Word: wittedness
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In a sense, the only thing against Luce was her ability to play many roles and break all the rules, as a woman conquering what was primarily a man's world. As one of the first great career women in American history, Luce found herself alternately patronized by those who...
Judge Robert Bork, the fire-breathing right-wing ideologue who would wreak havoc on U.S. law, did not show up at the Senate Caucus Room last week. Neither did Robert Bork, the quick-witted charmer, "the bearded Ollie North," who would obliterate his opposition. The 14 members of the Senate...
Seemingly within moments of Oliver North's appearance at the congressional Iran-contra hearings in July, quick-witted entrepreneurs rushed to cash in on Olliemania. There were Ollie T shirts, bumper stickers and dolls. The Old Man River Doghouse, an eatery in Tonawanda, N.Y., created the Oliver North sandwich, with...
Act I: As the country crooner sings "Goodbye, sweetheart, hello, Viet Nam," 17 Marine recruits get their heads shaved. The long, defiant hair of the late 1960s falls to the floor; the young men look sullen or stern. Do they know that this is a pre-op for a lobotomy...
Hagler hit him less but hurt him more. Leonard had weighed in that morning at 158, just half a pound lighter than the natural middleweight he was fighting, and after a day's sustenance had entered the ring at 163. But he would leave it weighing 150. The bulk he...