Not many authors are equally successful at writing books for adults and children, but Carl Hiaasen seems to have made an effortless transition.
Mr. Lewis's raucous humor and staccato phrasing also provide inspiration for "Livin' It Down," an instant bar-band classic on which Mr. McClinton's sexy drawl makes an effortless rhyme of boomerang and sting.
Written by the newcomer Michael Arndt, and directed by the husband-and-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, seasoned music-video directors making an effortless feature-film debut, "Little Miss Sunshine" relates the story of the Hoovers, just around the time that the youngish, harried Sheryl (Toni Collette) takes her suicidal brother, Frank Steve Carelll), under her wing.
Wood states that the research suggests that a new habit takes anywhere from 18 to 254 days to make an action effortless and automatic.
Even better, though Hugh doesn't tell you so, the leftovers make for an effortless soup.
Unlike almost any other ballet dancer — only Mikhail Baryshnikov, and to some extent Nureyev, come to mind — she not only went on to have a superstar career as an interpreter of the classics but also made an apparently effortless transition into works by contemporary choreographers while remaining a big-name box-office draw.
But comedians, like actors or journalists, are adaptable creatures and Noah, like most performers who make a thing look effortless, works ferociously hard between gigs.
And yet everyday people shuffled through those kitchens, making stove-top espresso, settling in to read the paper with a cigarette, making a seemingly effortless fish stew.
If someone is on your six, never climb, as this makes you an effortless target.
Who could make a grueling game look effortless night after night, leading a Red Wings team that made Stanley Cup contention its default position, without any down seasons or even, as his teammates claim, any bad games?
