Word: witness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accepting most of the credit for it, the main work of selection, cataloging and arrangement was carried out by its English curator, Gervase Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser to the National Trust in London. He did the job with wide knowledge and, in the matings of some objects, a dry wit. One could be fatigued by the result but never bored, for Jackson-Stops is a dab-hand at fitting potted histories around incompressible works of art. One is firmly led through the mutations of English taste, as early Elizabethan patronage becomes the acquisitive connoisseurship of the late 18th century...
...rather frumpy, pastel suits of the engagement period to sleek, sophisticated ensembles and romantic hats. For evening wear she favors slinky numbers with daring back slits or fairy-like gossamer gowns. What is engaging about her sense of style is that she chooses clothes with a touch of wit, even if she occasionally looks like a fashion casualty. After years of seeing the Queen Mum parading around in hats that look as though a bird of paradise had expired on her head and the Queen looking like a dour librarian, even Diana's Di-sasters, as the tabloids call them...
Schwarzenegger's pursuit of his enemies. He shoots them, drops them off cliffs, slits their throats, chops off their arms, breaks their necks, and blows them up. And, oh, yes: he also punches a steam pipe through his archenemy. "Let off some steam," he snarls--not exactly Noel Coward wit, but it is one of Schwarzenegger's favorite lines in the script. "The thing that separates me from the rest of the action leads, like Stallone, Eastwood and Norris, is that I bring in all this humor to my films," he says. "I love that, to have all this intensity...
...Hodgman '86 of the Harvard Lampoon claimed no knowledge of the alternate Lampoon. "I'm sure they're a fun bunch of guys," he said. He then showed that famous dry Lampoon wit by adding, "We'll be fire-bombing their office soon...
Rocard, an economist, is a member of the Socialist Party steering committee and mayor of a Paris suburb called Conflans-Ste.-Honorine. Widely admired for his wit and personal charm, he is one of the country's most popular politicians, regularly topping the opinion polls with about a 55% approval rating on general leadership ability. Not only is he far in front of Mitterrand's 38%, but he also leads Premier Fabius, 39, and former Premier Raymond Barre, 61, the most popular conservative opposition figure, both of whom draw some 50%. Rocard, whose standing among the Socialist rank and file...