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...There's nothing left of quick wit," Hood says. "There is eloquence lacking in public life. Just look at the presidential debates, for example...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Last Breath of a Once Proud Art | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...last two tracks find the full foursome back together in 1996 (Nesmith had long refused to participate in reunions), playing their own songs and instruments, and even if it's well past the point of relevance, it has a certain wistful sweetness. Indeed, there's a fundamental decency, wit and charm in evidence throughout this collection that so completely transcends the Monkees' prefab origins, and those of their modern-day counterparts - New Kids on the Block, anyone? - that it's a pleasure to be able to recognize them as their own men. They deserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Hey, They Were the Monkees | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...Given the time frame and economic realities, we don't know whether we're going to be able to do it," Lee says. "We're really at our wit's end here...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grafton Set to Close April 15 | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...this gem, the scientist and noted essayist trains a wry wit and a highly perceptive eye on his two-plus decades of observing baboon behavior in Kenya. Sidesplitting vignettes about monkey politics alternate with equally hilarious tales of misadventure on the backroads of East and Central Africa. Sciencephobes needn't be worried: there's nary a page of neuroendocrinology in the book. A supporting cast of tribal misfits, postcolonial weirdos and marginally psychotic truck drivers will keep you chuckling from start to finish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Primate's Memoir | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

...Water buffalo??!! Too bad Byrd did not have the wit to remark on television that "my old mom used to tell me, son, there are white water buffalo and black water buffalo." That would have left a national television audience in a cloud of harmless mystification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Word Is Deed | 3/12/2001 | See Source »

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