Word: jestering
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...Snow may be the slickest press secretary in years, but that still makes him little more than the Bush Administration's court jester. Any credibility he had had as a journalist was ruined when he took the job as mouthpiece for the White House. He is going to end up as spokesman for some corporation or lobbying firm. No matter what, he will be highly paid. My hat's off to him. Art Robinson LaGrange Park, Illinois...
...tall enough that we can look up to him. He's just the leader we need in our highest office. Richard H. Utt Loma Linda, California, U.S. Snow may be the slickest press secretary in years, but that still makes him little more than the Bush Administration's court jester. Any credibility he had had as a journalist was ruined when he took the job as mouthpiece for the White House. He is going to end up as spokesman for some corporation or lobbying firm. No matter what, he will be highly paid...
Snow may be the slickest press secretary in years, but that still makes him little more than the Bush Administration's court jester. Any credibility he had as a journalist was ruined when he took the job as mouthpiece for the White House. He is going to end up as spokesman for some corporation or lobbying firm. No matter what, he will be highly paid...
...Fairfax (Noah Van Niel ’08), prisoner and falsely accused sorcerer who finds himself incarcerated in the Tower of London. While imprisoned, Fairfax manages to marry Elsie Maynard (Celia R. Maccoby ’07), a singer whose commitment is questionable: she is already engaged to a jester named Jack Point (Samuel Gale Rosen ’06). Fairfax’s rather blatant admirer, Phoebe Meryll (Jessica G. Peritz ’06) helps him to escape and hijinks ensue in typical Gilbert and Sullivan style with some surprising twists at the finale...
When the 16-year stalemate between daytime queen OPRAH WINFREY and late-night jester DAVID LETTERMAN ended last week, somehow anything seemed possible. In 2003 Winfrey told TIME she felt "uncomfortable" on the Late Show and vowed she would never return. But after years of Letterman's on-air cajoling and with a new Broadway musical to promote, Winfrey at last relented and appeared on his show. All Letterman had to do to score the interview--and his best ratings in 11 years--was squire Winfrey across the street to the opening of The Color Purple. Maybe...