Word: wisecracker
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Will Rogers were an Italian Communist today, his famous wisecrack, slightly modified, would apply: "I am not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat -- of the Left." After nearly a year of debate, Italy's Communists joined their East European counterparts last week by adopting a new name, the Democratic Party of the Left, and a fresh insignia: a spreading tree, with the old hammer-and-sickle symbol reduced and planted at the roots...
...important, Bush and Gorbachev are men of totally different upbringing, education, habits and turn of mind. Bush loves sports and entertaining friends. Gorbachev is far more formal. Says one U.S. official who studies him closely: "He's not at all stiff, and he's able to make an occasional wisecrack, but he rarely takes his jacket off or puts his feet up." When Ronald Reagan told his patented funny stories, says one American who attended their summits, "Gorbachev would roll his eyes, and you could see him thinking 'Oh, no, not another story!' " The Soviet President enjoys discussing the theory...