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...performer's art. He prowled like a stand-up comic, permitted himself the occasional thin smile, inflected his stats with Bob Hope-style throwaway lines ("But I gotta tell ya . . . "). When asked to appraise Saddam's soldiering skills, he snorted a "Ha!," then launched into a catalog of caustic irony. He tamped his rage into questions intimidating ("Have you ever been in a minefield?") and rhetorical ("Do I fear a cease-fire?"). But the most moving moment came when he caught himself describing the low allied casualty rate as "miraculous." Then his emotions briefly stumbled over his eloquence. "It will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Review: Performin' Norman at Center Stage | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...though some potential contributors may be scared off by the caustic comments, many are not. Most Board Board poets return to post again and again...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: This Board Is Not For the Bored | 2/23/1991 | See Source »

...least, any Harvard student who dares to bare his or her poetic soul on the Board Board can rest assured that there is an invisible audience out there waiting--albeit in most cases with caustic remarks at the ready...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: This Board Is Not For the Bored | 2/23/1991 | See Source »

...LIBERALS like me respond to anti-war marchers with so much caustic intensity because we have decided not to be them. We call them "naive" and "Knee-jerk," and say they "give liberals a bad name." Through harsh words, we highlight our disassociation with them...

Author: By Juliet N. Kayoed, | Title: Liberal Infighting | 1/25/1991 | See Source »

Most Overexposed Underachiever Bart Simpson, the caustic cartoon kid who starred in a hit prime-time series, got his bug-eyed mug on everything from T shirts to key chains. Bill Cosby, eat his shorts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Most of Show Business | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

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