Word: humors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hectic meeting on fixing the election date (July 23) when he received Time Inc. Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, TIME Managing Editor Ray Cave and Chief of Correspondents Richard Duncan in his comfortable but modest Jerusalem office. Though he looked weary, Shamir, 68, seemed relaxed and in good humor as he responded in English to his visitors' questions. Excerpts from the interview...
Politicians and journalists alike have complained for three years that he consistently avoids specific issues and talks in misty parables or tells old Hollywood stories. Done with style and humor, this is an acceptable method of diverting a tough or unfair question from a reporter. Among colleagues, however, it is simply inappropriate...
...Crimson was only one among many institutions and individuals who were touched by Otto Eckstein's warmth and sense of humor over the course of his more than 30 years at Harvard. When Eckstein died last month after a long bout with cancer, he left a legacy of caring for the hundreds of people in his life--from his professional colleagues in the Economics Department, to the businessmen and government officials he knew in his multi-faceted career, to the many undergraduate and graduate students he knew...
More important, club members do not leave their crude "humor" (whether expressed in one issue, or dozens) at the doorsill of 45 Mt. Auburn. And while the offensive language of the newsletter is upsetting, it is far more troubling to consider the more subtle ways in which such sexism is manifested. If a man finds crude sexual imagery--even rape imagery--humorous, he is unlikely to be sensitive to the alienation many women feel when exposed to far more common--and far more accepted--forms of sexual teasing or stereotyping...
...their ranch north of Santa Barbara, the Reagans gave me a tour. Then Mrs. Reagan said goodbye with her firm handshake. She explained, with pointed good humor, that she was about to go riding?"so that you two can talk alone." I guessed that my request for a private meeting with her husband had caused a misunderstanding, but there was no chance to repair the affront. Mrs. Reagan mounted her horse and cantered away...