Word: humorizing
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...sound remarkably like Washington's own Great Communicator. Gorbachev's greeting to his visitors, noted Conte, was almost fulsome. He had been well briefed by aides, and spoke through an interpreter from color-coded typed notes. He made his points firmly, often with emotion and at times with humor and a trace of sardonic wit; Conte recorded that he even hit the table with his fist for emphasis. One of the charmed visitors called him quite an actor. The meeting ran on for almost four hours, even though it was only scheduled...
...most dedicated to the cause will no longer be involved. Stockman was the last of the pragmatic group at the White House that placed top priority on the deficit danger. Yet despite his intense zeal on the subject, he was able to discuss it with a sense of humor last week. "I would like to take the deficit with me," cracked Stockman at one of the White House meetings, "but at Salomon Brothers we finance half of it anyway." --By Jacob V. Lamar Jr. Reported by Sam Allis and Christopher Redman/Washington...
Despite the knocks, the combative ex-Marine has kept his composure. There is still a look of imminent irreverence in Regan's eye, and a tough yet mischievous smile seems never far from his lips. "I haven't lost my sense of humor, and I hope not my balance," he said last week. "I don't have an ego problem any more today than I had six months ago." He pauses for a moment, smiles, and adds, "At least I haven't detected...
...personal stress is on display. That of his wife equals it. Actors are not supposed to be genuine, particularly those who are graduates of the grade-B Hollywood sound stages. But twice in four years Reagan has been brushed by death, and both times he has unfurled his gentle humor and insisted that the play go on. The second drama is just starting. But there is no reason to believe that the threat of cancer will inhibit him any more than the attempted assassination did four years ago. His friends bet it will be just the opposite. He wants this...
...fact, the director notes in the program that he edited the script to tone down its misogyny and provide a more balanced satire of both sexes, as well as add to the humor...