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Word: wits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pusey's citation for Stevenson called the twice-defeated Presidential candidate "generous spirit, instant spokesman for freedom in the councils of the world; his intelligence and ready wit have informed and enlivened the political experience of a generation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adlai Stevenson Receives Honorary Degree; Plaza, Betancourt, Tuttle, Aiken Cited Too | 6/17/1965 | See Source »

...DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER REVISITED. The distilled wit and pleasant melodies of seldom heard Porte songs are consistently entertaining m this campy revue. Kaye Ballard heads a sprightly cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 11, 1965 | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

...NYMPHENBURG (July 7-29), on the outskirts of Munich, presents some of the finest chamber music available on the summer circuit, highlighted this season by the appearance of the Juilliard String Quartet. Performances are held by candlelight in the magnificent threestory stone hall of the sprawling Wit telsbach Palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Festivals: The Happy Plague | 6/11/1965 | See Source »

...DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLE PORTER REVISITED. The distilled wit and pleasant melodies of seldom-heard Porter songs are consistently entertaining in this campy revue. Kaye Ballard heads a sprightly cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 4, 1965 | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

HENRY IV, PART I & HENRY IV, PART II (Caedmon). There are those who believe that Falstaff is the greatest comic character in English literature, and these recordings will not disappoint them. Anthony Quayle's voice combines the tavern-soaked grossness of "fat Jack" with the agile wit and arrogant flair of Sir John. Michael Redgrave as Hotspur seems at times to get only false teeth into the part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: May 14, 1965 | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

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