Word: sarcasms
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...made to the sage of Saddle River a few years back. Otherwise, Dole has preferred to keep his own counsel and even make fun of anyone who tries to change him. When an aide recently gave him an advance text of a speech, the candidate quipped with trademark sarcasm, "Let me show this to my council of advisers." He pushes back when pushed too hard. When Senator Al D'Amato of New York urged Dole two weeks ago to attend a debate before the Texas primary--"You gotta go," D'Amato said, "you gotta go"--Dole teased, "Well...
Sipping tea in his Broadway dressing room last week, Lane, 40, was subdued and a little weary, his voice only occasionally rising to his patented pitch of whiny sarcasm. (Asked about working in the shadow of original Forum star Zero Mostel, he replies with a tart "Who?") Lane grew up in a working-class Irish-American family in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he regularly starred in the plays at St. Peter's Prep. In New York he started building his theater resume, appearing in flops (the Doug Henning musical Merlin) and a few prestige successes (a revival of Noel...
...palace was not amused. Once again the court had been bested as Diana snatched the initiative and presented her side first. "The Queen was most interested to hear that the Princess of Wales had agreed to the divorce," the press office sputtered, presumably in an attempt at sarcasm. Title, domicile and everything else, the spokesman said, was still a matter of negotiation...
...carefully avoided attacking Powell, beyond noting with characteristic sarcasm that the Pentagon general would be right at home talking about farm-support prices in Iowa. Alone among major candidates, Dole must always play nice, having fully exorcised the Mean Bob Dole who allegedly possessed him in past campaigns. So when there are knives to sharpen, he is forced to depend on surrogates; the Powell camp privately grumbled that the harsh conservative attacks and nasty rumors were being orchestrated by Dole loyalists. The Dole camp denied the charge...
...rumor mill went into overdrive, accusing Klipfel in particular of everything from dealing cocaine to sleeping with a drug dealer. Yes, declares Klipfel with weary sarcasm, "I try to fit it all in. I'm a supermom...