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...Kindest thing," pontificated the Club Bore from his murky corner, "is to say he's a misguided, political nit-wit...
...woman plumped a stifling bouquet of autumn flowers into his arms: cheers burst from 300 waiting supporters of President Ortiz. The good doctor disingenuously protested that he had come merely to visit his porteño relatives: to wit, five uncles, 23 cousins. The crowd knew better...
General Hershey himself is a genial Indianan, noted for his wry wit. His speeches in the past have been blunt and frank, and he makes no bones of his opinion that all able-bodied men should be either in the army or in war work...
Standard had a patented product called Paraflow, which miraculously lowers the temperature at which oil ceases to flow. The original product was an I.G. synthetic lubricant, but it was a Standard engineer who had the wit to see in it the "pour point depressant" for which all U.S. oil companies had been searching for years...
Long a part of the Harvard Commencement week, the Ivy Orations have always been bits of humour and wit intended to enliven the crowd. They are usually of five to ten minutes duration. Last year as a notable innovation two orators instead of the usual one spoke together in a humourous dialogue form...