Word: quip
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recently, Regan startled even his harshest critics with his proposal for the most sweeping reform of federal tax laws since World War II. Among those who have endorsed the proposal are Economist Joseph Pechman of the Brookings Institution and Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader--a following that prompted Regan to quip, "What have I done wrong?" The President has not embraced the whole package, but he did call it "the best proposal for changing the tax system that has ever occurred within my lifetime...
Following Mulroney's speech, Canadian television viewers heard a member of the New York audience quip, "I'm glad Canada is part of the United States again." The remark offended many Canadians and fueled arguments by Mulroney's opponents that he is selling out the country to the U.S. Ed Broadbent, leader of the New Democratic Party, warned that Investment Canada will have the effect of enabling U.S. firms to buy up Canadian competitors and then close them down...
...S.R.O. for this Johnny Carson in alb and chasuble, who keeps the customers satisfied with ingratiating patter-dinner and a show for the price of your soul. Off-pulpit, Father Farley is a bit of a sacramental wino but still relentlessly endearing, dodging attacks and responsibilities with an easy quip. Somewhere beneath the show-biz charm, though, compassion pulses. When an angry young seminarian (Zeljko Ivanek) antagonizes his rector (Charles Burning), Father Farley resolves to detoxify the lad's ardor, teach him a few punch lines, figure out where God fits into all this...
...occasion, Brokaw harkened back to former NBC newsman David Brinkley, now with ABC News. In 1980, Brinkley surveyed the giant NBC map--colored Reagan blue--and labelled it "a suburban swimming pool." It's odd to see Brokaw so drained that he must rely on a former colleague's quip...
Indeed, Reagan turned the issue around with his oh-so-familiar grin and a sharp, well-rehearsed quip: "I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience." Mondale smiled back but had to have been surprised by the unexpected twist, and the audience laughed with the President...