Word: banter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...banter, there was an underlying sense of urgency about the talks. The seizing of American hostages in Iran and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan had transformed the summit, said a Begin aide, "from just a discussion on Palestinian autonomy to a broad consideration of regional matters." At their second session, beside the hotel swimming pool, the two men pored intently over a large map of the Middle East and Southwest Asia, with Sadat using his pipestem as a pointer. The leaders found that their views of the Iranian and Afghan crises coincided. Responding to a dinner toast, with Sadat nodding...
Quinn began and ended her series by saying that Brzezinski would consent to be interviewed only if she would move in with him while his wife was away for a few weeks. Brzezinski is generally regarded as a happily married square with an unfortunate taste for jocular banter of the kind that Henry Kissinger, the "secret swinger," used to affect, as if being considered sexy improved on the dour image of being brainy. But reporters always have the advantage: their account of any conversation is what gets printed. Quinn's friends probably put it down as jocular banter when...
...Griffin is the most disarming of ego strokers; Mike Douglas runs him a close second in the ingratiation stakes; and Dick Cavett creates the illusion that he is your guest, enjoying a slightly subversive private chat. Carson, on the other hand, operates on a level of high, freewheeling, centrifugal banter that is well above the snow line. Which is not to say that he is hostile. Carson treats you with deference and genuine curiosity. But the air is chill; you are definitely on probation...