservedly reached the last eight. Chelsea lose ugly in European exit 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “Yume-gaki,” he says, foisting the shell on two visiting city slickers. Japan fisherman in post-tsunami town sees hope in 'dream oysters' 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Not because either is faster, slicker or packed with more Samsung stuff, but because of the exact opposite. Samsung Finally Gets It Right With Galaxy S6 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z This new interface is mercifully much slicker and less obtrusive than its predecessor, using tidy and simple menus that lay over your TV picture rather than the previous full-screen approach. Samsung UN65JS9500 SUHD TV Review: Welcome To The Future 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Clear skies and temperatures in the high 70s are expected, making for a slicker track. Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins a Budweiser Duel in buildup to Daytona 500 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z I watched as the age of the copiers came upon us—faster, slicker, cheaper copiers. John Tredennick And Mark Noel Of Catalyst, On Technology Assisted Review 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Participants wore plastic rain slickers that they discarded at the last possible moment before taking to the runway. Carnival parades begin at Rio’s Sambadrome, despite deluge 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Direct sunlight on the trail means softer, slicker and muddier trail conditions. Don’t let winter keep you off your mountain bike 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z The festival ropes in local ranch families as well as city slickers from hundreds of miles away seeking that Western soul expressed in poetry. Ode to the range: Cowboys take to prose to celebrate U.S. West 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Lisa Ronchetti who runs the Dachshunds in London club and owns a dog called Milo said it was an "aloof" breed and a "very adaptable city dog" making it popular with city slickers. Find the top pooch in your postcode 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z So now he’s back and will be successful this time—his backers say—because he’ll be even slicker. Why Mitt Romney Won't Win (Again) 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z City slickers like Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, who grew up in Brooklyn, are tracking the legislation as well. In U.S. spending bill, a tall tale for fishermen 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Apple is happy to help the incumbents make the existing system feel slicker to customers, without touching the underlying economics. Why Rite-Aid and CVS Stopped Taking Apple Pay 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z At one point, a stream of officers in bright yellow rain slickers, some of them carrying shields and wooden batons, marched to the front of the building. Ferguson October: A Movement Goes on Offense 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Saturday morning began with a shift in course conditions as treacherous crosswinds died down and Gleneagles' relatively slow greens got a little slicker with a double-cut and pressing from the grounds crew. Europe will be tough to catch in Ryder Cup with 10-6 lead 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z It’s the same idea, but with more zany effects and slicker graphics. Put That New iPhone 6 Through Its Paces 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The practitioner of psychological cruelty tends to be slicker than the man with the fist. A rough month in America for women 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s a slicker, no-frills version of Halo, sure, only by way of more recent online exemplars like Guild Wars 2 and Diablo 3. 8 Things Bungie's Destiny Could Have Done Better 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Activists avow that the party’s communications are getting slicker. A UKIP of the left 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z His ideas are richly informed by multiple needs in the market, not just a cool way to do something faster or slicker. Why 60 Is The New 30 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z The beheading of one of the Kurdish hostages is shown filmed from two angles - both to add extra documentary proof and to make it a slicker production. IS militants 'behead Kurdish man' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Newcastle is itself a major importer of players, but they do not carry the quality, or the price tag, of the City slickers. Chelsea and Manchester City Convincing in Premier League Starts 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z While Pink mainly sells colourful lingerie and casualwear for young women, its rival focuses on shirts and accessories for city slickers, both male and female. Victoria's Secret's 'sexy, mass-market appeal' hurt shirt brand, court finds 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The feelings of Americans with respect to "rubes" vs. "city slickers" are vastly more complicated than they appear at first blush. New York state of mind: how American sitcoms depict US cities 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z