| Does Brancusi come closer to the spiritualism of the Shaker society or to the witticism of Duchamp and Dada? |
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| There is a hackneyed witticism about crofts being little pieces of land surrounded by regulations. |
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| In response to each new sally of witticism, the Indians would break into uncontrollable fits of merriment. |
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| Never lacking in witticism or verbal dexterity, they have sketched vocal portraits of their fellowmen and women woth humour and tenderness. |
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| There is the classic, carefully crafted shtick of the old-fashioned nightclub comedian, routines and rib-ticklers cast and recast into perfectly polished pearls of witticism. |
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| Unlike its characters, real mafiosi are just as likely to be podgy and their women plain, and to have never uttered a witticism in their lives. |
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| It may be made up of platitudes and a dash of witticism, but it should be flavoured with goodwill and generosity. |
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| The very same words that will be intended and heard as a witticism in one instance may be seen as a grave insult in other circumstances. |
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| Few men are more contemptible than the brilliantly censorious critic who is deliberately wounding just for the sake of a witticism. |
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| The proper response to a compliment is explicit gratitude, not a cynical, shrugging witticism. |
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| While the occasional wry witticism seeps through, overall Shipler is painfully conscientious about trying to offer both sides of any debate. |
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| Brevity and witticism have become valued tools of the trade. |
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| I also want to respond to that other witticism, that a dyed-in-the-wool liberal has at last adopted a doctrine that forms part of socialist thinking, that is, Keynesianism. |
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| It has been the advertising industry's favourite witticism ever since. |
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| He did, however, leave lots of descendants. Naming fossils is a game that beautifully illustrates Henry Kissinger's witticism about academic disputes being so bitter because the stakes are so low. |
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| Billy Wilder's witticism is self-explanatory and applies to entertainment in general: something is exciting and interesting if it neither bores us nor leaves us indifferent. |
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| Our guide will know how to lead you both knowledgeably and with witticism through the medieval narrow lanes of the city, telling you amusing anecdotes of the famous people who enlivened life at that time. |
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| Were these words accurate, or merely a witticism? |
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