Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...having five children close together made Barbara more than a one-minute manager. It gave her a sense of humor, a playful, teasing manner (the secret of a strong marriage, she says), and a casual attitude toward how many people the pot roast can feed. Says Marvin Bush, now 32: "Everyone always wanted to come over to our house." She loves to have her five children and ten grandchildren around her; she is flexible about George's 5,000 closest friends dropping by. On a few hours' notice two weeks ago, Bush brought Senator Nancy Kassebaum, Treasury Secretary Nick Brady...
While Barbara's humor is clever, Bush's can be prep-school puerile. Several weeks ago, at a private dinner at the Chinese embassy, the President-elect brought a novelty gag, a dollar bill attached to a long fishing line that appears to be free for the taking on the floor. When a waiter went for the bait, Bush quickly snatched it out of reach. Bush and his host, the Chinese Ambassador, found the gag great fun. Barbara, whose humor tends to be verbal, rolled her eyes and turned to the Ambassador: "You're going to have your work...
...humor has served her well in politics. In her campaign stump speech, she regularly poked fun at herself, telling audiences that, if recognized at all, she is confused with Mrs. George Shultz. After the Ferraro crack, she opted for an immediate apology and told reporters that "the poet laureate has retired." Though public criticism of her hair, weight and wrinkles have hurt her, she has turned such remarks to her advantage. After her hair turned white in her early 30s, she began dyeing it "warm brown," although it was a nuisance for someone who swam frequently and shampooed every...
...impractical, as it may sound. At least one Dirker design (a soft leather, multicolored running shoe for street wear) has been widely copied. Such intimations that Bikkembergs may be on a popular wavelength encourage his sweeping fantasies of success but do not dilute his often self-mocking sense of humor. One recent inspiration was to reverse the usual order of dressing and put underwear on over the trousers. The look may not catch on at Paine Webber, but Bikkembergs is hardly the first young upstart to show off his talent by flouting convention...
...began by touting condoms -- now commonly called mechais in Thailand. "Wherever there was a crowd, we would be there handing them out," says Mechai. "Movie theaters, traffic jams -- we tried to turn every event into a family-planning session." With humor and showmanship, Mechai has judged condom-blowing contests and has shown how to use condoms as tourniquets. Each New Year's Eve, the P.D.A. gives traffic police boxes of prophylactics to distribute in a "cops and rubbers" program...