And his uncommon fluency may come across as senatorial slickness in much of red America.

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And here the party, for all its slickness, still has plenty to learn.

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Polish journalists who once praised Mr Tusk's warmth now find his slickness tiresome.

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The movie is hardly in a position to chastise Gage for his empty soul when its own style is one of numbing, desolate slickness.

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After three days of chilly weather in the desert, warmer temperatures Sunday changed the track's feel, and teams struggled to adjust to the slickness.

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