Word: humors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After Meese's stolidity and forgetfulness, Don Regan came across as a refreshing model of candor and good humor. In the days before his ouster five months ago, Regan was denigrated as an iron-fisted martinet whose poor advice to the President had only worsened the scandal. But Regan gave blunt answers to the committees and cracked self-deprecating jokes about his tenure in Washington. Describing the President as "not the type that likes to go around firing people," Regan quipped, "That's an ironic statement coming from me." It was clear that Regan had less of a grip...
...addition to fast action, a playfully cynical humor reminiscent of Buckaroo Banzai runs throughout the film. The storyline is periodically punctuated by a television news show--its slogan is, "Give us three minutes and we'll give you the world."--which charts Robocop's successes. The show is filled with such news items as the misfiring of a "Star Wars" defense system, killing three expresidents living in California. There is also a recurring commercial advertising a family board game called "Nuke 'em." And the scenes depicting the building and activation of Robocop combine humor with a biting commentary on modern...
...rest of us can imagine surviving the demands of such a career; Shawn flourishes." So wrote Brendan Gill a decade ago of longtime New Yorker Editor William Shawn, whose endless capacity for work and relentless curiosity helped fashion that magazine into a weekly mine of essay, fiction and humor. But last spring, after serving 35 years as editor, Shawn, 79, was ousted by the magazine's new owner, S.I. Newhouse of Conde Nast. Many thought Shawn's career was over. Not so. At the invitation of President Roger Straus Jr., Shawn is moving to Farrar, Straus & Giroux...
Through an Inner Space of humor...
...Humor is an important, yet seldom scrutinized political tool. Achieving the right mix of barbs and self-deprecation can be tricky, but devastatingly effective. So all seven contenders gamely lighted matches for the roast, the first time in the campaign they have been on the same stage...