Word: wits
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Copley Players have again revived "Fanny's First Play," that supreme example of Shavian wit. Capably presented by Mr. Henry Jewett's Company, the play is a delectable piece of wit and humor. It is almost impossible to express how thoroughly enjoyable are the many ironic, sarcastic and ridiculous speeches which Mr. Shaw has put into the mouth of his characters. One cannot help thinking how much pleasure the author had in writing the play; in so thinking one's enjoyment is increased many fold...
...much to prepare Yale for the big games with Harvard and Princeton. Even Saturday a marked improvement was shown in every department of the game. The blue-clad team played hard, fast football. The eleven that a little over a week ago was heavy of foot and slow of wit was changed into a hard-tackling, fast-running, and alert aggregation. There were few missed tackles, almost no fumbles, and the interference, ragged in the extreme against Boston College, showed a decided improvement. However, it is not that the development of the team has been advanced, although that...
...comes one James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for President, and says in the Harvard Union Tuesday night, to wit: That it is our duty to God to join the League of Nations. Not only that, but the estimable Governor continues, "I believe God ordains women shall save Civilization by voting for the League...
...Maughan, who has already gained a reputation by his knack for clever dialogue surpasses himself in "Lady Frederick." Shaft after shaft of brilliant wit, always pertinent, is directed at the audience. A few examples will suffice...
...today. The colonies were not offered every indulgence, Home Rule, Dominion government if so there certainly would have been no Revolutionary war. The Irish are not bowed down under taxes that threaten to ruin trade. The colonies were not treacherous to the mother country in times of war (to wit: the French and Indian war) as were the Irish during the great war. In fact the points of similarity are so few that it is ridiculous to say that the cases are parallel...