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Along with her descriptions came a persistent wit which had the audience continually laughing and applauding...

Author: By Steve S. Chien, | Title: Kilbourne Addresses Advertising | 12/11/1993 | See Source »

...numbers with little else of interest. It's a shame when this happens; it's like being in a car that accelerates and comes to full-stop, again and again. The characters change moods like cartoon figures, adding to the merry simplicity of the plot and milking Gilbert's wit for all it's worth. This is effortless, fun entertainment...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: Smooth Sailing on the HMS Pinafore | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

...conspicuously low profile during the Harris case, not uttering a word at oral arguments or writing any portion of the decision. As for Hill, the decision was welcome news. "The harasser does not have the right to harass to the point at which the woman is at her wit's end," Hill, a law professor at the University of Oklahoma, told TIME last week. "To the extent that's business as usual, that has ended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 9-Zip! I Love It! | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...commercial transfer. A key factor: ecstatic reviews from this generation of critics, who are unaccustomed to the musical bounty that greeted their predecessors three decades ago. They adored the once standard and now quaint format of a - straightforward love story, the shamelessly hummable melodies, the elegant wit of the dialogue and lyrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward to The Past | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...wit: Chapter 1 (thesis) shares its titlewith the book. It includes such double-entendre,pun treasures as "Dogs are very direct aboutwanting to go out," Dogs admit when they'rejealous," and "You can train a dog." Some are goodfor a chuckle, particularly when they parody humanself-help tomes--("The Courage to Heel") orpsychobabble ("I'm feeling very conflicted aboutthis new dog you keep talking about bringing home.On one paw, I want a playmate. One the otherpaw...

Author: By Alexandra Jacobs, | Title: Books Not-So-Heavy Petting | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

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