Word: wits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speech-elaborately phrased, rich with allusions-sounds like another language amid the staccato din of the New Frontier's verbal shorthand. With his ironic, self-deprecating wit, he often appears to be some misplaced elfin uncle among the intense young men who laugh at their well-worn house jokes only rarely-and hardly ever at themselves...
...been crying for it for the past week." Adlai quoted Joseph Pulitzer's observation, "Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady"-but added: "A newspaper can always print a retraction." Kennedy chuckled, but made no attempt to match the Stevenson wit-and no attempt to show warmth toward Adlai...
...Wit When Required. For all his massive confidence, Unruh was a bit taken back when invited to be a Chubb Fellow. The prestigious fellowship was endowed by Insurance Executive Hendon Chubb ('95) to encourage student interest in public affairs. Each year four or five public dignitaries take residence for five days, share in the life of Yale and Timothy Dwight College, make a speech and answer a lot of questions. Past Chubb Fellows include Harry Truman, Clement Attlee, Dean Acheson, Herbert Brownell. Adlai Stevenson, Chester Bowles and Barry Goldwater. Against such a cast of characters, Unruh could only...
Throughout the week, Big Daddy mixed with the Yalemen, astonishing them with his skill and speed at pingpong, delicately holding teacups in his huge hands, impressing earnest undergraduates by throwing around such terms as "technocratic populist" and "social pluralism." When wit was required, he had it. Why does California have such extremes of right and left in its politics? "We have such a lush climate that both fruits and nuts flourish." What would he have done if he had been Nixon's campaign manager? "Cut my throat." Did he have any advice to the Yaleman who wants...
...skilled negotiator, he is a party-shunning bachelor who devotes twelve hours a day to his job and is held by many to be a dull fellow. But he inspires deep respect in his subordinates-who meticulously address him as "Mr. President"-and is capable of a corrosive wit that is not far from arrogance...