Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flattered and pleased by your cover story on my work and ideas [Dec. 19]. Because the story was so highly accurate on factual details, one amusing lapse stands out. A favorite remark of mine was stated in a way that completely reverses its meaning...
...Your article about Stephen Potter reminds me of a lecture that he gave at the University of Illinois when I was a student there. As I recall, the head of the English Department introduced Mr. Potter with the remark that he had never understood English humor and sometimes doubted its existence. The professor illustrated his view: He had heard someone telling the old joke about the male robin who, upon finding a brown egg in his nest, inquired of his wife regarding this phenomenon. She replied that she had done it for a lark. The professor remembered having heard...
Herbert Hoover: Probably "the most abused man in the U.S., without the power to turn on a cheerful smile, to give the glad hand or to make the humorous remark which means so much to a publicity-ridden country...
Last January, Murdoch gained control of the 6,130,000-circulation News of the World, a lurid Sunday paper, by outmaneuvering a bigger bidder, Czech-born Robert Maxwell. The deal prompted Maxwell to remark of Murdoch: "He has caught a big fish with a very small hook." Under Murdoch's direction the fish has grown even bigger, with circulation rising despite a price increase to 80 a copy. Last October, Murdoch acquired the dull but earnest daily Sun (circ.: 950,000) for a down-payment of $120,000-considerably less than he paid for his house on London...