Word: sids
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Larry, then 16, a shot writing comedy. Gelbart, who has called writing "the perfect medium for shy extroverts," was soon a scribe for Jack Paar, Red Buttons and Bob Hope. As a writer on the legendary Caesar's Hour, Gelbart "popped jokes like popcorn," recalls colleague Carl Reiner. "Once Sid [Caesar] got a call from Bob Hope, offering an oil well to get Larry back...
...Whenever there’s a hot potato, an administrator somewhere in Harvard looks for Sid,” says Markham Professor of Government Kenneth A. Shepsle. “And with good reason...
...Sid is one of the best natural politician-diplomats I have ever met,” King writes in an e-mail. “He can put people completely at ease, get together warring factions with a few disarming comments, and settle disputes before anyone realizes they’re over...
...Sid is a repository of anecdotes,” Shepsle says. “He has a humorous story for every occasion—and I’ve heard them all at least four times...
...Before Bill Gates wrote Windows, Sid invented multitasking,” Shepsle says. “Most of the rest of us are bound by trade-offs, but he isn?...