Word: quip
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...first day of his vacation, he was up for an 8 o'clock takeoff, landed in Key West at noon in disappointingly chilly weather. He was understandably hard put to muster a quip when the White House correspondents (who had flown down just ahead of the Independence) met him dressed up in Confederate caps and handlebar mustaches, making painful fun of his recent spate of grandmother stories. He rushed through the handshaking ceremonies with Navy and civilian brass, then disappeared gratefully behind the "Sorry, No Visitors" sign at the naval base. Right after lunch, he turned...
...opposed to some of his earlier roles, Cagney is strong but not silent. His dialogue is strictly the Sam Spade variety--fast, entertaining, and with a stout-hearted quip for every occasion. Cagney's old friend--also a reformed alcoholic--is consistently very funny as he fusses over his tomato juice, attempting to hide its taste...
...production is paced very fast, so fast that much of the humorous material flies by before the audience has a chance to realize what has happened. Playing a ham comedian, Silvers is forced to quip almost incessantly, a factor which becomes trying after the first hour...
...life when mismanagement and incompetence have brought us into greater danger ... In every quarter of the world we are regarded by our friends with anxiety, with wonder and pity; and by our enemies . . . with hostility or even contempt. . . Not one of them is so weak they cannot spare a quip or even a taunt for Britain. [Yet] we have but to cast away, by an effort of will, the enfeebling tendencies and fallacies of socialism . . ." Bevan and the other ministers who resigned had "rendered a public service," said Churchill, by drawing attention to the government's failure...
...quip pointed up the fact that after eight months of war in Korea, the civilian shortages predicted by Washington's hair-shirt cult had not materialized. The booming auto industry, which three months ago dropped thousands of workers because of a materials pinch, had now rehired most of them. Last week the automakers turned out 168,000 units, 40% above the 1950 period when Chrysler was closed by a strike. Building was nearly 25% above the February 1950 figure. And in January business inventories jumped $2 billion to $63 billion despite peak retail sales...