Prestidigitations

But it takes a genius, like Ferran Adria at El Bulli or Grant Achatz at Alinea, to make such prestidigitations work consistently on the palate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One month later Cynthia Cooper exploded the bubble that was WorldCom when she informed its board that the company had covered up $3.8 billion in losses through the prestidigitations of phony bookkeeping. ❋ Unknown (2002)

His prestidigitations were mindbogglingly entertaining, with no slippage to get my mind even in the crack of what he was doing. ❋ Wench77 (2003)

Now a funeral, being unavoidable, cannot by an prestidigitations of logic be called perverse. ❋ Norman Douglas (1910)

With his fingers on the key he executed some mysterious prestidigitations, wrote down some words, and came to the wicket again. ❋ Ralph Connor (1898)

The central limit theorem and other prestidigitations can't buy you a reprieve from Nyquist violations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It coudl well be that the “divergence” problem is created by Hansen’s prestidigitations, which are the subject of this blog. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Despite insisting on calling his magic act "[prestidigitation]," young Billy was actually just performing shitty [coin] [tricks]. ❋ The Prestidigitator (2009)

[David Blaine] is one of the greatest prestidigitators of all time!! Oooh i'm sooo [impressed]...you must be a prestidigitator! That damn prestidigitator took me [for three] grand!!! ❋ Thedzone (2009)

The street [performer] was [banished] from the area after his contriversial [display] of prestidigitation. ❋ Larstait (2003)

The man with the [tuxedo] and [top hat] performed various acts of [prestidigitation] for the audience at the theater that night. ❋ Zerotones (2017)