prestidigitation

• "Ophelia, in the past, in what seems a lifetime ago, I was a stage magician What Magic, prestidigitation, sleight of hand, pulling rabbits out of a hat I know about magic," I said, trying to absorb what his past might mean. —  Shirley Damsgaard - [Ophelia ; Abby Mystery 3] - The Trouble With Witches
• When in his wanderings he earned some coins by a show of prestidigitation, it had often figured in the act. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 04-05 - October-November 2001
• This could be called diplomatic prestidigitation, and it's disgusting, as is the utterly cold disregard by the Arab nations, supporting al-Bashir, their fellow sovereign, of the fact that the mountains of the dead and dying in Darfur are Muslims. —  RSS Feed
• That last bit -- essentially blaming study design for placebo response rates -- is the kind of prestidigitation that passes for science in psychiatry these days. —  Furious Seasons
• Sometimes called "the Spielberg of Russia," Mikhalkov (a 1995 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar-winner for "Burnt by the Sun") is quite modern in his approach to this potentially static material, even using digital prestidigitation to follow a symbolic wayward bird on its flight through the gym. —  California Chronicle

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