The supplement makers who engage in this type of sleight-of-hand often operate under cover of semi-anonymity.

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Unfortunately, Scott, despite his outgoing personality, was petrified of getting up onstage, and, despite his reputation as a cannon, his sleight-of-hand skills were not audience-ready.

NEWYORKER: A Pickpocket��s Tale

By the time he turned thirty, he was a fixture of the Las Vegas sleight-of-hand scene.

NEWYORKER: A Pickpocket��s Tale

Labels mark sections on such topics as mentalism, ventriloquism, juggling, hypnosis, escapology, sleight-of-hand and cheating at gambling.

WSJ: Years of Magical Thinking

From sleight-of-hand tricks to grand illusions, Burton does it all and has been the hottest act in town for more than 10 years.

CNN: Quest for magic

Not that they haven't thought about this: The cardinals are in "choir dress" during the voting, which has translucent lace sleeves under a short red cape, making sleight-of-hand tricks much harder.

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The James Randi Educational Foundation, which works to educate people about the common tricks and sleight-of-hand techniques that swindlers who purport to be psychics or some other contact with a supernatural world.

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Cell phone die-hards all perform this same sleight-of-hand.

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