Word: wit
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Though not popularly known for its wit or good nature, the IRS is clearly trying to lighten up its image. Its website features bold graphics and even some irreverent humor. Apparently the campaign is so effective that this tax season it has persuaded long-time rival WILLIE NELSON, who was forced to pay $9 million to the agency in 1993, to surrender his grudges. "Everything's wonderful with the IRS," said the country-music legend as his tour bus blazed across the South. "I would say it's a 100% turnaround as far as I'm concerned. After they came...
...Buoyed by its quick wit and never ending double entendres, the film does not shy away from using sexually charged references to both entertain and charm the audience. In fact it is in She Done Him Wrong that West coins one of cinema's most famous quotes to date, "Why don't you come up and see me some time?" It is after meeting and becoming immediately smitten with the priest from the next door mission that West utters these infamous words. This seems to be the first time that a man has not instantly fallen in love with...
...life in a joyous flurry of understated malice by the cast at the Works Theater in Somerville. The final production of Pet Brick Productions' inaugural season, director Patrick Wang and his cast and crew create a treasure for anyone who adores Wilde, theater and beautifully delivered words of wit, spite, and love...
...Music. While at Berklee in 1985, he met the group of musicians who became the foundation of the Either/Orchestra and the band quickly became known for eccentric material and quirky performances. By the 1980s, most jazz had become neo-conservative and stuffy, but the Either/Orchestra had humor and wit. While Wynton Marsalis was getting started at Lincoln Center and oiling up hits from the 1920s, Gershon and company were playing at a self-proclaimed "Bill Walton" night at a local bar (which Celtics star Bill Walton once actually attended) and soaring through versions of King Crimson tunes and souped...
...field of adult crime," says TIME legal analyst Alain Sanders. "There's a general get-tough approach to crime in America right now, and the experts have been telling us for years that in the case of youth violence, this response isn't borne out by the numbers." To wit: The chance of getting killed in school is one in 2 million, while seven out of 10 people think that school shootings are possible in their neighborhood. "Schools' main response to public perceptions of crime is to expel and suspend more children," says Jason Ziedenberg of the Justice Policy Institute...