In the culture, she had become a saint in the homosexual church, the wittiest example of gender cross-over.
Witty, for example, is widely considered to have done a good job at Glaxo, where he presides over a drugs company of 99,000 people in 100 countries, generating turnover of £28bn.
The fifty gouaches at the Citadelle presented an exuberant mixture of vibrant pictures, ironic texts, and witty dialogue an early example of the graphic novel, as we now define the genre.
But he could be unflamboyantly funny, especially in print, and his philosophical examples are witty without facetiousness or self-congratulation (a famous article contrasted a Martian whose response to painful stimuli is the inflation of cavities in his feet with a madman whose reaction is indifference).
A creative force in New York media for almost 40 years in radio, advertising and finally the ABC network, Mr. Cohen was also a master of many poetic styles: the sonnet, the epic and the limerick, leaving many witty and well-loved examples.
An average episode can provide several examples of witty puns, as well as some of the pitfalls in overusing them.
While her core research may sound a bit dry, this book is absolutely drenched with witty, lively, accessible information about examples of past and present evolution as they pertain to the modern myth that we have not had time to evolve in response to modern pressures and circumstances.
Those witty duets provide particularly engaging examples of how the production brings Porter's inspired lyrics into sharp focus.
A veteran broadcaster once told me that Denis Law, for example - intelligent, witty and otherwise hugely perceptive - was a disappointing match analyst.
