The act of chewing gum will trick your body into thinking that it is eating something, and you will be less likely to snack if you already have something in your mouth.
Not only are these powerful character studies and breathtaking music, but they are also Mozart in the act of playing every dirty trick imaginable on the limits of soprano technique.
Leaving the room, he comes back to find his intern Ryan in the act of pulling a confidence trick to get a power Congressman's favor regarding a base in his district, without his approval.
I always come back to this idea that the act of moving forward physically somehow tricks your mind into a feeling that you are moving forward on greater problems or concerns in your life.
It was an act of nervous tension, but also an old interrogation trick, a distraction.
Another performance trick during competitions is association, the act of concentrating intensely on the very act of running or cycling, or whatever your sport is, said John S. Raglin, a sports psychologist at Indiana University.
"It was not illegal, but was an act of desperation, and is viewed as somewhat of a dirty trick".
Their fortunes have not been generated through some sort of magic trick, but through the far more pedestrian act of exploiting capitalism's logic.
But, where Mamet's play was an act of penetration, Rebeck's is an act of prestidigitation, a confidence trick.
In All's Well, Diana refers to the bed trick supposedly involving herself and Bertram as the act of being 'embodied yours'.
