One starter presented a stunning study in unanticipated contrasts : The crispness of a mille-feuille was set against the unctuousness of a sliver of fresh foie gras, and the tartness of sour apple slices played off the oily, musky flavor of smoked eel.
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There in the teasers was Barbara _ mother confessor, grand inquisitor _ fixing her subject with that wounded-doe stare and asking, in a voice positively gooey with unctuousness, " Monica, are you still in luuuuv with Bill Clinton ?"
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Arliss, for all his opportunism and unctuousness, is something of an idealized character; he really seems to care about his flawed heroes, and his efforts seem directed as much to their needs as to his own ego and power, which is not a given among contemporary agents.
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Unlike most mismatched cop movies, however, Chen takes an almost instant liking to Wallace, and most of the movie deals with his efforts to keep the boy off the payroll of a slimy tong leader ( played with Oscar-worthy unctuousness by Ric Young ) _ the corruptor of the title.
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And Scott was more than happy to mix thunder, unctuousness, mania and a touch of evil for a run of performances that included turns as Burt Gordon in " The Hustler " ( 1962 ) and what may be his most fully realized screen performance as the cripplingly indulgent Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's " Dr . Strangelove " ( 1964 ).