What’s more, as good as Hangouts is, it really needs to be a lot slicker. Here's What Google Left Out Of Android L 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The cleaner and unifying "material design" in the new version of Android will help deliver a slicker experience. Protesters interrupt Google event 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Or maybe this seriousness is what it takes to make a slicker programme, and the BBC’s coverage is definitely slicker, and probably better. The World Cup TV duel: ITV’s Men Behaving Badly v BBC’s Death Star 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z To explain why Milt finds himself in Act II wearing head-to-toe yellow slicker polyurethane, like the Gorton’s Fisherman, would be revealing too much. A Review of ‘Luv’ in Croton Falls 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Over two decades the game has become more detailed, in-depth, slicker, smarter, and knowing about the crazy job it simulates. The 30 greatest British video games 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z On the whole, it’s the usual hodgepodge of conservative ideas, though dressed up in slicker graphics. The right’s new horror show: What reform conservatives are really peddling 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z But the company never developed a unique identity in a landscape crowded with better-funded and slicker alternatives. One-time Evernote rival Springpad to close its doors 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It is slicker and more engaging than the drab Soviet version, and the audience is more willing to accept it. Putin’s gambit 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z The BlinkFeed news ticker is back on the home screen, with a slicker design and more sources of content. HTC One (M8) Review: Pushing Forward with Everything but Hardware 2014-04-17T19:50:52Z Some official apps for phones and tablets are slicker and easier to use than their website counterparts. Review: 4 apps to follow Olympic events, athletes 2014-02-15T01:36:18Z Among the slicker stations is Radio al-Kul, or Radio for Everyone, which is linked to the opposition Syrian National Coalition. Istanbul Journal: Pirate Radio Gives Voice to Opposition Fighting Assad 2014-02-11T01:29:53Z There's a school of thought that suggests Microsoft is simply too big to compete with slicker, faster-moving companies born in the Internet era. Microsoft Names Satya Nadella New CEO 2014-02-04T11:03:53Z Meanwhile, the rest of the industry, having found netbooks to be profit killers, decided to replace them with Ultrabooks — thinner, slicker, pricier laptops that paid the sincerest form of flattery to the MacBook Air. Apple Doesn't Heed Armchair Advisers 2014-01-20T14:35:24Z In the last decade, Mr. Pratt said, store owners like Ms. Balle “were making a huge leap right at the edge of their budgets. Now, you are seeing slicker operations.” Cultivating Hudson: Enter the Tastemakers 2014-01-16T01:06:56Z Put away those matches, city slicker, and learn to cook outside on the open flame, right in the middle of the city. Character Study: Teaching City Dwellers How to Make It in the Wilderness 2013-12-14T01:07:34Z These cars are like : Each year, they’ll need to be slicker, faster, smarter, cheaper, and more efficient to impress buyers—and investors. Four Things to Watch in Tesla's Earnings 2013-11-05T19:04:42Z The New Zealanders, with impressive early speed upwind and slicker boat handling, advanced the score to 6-1 as Oracle's crew and equipment changes took effect. Ainslie's Oracle win America's Cup 2013-09-25T20:52:15Z Team New Zealand, who beat Italy's Luna Rossa in the challenger series final, dominated the early stages of the event and surged to a four-wins-to-one lead with a faster boat upwind and slicker crew work. Oracle Team USA level America's Cup 2013-09-24T22:25:39Z Sure, there are always those of us who will pay a premium for faster, slicker, more well built devices, but for most people, free is a great price for a “good enough” phone. Will Amazon Combine Free Wireless Broadband With Those Free "Kindle Phones"? 2013-09-07T01:58:00Z Their foes came, too, with candles and masks and bright yellow slickers. First Shots Are Fired in Britain After Debate on a Badger Cull 2013-08-27T18:53:59Z This makes it a slicker movie than Shaun of the Dead, where the special effects ran more to getting a double-jointed actor to play a zombie with a dislocated arm. 'The World's End' Review: Between Star Treks And Ant-Men, A Riotous Pub Brawl 2013-08-22T16:49:00Z Miller said while standing in the concourse in a rain slicker as light drops began falling after Rodriguez departed from the RiverDogs game against the Rome Braves after three innings and two at-bats. On Baseball: Minor League Town Takes In Rodriguez the Spectacle 2013-07-03T18:08:58Z But if those young women were suffering from urban disconnection, then why didn’t I—a city slicker through and through—react that way as well? Empathy and Disgust Do Battle in the Brain 2013-06-15T12:15:00.290Z It looks a lot slicker, but some may find it less homey than previous versions. Apple Overhauls iPhone Interface 2013-06-10T21:50:28Z English clubs were generally embarrassed in Europe by smarter and slicker opponents and almost everything