"Wolfe, 81, has long been celebrated for the energy of his writing and for what one book jacket calls his 'stylistic legerdemain.' But in Back to Blood, all that style feels like schtick, a feeling that only deepens as his unfortunate choices accumulate." KEN ARMSTRONG

In an impressive feat of historical legerdemain, Morrison connects Washington's experiences as a surveyor in 1749 to his three-pronged plan, 40 years later, to appoint Hamilton as his secretary of treasury, support a national bank, and back Hamilton's assumption plan.

Jay's fascination with the history of his craft--conveyed here with 19th-century illustrations and 20th-century kinescopes, tapes and film excerpts--and his vision of himself within an evolving tradition of legerdemain seamlessly enlarges the film's perspective.

Through linguistic legerdemain, aimed at achieving the result of upholding ObamaCare, a majority of the Court had its cake and ate it, too--at once the "shared responsibility payment" was a penalty and a tax.

There were no stunning goals, no Champagne passes or flashes of legerdemain - just an all-round midfield masterclass in what was a fascinating side-show to an otherwise humdrum top-flight game.

A substantial guide to conjuring and legerdemain, covering all the standard tricks with money, cards, coins, numbers etc.

Garber's topics shift swiftly, from literature to language to reading to teaching, in breathtaking legerdemain. Sensibly she gives more space to use than abuse.

Such has been Foster's form this season - with occasional sprinkling of legerdemain - that there is a feeling that the goalkeeper might be out of Albion's reach this summer.

He was able to manage this bit of legerdemain for a simple reason: In both his personal and professional life Bowlus was always prepared to give more than he received.

The legend of legerdemain's most outrageous claim is that he saved the world by crushing an evil wizard by vanishing the Statue of Liberty and making it land on top of him.

Astronaut Ed Mitchell's performance of psychic experiments while Apollo 14 coasted between Earth and Moon smacks of legerdemain. The Apollo 15 crew's receipt of an official reprimand after spiriting away to the lunar surface hundreds of lightweight postal covers conjures an image of the grade-school principal punishing puerile pranksters.

Leonhardt says the future of optical legerdemain lies not in hiding things, but in revealing them.

He manipulated the ball and expectation with equal legerdemain ...

Perhaps she thought the whole thing was a trick, mere legerdemain, but she soon found out it was otherwise.