Yes, you could pull off a hand held photograph, but it will never be as sharp as a tripod mounted shot will be.
In SMOKE AND PICKLES: Recipes and Stories From a New Southern Kitchen (Artisan, $29.95), Edward Lee pulls off a nifty sleight of hand, insinuating flavors and techniques from a variety of Asian cuisines into down-home Southern food, a move that comes naturally to him as a Korean-American planted behind the stove at 610 Magnolia, his Louisville restaurant.
In "Keane," which shows today and tomorrow at the New York Film Festival, Mr. Kerrigan both gives us a life at the edge of the abyss and pulls off an extremely deft narrative sleight of hand.
Mr Whitman once pulled off a sock and handed it to a guest who gave himself airs.
For the Conservative leadership, the Totnes effect allows Cameron and his allies to pull off a magical sleight-of-hand.
De La Soul, on the other hand, pull off a mind-blowing set, packed with energetic camaraderie, classic hits ("Stakes Is High", "Me Myself and I", "Buddy") and even disses to the bored-looking photographers and females on the front row who'd merely come out to gawk at Hollywood crossover star Mos Def later, as pointed out by group member Posdnuos, who mocks with a smile.
For those who so actively use the term, type A is made to do a lot of work in a sentence, pulling off a kind of sleight of hand that reconstitutes rudeness or bad behaviour as the inevitable side-effect of ambition.
On Tuesday, he pulled off a monumental upset when he handed Phelps his first major international defeat in 10 years in the 200-meter butterfly.
Instead of backing off, Ward kept driving, slipped the ball behind his back and into his other hand and pulled off a nifty reverse layup with 6 24 left in the third quarter.
Sunderland and Manchester United's players remained focused on the job in hand, with Simon Mignolet pulling off a superb save to stop Ryan Giggs's follow-up after Paul Scholes fired against the post.