was decided by the last weekend. Premier League 2012-13 review: gripe of the season 2013-05-20T09:00:03Z The interface will look a lot slicker, with photos, user reviews, navigation options and other details popping up as you click on each location. Google's Future: Filling in the Gaps 2013-05-16T03:20:00Z State Senator James Sanders Jr. spoke at a forum last week of white “folks who’ve been in power longer” and are smarter, slicker and perhaps better thieves. Gotham: She Could Use Some Help, but Too Many Politicians Only Help Themselves 2013-05-14T02:25:07Z "The last time we ran one of these clinics, the queuing was much much less because they're getting much slicker, they're getting through the numbers." Drop-in clinics for MMR jabs return 2013-05-11T10:21:53Z So, while we have slicker, more sophisticated technology than ever before, many of us are only working harder. Robots should be a worker's best friend 2013-04-09T17:40:00Z They are more sophisticated than al-Nusra, and their propaganda in pamphlets and posters is slicker. Syria's Jihadists face test of government in eastern city 2013-04-09T11:34:28Z Technological advances tend to focus on making things faster, slicker and more efficient. The only Susan Greenfield article you'll ever need 2013-04-09T06:30:00Z Didn’t I just read how hoards of city slickers were choosing childless lives, and about a book titled, What to Expect When No One’s Expecting? Screwing Ourselves to Extinction? 2013-02-28T09:45:00Z I think they are slicker and a lot more goes into them. Panto star marks 66th stage year 2013-01-15T07:51:16Z And no need for city slickers to trek to the airport: Zipcar has vehicles stashed in spots around many city and inner suburban areas. Avis' buy of tiny Zipcar could be in antitrust fast lane 2013-01-13T20:37:43Z Blackburn, slicker than the willing but crude hosts, controlled the remainder of the first half, though a 20-yard Rochina shot was their only other effort on target. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Blackburn Rovers 2013-01-11T21:58:00Z Many in Mammoth Lakes believe their rural neighbour used the judgment to punish their perceived city slicker, dollar-counting ways. California town learns to live on less after falling off its own fiscal cliff 2012-11-21T14:49:39Z After all, the private sector operative is generally slicker, better paid and backed by an army of lawyers. Tax and pricing scams that make regulators look silly: jail the rascals 2012-11-13T15:16:42Z Arthur was a city slicker in a mill town, an ad man who specialized in selling liquor, with a beautiful actress wife. Essay: Art Modell and the One-Way Street Out of Cleveland 2012-09-12T15:38:45Z "As awful as it is to admit, London 2012 was bigger, slicker, almost as friendly and more thoughtfully planned than Sydney in terms of the legacy it will leave the host city," said one article. 10 ways to fill the Olympics void 2012-08-13T23:32:53Z The Aussies may still get a resounding victory at the London Games from their star hurdler Sally Pearson or one on a shorter, slicker track from their powerful cyclist Anna Meares. Golden Glow Fades for the Australians in London 2012-08-06T19:30:34Z The pensions industry should be prevented from becoming the last refuge of the City slicker at the expense of pensioners and the wider business community. It's no surprise we're giving up on pensions 2012-07-22T12:28:57Z As Rogers was to Oklahoma, and later Herb Shriner to Indiana, so Griffith was to rural North Carolina: the country boy speaking truth to the city slickers. Andy Griffith: His Hottest Decade Was the '50s 2012-07-03T23:35:32Z And I’ll be wary of the next slicker in French cuffs who tells me he’s got it knocked if I just believe. Essay: Art Modell and the One-Way Street Out of Cleveland 2012-09-12T15:38:45Z Not since King Solomon offered to split the baby has a judge engineered a slicker solution to a bitterly divisive dispute. What Roberts' Health Care Ruling Means for the Country 2012-06-30T01:05:31Z It all sounds like one of those classic tales of a lot of public money meeting a little private greed, of locals wooed by big-city slickers. South Carolina’s Pension Push Into High-Octane Investments 2012-06-09T18:49:07Z So I threw on my rain slicker, opened my umbrella and charged in. Cultivate Creativity in Everyday Life 2012-06-07T17:15:02.173Z Well," said Bobby thoughtfully, "we have boots and slickers and sou'westers. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z Eliminating the home button would also make the iPad look that much slicker. Bits Blog: Does the iPad Have One Button Too Many? 2012-04-02T14:55:00Z The league is slicker and more fan-friendly than any of its predecessors in Russian or Soviet domestic hockey. Slap Shot: What Radulov's Departure Means for the K.H.L. 2012-03-21T22:16:06Z Just a track that got slicker as the weekend wore on. Hamlin Gets Confidence-Building Win at Phoenix 2012-03-05T04:37:03Z The price of just about everything will surprise city slickers in this part of the country. Away Game: Alabama to Tennessee 2012-02-28T05:00:00Z One evening, on the shabby farmhouse set, Wale Ojo, who was playing the uncomfortable city slicker, positioned himself for his first scene, and Afolayan shouted, “Action!” The Making of Nigeria?s Film Industry 2012-02-23T22:43:02Z If it were any slicker it would slide off the stage. ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Splashes Up Storm of Dance: London Stage 2012-02-17T07:47:23Z Today’s breed of college football coach is smoother, slicker and savvier, a direct genetic link to carefully branded political candidates. Ventre: Paterno's greatness can't erase a bad ending 2012-01-22T15:30:59Z After several slow years, the tournament is rebounding with a new name, a slicker format and an improved field. New name and format for former Bob Hope tourney 2012-01-18T22:32:08Z Today's generation of smartphones is placing increasing demands on available carrier bandwidth as applications become slicker and average personal usage of videos intensifies. New iPhone doubles data consumption: study 2012-01-06T00:15:01Z The road didn’t appear icy, at first, but as they made their way up the canyon, it got slicker so he slowed. Father: Thankful to passers-by for saving 3 children trapped in car submerged in Utah river 2012-01-03T03:25:47Z After throwing his saddle on his horse he went back to the house to get his "slicker," a yellow water-proof coat, and saw Red gathering up their few belongings. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z However, we put on our slickers to avoid too much of a good thing. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z “Yep, there may be slicker candidates and there may be smoother debaters,” Mr. Perry said Saturday, drawing modest laughter from a luncheon crowd here. Perry and Romney Set Clear Lines of Attack 2011-09-24T20:56:04Z On some other pegs hung a slicker and a sou'wester, a fur overcoat, a fur cap and other rough clothes; a pair of heavy boots stood by the fireplace. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Then everybody realized why they had been carrying around slickers on their saddles. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Hopalong, slipping into the hideous slicker, followed Red outside and watched him saddle up. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z They kept a large stock of provisions, as well as, boots, shoes, slickers, and other articles adapted to the trade of the cattlemen. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Every major network had battalions of correspondents in brightly colored rain slickers stationed up and down the coast, reporting on the storm from the inside — literally in the water and battered by winds. Hurricane Irene Leaves Spared New Yorkers Underwhelmed 2011-08-29T09:00:00Z "We just came to grab some breakfast," Greco said, peering from beneath the hood of a rain slicker. Virginia residents hunker down for lashing from Irene 2011-08-27T18:25:19Z On 179 went these slickers—long, yellow rubber coats such as are worn by the Gloucester fishermen. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Of course, we’re a bunch of city slickers up here in New York. Gadgetwise Blog: Seven Ways to Protect Your Tech From Irene 2011-08-26T17:31:58Z That crude approach heightened the impression that the slicker visitors looked more like a top-flight side than the home team did. QPR 0-2 Rochdale 2011-08-23T21:02:00Z Well, you got those people off that burning motor boat slicker than I ever saw it done before. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z But at the weekend, these city slickers return to the soil. Return to the soil 2011-08-04T00:01:05Z In the height of the rainstorm, he was seen to don his slicker, and hurry out into the storm. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z Now, you jest throw down that hunk of paper, slicker nor greased lightning—mind me.” Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Hepburn gave Beck stare for stare as though defying him now to impute his motives and strode out into a fine rain, drawing on his slicker. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Dave had just taken his slicker from the wall again when Dawson came back to the door. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Waterproof slickers are furnished free with saddle horses. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z She was thankful for the 145 slicker, off which the water cataracted. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z The man managing the hydraulic machine stood astride of it, in hip boots and slicker, and guided the spouting stream of water along the face of the raw hill. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Neale had put on his slicker when the downpour began, and it was well he had, for this was no ordinary rain. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z He struggled into his slicker again as Dawson went off. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z On the aft deck, the crew huddled together in rain slickers and gazed across the heaving seas to a yellow blur on the horizon. Magazine Preview: What Happened to Air France Flight 447? 2011-05-04T15:34:59Z "When I 'm on the ranch I wear a slicker," said Wiggins. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z All prices include guide service, and a slicker, canteen, and lunch bag are provided with each horse. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z There were two figures in slickers and rubber hats on the seat under the hood. