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...thought that the format of the presentation really brought out the best of Chevy Chase's wit-and at the same time allowed him to sneak in a few insights," Elizabeth Schemm '04 said...
Gore Vidal might be a "Laughing Cassandra" [March 1], but my God he does it with such wit-and plenty of class...
Expectedly, 37 new poets turn out to be about 30 too many, but among the best are some whose work deserves a longer hearing than the book provides-David Henderson, Audre Lorde, Conrad Kent Rivers, and the late Ray Durem. Jones, in particular, has a wit-and bitter whimsy that raises the simplest words to the level of poetry...
...been crying for it for the past week." Adlai quoted Joseph Pulitzer's observation, "Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady"-but added: "A newspaper can always print a retraction." Kennedy chuckled, but made no attempt to match the Stevenson wit-and no attempt to show warmth toward Adlai...
...later described the scene: "He [Lincoln] sat to the artist with his right foot on top of the left and both feet turned inward-pigeon fashion-round-shouldered-looking grim as fate, sanguinity his expression, occasionally breaking into a broad grin ... He chatted, told stories, laughed at his own wit-and the humor of others-and in one way and another made a couple of hours pass merrily and never once lost his dignity or committed himself to an opinion ... It is a good painting-but only a tolerable likeness." The beardless Lincoln was one of 15 Healy portraits...