Compared with the comedy for which she was so well known, "Wit" was a drama about a serious scholar — unmarried, unattached and unsentimental — with terminal ovarian cancer.
One, a tribute to Mae West that bounces along in musical language and sharp wit ("Mae knows wit's a waste on those who think/ a woman is a sink of mind"), leaves me a bit cold.
He loved life and will be missed by all who had the privilege to know his wit, generosity and humor.
"Map or no map," I says, "yuh ain't gonna get to know Brooklyn wit no map," I says.
I met Heathcote Williams as a result of the No Glory in War campaign and got to know his wit, insights and impeccable manners through high teas at his home in Oxford.
I remember Al Remaihi's impressive presence from the very beginning days of the Doha Film Institute, and then I got to know her wit and wisdom up-close in Cannes, two years ago.
a. (1895) A cum laude graduate known for wit and public speaking, Coolidge was chosen to deliver the Grove Oration, a send-up of the senior class.
Indeed, what Joe Isuzu finally acknowledges is what the TV audience has long known: to wit, that television is an instrument for the promotion of lies.
Furthermore, it is also not known whether Wit inhibits tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT5, another oncogenic STAT protein.
Writer vs. Writer If brevity is the soul of wit, who knows how much wit may be found between now and April 27 on the third floor of the Studio, 145 West 46th Street in Manhattan?
