Word: witnesses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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MANY PREVIOUS DEBATES have been decided by a flick of the wit, a clever one- liner that would have political resonance long after the substance of the debate was forgotten. Ronald Reagan, no surprise, was a master at these prerehearsed quips. Facing the beleaguered Carter in their single 1980 debate, Reagan deftly showed he could be a reassuring presence, an equal to an incumbent President, by artfully deploying that carefully calibrated put-down line, "There you go again...
Last weekend, the Leverett House Arts Society presented a very sane, sophisticated interpretation of The Importance of Being Earnest, which managed to capture much of the relentless charm and wit of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece...
Richards, known for her steely wit, confessedto the packed audience at the Kennedy School thatshe wanted "to be profound and insightful." "Iwant to show the prismatic nature of my mind," shesaid. "After all, I am at Harvard...
...these traditionally maligned groups are among the country's most loved and admired entertainers? Onstage or on the air, the negative qualities that bigots see in these minorities are transformed. Dumb brutality gets alchemized into the grace and strength of black singers and athletes. Rude connivance becomes the capering wit of Jewish comics and writers and composers, their amazing gift for parody and synthesis. Folks who would never care to be near "those people" want to watch them, learn how to walk or talk from them -- be them, at least for that spotlight moment. Maybe it is America...
...popular host of the Oscarcast, Billy Crystal gets hugged by a billion people every March. He is a star, baptized in the mainstream -- partly because of his quickness of wit, partly because he's so darned cute. The particulars of Mr. Saturday Night's plot pay tribute to Crystal's landsleit: to Jerry Lewis (who began, as Buddy does, by lip-synching to Danny Kaye records), to Red Buttons (who had a '50s TV show), to Jackie Mason (who offended Ed Sullivan). To all the Jerrys and Jackies and Buddys...