Word: wittier
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, not having the nerve to say any of that out loud--my internal bravado is always so much wittier than my generally pacifist exterior--I was forced to say, "Please, my friends are in there. I just need to tell them I'm here. I'll come right back out." But he was not convinced. Later, I was accused of ditching my friends. What's up with that...
...course, not having the nerve to say any of that out loud--my internal bravado is always so much wittier than my generally pacifist exterior--I was forced to say, "Please, my friends are in there. I just need to tell them I'm here. I'll come right back out." But he was not convinced. Later, I was accused of ditching my friends. What's up with that...
...explore the theory behind Condom Week. While Condom Week is predicated on the assumption that people are having sex, the more central issue is that sex--at least sans condom--is dangerous. As one of the wittier posters made clear, sex with a condom is like sleeping with a lifeguard; sex without it, however, is commensurably lethal. Although the sponsors of Condom Week cushioned their message in fluorescent-colored poster paper and humorous ditties, the essence of their project was to spread the word that sex, despite the casual tone, is far from casual. At the most literal level...
...Seinfeld (NBC) The granddaddy of modern urban sitcoms is still hipper, still wittier than its offspring. Now in its eighth season, the show has maintained its brilliant comic rhythms and dark undertones, and this season boasts some of the most original episodes ever. Kramer's stash of Japanese businessmen--need we say more...
Princess Margaret's saga runs throughout the narrative, showing that today's young royals did not invent bad behavior. Margaret was prettier and wittier than her sister, but Elizabeth got the throne. Shortly thereafter, Margaret told her sister and sovereign that she loved the divorced Group Captain Peter Townsend and wanted to marry him. Scarred by memories of the abdication and cautious in her role as head of the Church of England, Elizabeth turned her down; Margaret never really recovered, and the episode may have left the Queen permanently incapable of disciplining her family. Margaret's subsequent marriage to photographer...