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z They phone them when new discoveries about genetic diseases arise — not unusual these days, as the technology to analyze DNA gets slicker by the year. Genetic counselors help people who may be at risk for diseases 2011-04-20T18:26:04Z It’s a week since any of us had a decent meal; and my slicker has rubbed a nasty sore on my wrist. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z However, it would be a better idea to download the free image viewer, IrfanView, or its somewhat slicker but larger rival, XnView. Mac anti-virus, using a monitor with a laptop, and reading clipboard files 2011-04-07T13:44:10Z This includes a guide-cook and furnishes each person with one saddle horse, one pack horse, bed, tent, canteen, slicker, and subsistence for the trip. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2011-04-24T02:00:07.467Z The faces of the new girls appeared white and mournful, pressed against the dormitory windows, or flushed and laughing from between rubber helmets and slickers out on the campus, according to their dispositions. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z Here in Kesennuma, about 800 searchers are deployed in all, outfitted in mud boots and slickers and carrying the tools of their trade. As Searchers Inch Along, the Task Ahead Is Huge 2011-03-16T17:08:39Z Long, white-topped seas raced after the sloop, ranging upon her weather quarter, while the spray she flung aloft beat in heavy showers on Jimmy’s slicker. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Protesters clad in slickers and boots carried signs that read, “Christie for Ex-Governor” and “Unions Built the Middle Class,” and sang labor anthems including “We Shall Overcome.” Unions Rally at New Jersey’s Capitol Against Christie, Walker 2011-02-25T18:58:39Z A status panel in the lower right-hand corner is a slicker version of Windows' System Tray, tracking incoming mail, downloads in progress, and the like. Motorola's Xoom: The iPad Gets Some Serious Competition 2011-02-24T02:00:00Z It seems it can run funds for just £5 a year, and earn better returns than the City's extraordinarily highly paid slickers. Danes expose a fund fee fiasco 2011-02-05T00:01:10Z The overcoat, slicker, or both, to be strapped on pommel, collar to left. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training 2011-02-03T03:00:09.473Z Forest were the slicker, their passing exposing the Premier League team who were ponderous in comparison. West Ham United 3-2 Nottingham Forest 2011-01-30T16:33:23Z You just bring the slickers in, an' see what I'll do with them. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z Then, as roads grew slicker, the event’s planners made a plea to constituents seldom heard in politics: Stay home. A Rare Visitor, Snow, Returns to the South and Snarls It 2011-01-11T03:02:01Z I still expect progress on the Internet-TV front by the end of 2011: slicker hardware from multiple companies, and more stuff to watch on it. Consumer Technology: What Gadget News to Expect in 2011 2010-12-28T08:20:00Z If grain is carried, the grain bag is tied inside the feed bag, which is strapped on top of the pommel roll, above the overcoat or slicker. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training 2011-02-03T03:00:09.473Z At a grocery store in La Canada Flintridge, Justin Buck trotted back and forth across the parking lot, collecting shopping carts in a clear plastic rain slicker. Evacuations for Storm in California 2010-12-21T14:39:08Z “It was a house for a real city slicker, and he was an outdoorsy guy,” said Ms. Coletti. The Appraisal: Running the Schools Once Had a Residential Perk 2010-11-22T17:17:00Z At one point, as a storm moved in, I watched as a woman frantically affixed a plastic rain slicker to her toddler as he hung precariously to the back of her Honda scooter. Not your ordinary traffic jam 2010-10-27T15:45:00Z The course is drying out from rains early in the week and the soft greens that allowed players to attack them so aggressively figure to be slicker this weekend. John Deere Classic: Stricker Jumps Ahead 2010-07-09T04:00:00Z He did not want to be in Reno to fight the younger, slicker, more agile Jack Johnson. Great White Hope: Not Great, Little Hope Against Johnson 2010-07-03T15:43:00Z If the communities along the gulf, which is growing slicker by the day after the April 20 drilling rig explosion, could handpick their visitors, they would order thousands of Kenningtons -- and Morrises. Gulf oil spill scares off some vacationers but prompts others to visit 2010-06-13T04:00:00Z Bass is trying to enhance the software, which costs thousands of dollars, to give it a slicker look and more intuitive feel. Autodesk CEO Bass Applies Woodshop Lessons to Business 2010-05-19T22:29:00Z “I remember it all clearly — I remember what I was wearing: a yellow slicker, with a pink lining.” Mind: Enemies Can Be Good for a Child?s Growth 2010-05-17T20:22:00Z Almost certainly officials are now studying this; next time round, expect a far slicker performance. China: Still Open to Foreigners 2010-04-26T14:41:00Z But Mr Cameron is an altogether slicker number, and a far more experienced political operator. David Cameron: Does he have what it takes? 