Word: witnesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With his impish smile and baby face, Brown, 47, hardly looks like an agent of historic change. He has an outsize mustache, a quick wit and an ability to energize any room he enters, traits that conjure up comparisons with Jackson. But his hands are those of a polished Washington lobbyist: when he speaks, his left hand rests casually in his pocket while his right hand ticks off the logical points he wants to make; when he listens, his palms press together as he taps his fingers thoughtfully. At a lectern, he talks rather than preaches. On a couch...
...wrote a book, C. Fred's Story, a surprisingly wry look at Washington life as told by her first dog, after publisher Nelson Doubleday assured her it would be a good way to promote her literacy efforts. C. Fred could have been a disaster, but Barbara's wit and candor made it work. "I didn't have to squeeze it out of her. There was no ghostwriter," says editor Lisa Drew. "And it came in on time." The book sold 15,000 copies; Barbara donated her share of the profits to literacy charities...
...fact often fortunate. Not only did John Hinckley's bullet stop an inch from Reagan's heart, for instance, but the shooting occurred at a time when the public was still forming its concept of the new President. Reagan's image was enhanced when he responded with both wit and grit. But the incantations about "magic" imply mystical powers beyond the ken of other politicians. There is nothing mysterious about a veteran public performer with a knack for timing, a keen sense for what will please a mass audience, and a talent for hiring adroit p.r. advisers...
RANDY NEWMAN: LAND OF DREAMS (Reprise). Lacerating spiritual autobiography and unsparing social wit. Pretty good whorehouse piano...
...WONDER YEARS (ABC) The nostalgia is ladled on a bit thick, but this wry, affectionate comedy about a twelve-year-old's angst in the late '60s has wit and insight -- and the most believable family scenes...