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skilled at
making clever and
funny remarks.
Forms of wit
include the quip,
repartee, and wisecrack. As in the wit of
Dorothy Parker's set, the
Algonquin Round...
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Stanley praised the
casting of
Chase writing, "Jeff has the kind of
sardonic repartee and
slapdash nonchalance that the
comedian Chevy Chase had when he was...
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Balliol College (/ˈbeɪliəl/) is a
constituent college of the
University of Oxford.
Founded in 1263 by
nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a
claim to be...
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Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (Russian: Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, romanized: Anton
Grigoryevich Rubinshteyn; 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1829 –...
- writing: "Both
stars are so
attuned to each other's pace and flow that
their repartee just
seems to
tumble out,
perfectly formed." It
emerged as one of his most...
- 1840; and that it was in turn
based on a
widely reprinted poem ("Nuptial
Repartee") that
first appeared in the June 21, 1813,
Morning Herald of London. A...
- life.
According to the
recollections of a colleague,
Verne "did
better in
repartee than in business". In July 1858,
Verne and
Aristide Hignard seized an opportunity...
- Cathedrals". For television, one
hallmark of Sorkin's writer's
voice is the
repartee that his
characters engage in as they
small talk and
banter about whimsical...
-
attuned to the
presence of
mortality that
underpins even Beckett's
jauntiest repartee. Hosmer,
Katie (3
April 2014). "Sir Ian
McKellen and Sir
Patrick Stewart...
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often wise
about friendly foibles,
aided by a
terrific cast
whose snappy repartee immediately shines."
Metacritic ****igned the
first season a
weighted average...
