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Word: quip (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Night at the Opera. Even la Sills, usually the best prepared of singers, became momentarily confused. At the full-dress rehearsal of Bolena, she lost her way in Anna's prayer scene and began to repeat herself. Ever the pro, Sills tossed off the mistake with a quip: "It is such a pretty aria, once is good but twice is better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Boldly Back in Business | 10/15/1973 | See Source »

...same Breslin style. Yet subtly, underneath, it's not the same Breslin. Under the tough exterior, under the quick quip and the profanity, is a legitimate interest in people...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Revving Up With Jimmy Breslin | 10/12/1973 | See Source »

...Donald's quip to his student disciple--particularly his idealization of New England--would probably confuse many of the Harvard students who have already begun to seek him out as a "fellow Southerner." Raised in the hill country of Mississippi and graduated from Mississippi's Millsaps College, Donald retains deep affinities with the people and culture of his native South...

Author: By Dale S. Russakoff, | Title: David Donald: 'Non-Harvard Man' | 10/4/1973 | See Source »

...brisk playfulness of Brian Murray's direction somewhat masks the vein of melancholy that runs through Anouilh's best characters. Their gaiety is inverted mourning. They suffer with a quip on their lips while stretched on a rack that is the distance between the way things are and the way they want them to be. "T.E.Kalem

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Black Farce | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...both the White House and the Justice Department, officials resorted to black humor, forming betting pools on just who would be indicted by the grand jury. A commonly heard quip was: "Well, let's hope they go to jail with honor." The situation seemed to be spinning out of anyone's control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: It Gets Worse: Nixon Crisis Of Confidence | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

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