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Word: witness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Praise of Older Women" [April 24]: Grace, wit, style and charm. At last we are beginning to realize what true beauty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1978 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

Conservatively estimated, his income is about $420,000 a year. He is master of a stately home on 3,000 acres in Kent, which he calls "the most desirable bachelor pad in Europe." He has a mischievous, urbane wit, an infectious smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Man Who Will Be King | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...know I'll miss him, not so much for the things he wrote, but the way he knew his audience. He was the perfect sportswriter for Harvard, and his subtle, careful wit shows the respect he had for its athletics and its people...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Savoir Faired Well | 5/11/1978 | See Source »

...priceless things at City Ballet, it is also true that he has a great deal beyond star power to offer in return. Edward Villella is almost retired now, and there has been no true replacement for either his dramatic, robust presence in Prodigal Son and Harlequinade or for the wit he brought to essentially abstract works like Rubies. Baryshnikov may well be just the man for these ballets and several others−Symphony in Three Movements, Stars and Stripes. The true suspense lies in what Mr. B will create...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Another Leap for Baryshnikov | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...LOOKED AT HIM more closely. A little old, maybe, but that spark of wit was all that counted. The baggy, slightly rumpled suit, the black lace-ups, the slight paunch (was it all just a hologram?) could not conceal the powerful, massive frame which lay beneath it all. It was a stage veneer, nothing more; surely, this was a man who deserved Respect. I pumped his hand earnestly...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: NO RESPECT | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

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