Word: wisecracks
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...original hidden until his death, Johnson cannot conceal the "ugliest thing" he ever saw. Hurd is putting the painting on public display this week in the Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Arts, and-thanks to its recent publicity-it eventually will be seen across the country. Meanwhile, the current wisecrack in Washington is that artists should be seen around the White House-but not Hurd...
...long as 48 hours. Then, even the dentists quit their cavities and turn to as assistant surgeons, working not only in the mouth, but debriding (cleaning, by removing dead tissue) wounds in any part of the body. Enlisted marines inevitably have made this the basis for a wisecrack: "If you're gonna get wounded, be sure you get hurt real bad or you'll draw a dentist for your doctor...
...stories, such as the Cuba missile crisis, Salinger rolled up his sleeves, lit a cigar the size of a shinny stick and plowed into his work with admirable professionalism. Most any time he was good for some congenial argument, a $1,000 night of poker, a pungent wisecrack. Jack Kennedy made him a frequent target for teasing, and Pierre never seemed to mind it: "Plucky Pierre," they called him. When he refused to keep a pledge to hike 50 miles, Pierre explained: "I may be plucky, but I ain't stupid...
...Mirisch's, a Matisse swings out from the wall, a screen drops from the ceiling, and people like the Fred Zinnemans, the William Wylers, the Billy Wilders, and William Holden settle back to judge a new picture or star whose fate may be seared with a wisecrack...
...from the rigors of his campaign against G.O.P. Challenger Richard Nixon. What was the name of his rented chestnut mare? asked newsmen as the Governor and his troop of 21 fellow campers clopped off into the wilds. "Richard," replied Brown, never the one to let gender interfere with a wisecrack. "I intend to ride him hard. And that's what I'm going to be doing for the next three months." Poor Daisy...