2010-03-31T09:26:00Z There's no doubt my riding benefited from Jenny's coaching – a few tweaks here and there have made it slicker and more efficient. Jenny Copnall: My two-wheeled personal mountain bike trainer 2010-03-31T12:04:00Z That might be pushing it, but Pacquiao promises a slicker campaign this time. Manny Pacquiao the Underdog in Philippine Election Bout 2010-03-30T09:45:00Z Here they were scrappy and disjointed, too error-strewn in central midfield, and the slicker threat was Wolves's. West Ham 1-3 Wolves 2010-03-23T21:56:00Z Begging Whole Foods shoppers in Union Square to let me ferry them and their bags home, I saw two cops in matching chartreuse rain slickers chuckling at my desperation. City Critic: Taxicab Confessions 2010-03-06T00:14:00Z "It's a lot slicker and icier than it was," Andrew Weibrecht of the U.S. said of the course, which is the same run that was used for the downhill race Thursday. Bode Miller Wins Gold in Super Combined 2010-02-22T00:47:00Z We travelled light, with no tentage, and when it rained at night we curled up in our bedding under our slickers. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open She was cased against the rain in a long slicker, and a tarpaulin hat protected her fair head. The Land of Strong Men Rejecting the heavy shoes, as unmeet for waxed floors, and the shinguards, he rolled the rest of the uniform in his slicker and tied it behind his saddle. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus Clad in dungarees and slickers, instead of their uniforms, so that by shedding all their working clothes they could avoid carrying cooties and lice into their own barracks, the men set to work. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division A 18 forty-foot coil of rawhide hung from the pommel of his “rocking-chair” saddle and a slicker was strapped behind the cantle. The Orphan Then, after a hard pull out of the canyon, we rejoined the horses; rain came on; and, while the storm pelted against our slickers and down-drawn slouch-hats, we rode back to our water-drenched camp. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open A riding slicker concealed most of his figure. The Land of Strong Men You Must Not Mind Getting Wet Sometimes The first summer I spent in the Sierras I discovered that small noon showers needed neither tent nor slicker. Camp and Trail Rain fell most of the time, soaking through slickers and blouses to one’s very skin. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division Looking about him he espied the keg on the sand and, driving home the plug, slung it behind the cantle of the saddle where he fastend it by the straps which held the outlaw’s “slicker.” The Orphan Each man had a blanket and a bulging slicker tied behind his saddle. Stepsons of Light All the slicker art agencies were after him, that's how good he was. The Animated Pinup The cowboy travels with a tin cup and a slicker; the cruiser with a twenty-pound pack; the prospector with a half blanket and a sack of pilot bread—when he has to. Camp and Trail These slight shelters, however, the men had learned to make very comfortable protection against the elements, by banking soil about the edges and covering the open end with slickers or shelter-halves. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division It was gaudy as the amusement park, but slicker and more fresh-looking. The Enormous Room “We had some plunder—grub and a blanket apiece tied behind our saddles, and we dumped it, to ride light, where we found Adam—just kept our slickers,” said Caney. Stepsons of Light He had donned his oilskins, hat and slicker, and was peering intently seaward. When the Cock Crows Call for a "pommel slicker," and be sure it is apparently about two sizes too large for you. Camp and Trail When it had been finished, everyone was, in spite of slickers and gas suits, so drenched that water could be wrung out of every garment. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division I put on my slicker and cap and slipped away. Happy House Johnny gave thanks and ate; he rolled a substantial lunch in a clean flour sack and tied it in his slicker behind the saddle. Stepsons of Light The most comfortable bed I know is a piece of twenty-five cent oilcloth laid over the slicker on hemlock boughs, fur rug over that, with suit case for pillow, and a plain gray blanket. Through Our Unknown Southwest He slipped on a slicker and a sou'wester. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers I never set eyes on a dry-goods clerk as could fix a package slicker. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 With a sigh he ripped the sheet of paper from the small, battered portable typewriter on his lap, and zipped the machine up in its slicker case. Bear Trap The streets are wet and dark now and through their narrow windings our headlights reveal tall figures in slickers or khaki overcoats topped by peaked felt hats with the red cords of American artillerymen. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" You New Yorkers are slicker then I give ye credit for. Seven Keys to Baldpate They put on their own slickers, which had been dripping at the fireside, and were ready for work again. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The slickers of the crew were dripping and shiny, and we, too, soon looked like a flock of wet, disgruntled hens. Wings of the Wind |
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