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Word: witness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long for the days when the old left was new? Then head for K & M, who will fix you up. This is the most paralyzingly funny exhibition to be seen in New York in quite a while, which unfortunately is not saying much, given the low quotient of wit in the American art world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Through the Ironic Curtain | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

Stopping the pass has not been a strength of the Harvard defense Last week, it took just on 68-yard ID play and the game belonged so Dartmouth On opening day. Columbia's John Wit kowski riddled the Crimson secondary for well over 300 yards. All of which means that Woods should be able to move Princeton down the field this afternoon...

Author: By Michael Bass, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Trick or Treat? | 10/23/1982 | See Source »

Moreover, not everyone will empathize with or even recognize the feelings of vulnerability to and hatred for men which many of the women in the book express. To one not altogether convinced, Prager's bitterness overwhelms her rather thin veneer of satire and wit, leaving a sour and depressing taste in the mouth...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Chic Lit | 10/22/1982 | See Source »

...upon an operatic chorus and contains little dialogue, placing a great burden on the voices of its stars. Derin Altay, who replaced Patti LuPone on Broadway, sings vibrantly. Waving her arms, confidently striding across the stage, she demands the audience's attention. She also displays a not-too-subtle wit, fashioning gestures more reminiscent of a Billy Martin-Reggie Jackson ballpark feud than an exchange between a First Lady and a cabinet official. But of course much of Eva's mystique results from such apparent contradictions--the earthiness and the bejeweled regality, the saintliness and the promiscuity...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Glamor Girl | 10/21/1982 | See Source »

DIED. William Bernbach, 71, innovative Madison Avenue mogul who inspired the '60s and '70s trend to soft-sell advertising; of leukemia; in New York City. Bernbach preached that "honesty sells." Wit and incisiveness helped too with such campaign tag lines coined under his tutelage as "Think Small" (Volkswagen Beetles) and "We try harder because we're only No. 2" (Avis Rent A Car). His touch helped make Doyle Dane Bernbach, which he co-founded in 1949, the tenth largest ad agency, with $1.2 billion in billings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 18, 1982 | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

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