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Robert Chase

Having been on the team longer than anyone else, Chase cares for House, as shown by the hug in the Season Three episode "Half-Wit."


1586 in poetry

Birbal, real name: Maheshdas Bhat (born 1528), Indian poet, wit and Grand Vizier of the Mughal court of Emperor Akbar

A Shabby Genteel Story

Unfortunately, he is not wealthy enough to support his tastes and is in Margate because he can hide from his Creditors there: "He was free of his money; would spend his last guinea for a sensual gratification; would borrow from his neediest friend; had no kind of conscience or remorse left, but believed himself to be a good-natured, devil-may-care fellow; had a good deal of wit, and indisputably good manners, and pleasing, dashing frankness in conversation with men."

Agi Mishol

In 2006 Naomi Shihab Nye wrote: "Agi Mishol's poems feel perfectly weighted. Her mix of honest empathy and care and elegant wit is deeply touching and enlivening."

Daly's Club

This was once "Daly's Club-house," where all the noblemen and gentlemen of both Houses would adjourn to dine and drink; where were seen Mr. Grattan, and Mr. Flood with "his broken beak," and Mr. Curran, and those brilliant but guerilla debaters, whose encounters both of wit and logic make our modern parliamentary contests sound tame and languid.

Debtera

The poet Gebre Hanna, renowned in Amharic oral tradition for (to quote Donald Levine) "his quick and biting wit," was a debtera.

Dick Tuck

But Nixon also admired Tuck, comparing the dirty tricks committed by his staffer Donald Segretti unfavorably to the intelligence and wit behind some of Tuck's political pranks.

Domitius Marsus

He was the author of a collection of epigrams called Cicuta ("hemlock") for their bitter sarcasm, and of a beautiful epitaph on the death of Tibullus; of elegiac poems, probably of an erotic character; of an epic poem Amazonis; and of a prose work on wit (De urbanitate).

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte

After the Battle of Waterloo, she returned to Europe where she was well received in the most exclusive circles and much admired for her beauty and wit.

Ernst Raupach

The 1905 New International Encyclopedia thought his writings display great knowledge of stage effect, a talent for the invention of new and interesting situations, and a fine play of verbal wit.

Eustache Deschamps

His satires were also directed at corrupt officials and clergy but his sharp wit may have cost him his job as Bailli of Senlis.

Four Seasons Baltimore and Residences

Wit & Wisdom, a tavern by Michael Mina, is the hotel’s signature restaurant, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

G. S. Khaparde

He become popular by way of his wit, humour and mannerisum and hence some news-paper described him as Mark Twain.

Gerald Joseph Weber

A man of broad knowledge, incisive thinking, stern demeanor, and subtle wit, Weber is known to many law students in their judicial procedure course for his cleverly crafted 1971 opinion in Mayo v. Satan and His Staff.

It's a Summer Thang

"It'a a Summer Thang" is the title of a Rap/R&B single by M-Doc featuring Chantay Savage, and Stevio from the 1995 album "M. Doc Wit Stevio: C'mon Getcha Groove On".

Jacob Tonson

Earlier in the year the elder Tonson was in town, and Pope, writing to Lord Oxford, said that if he would come to see him he would show him a phenomenon worth seeing, "old Jacob Tonson, who is the perfect image and likeness of Bayle's Dictionary; so full of matter, secret history, and wit and spirit, at almost fourscore."

Jayakwadi Dam

Notable amongst migratory birds are Cranes, Flamingos, Pintails, Wigeon, Shoveller, Brahmany Duck, Pochards, Teals, God Wit, Shauces, Glossy Ibis, etc.

Jessica Grose

It was billed "The Devil Wears Prada for the blogger age" and praised for its wit and accurate portrayal of the media by its reviewers and authors Jennifer Weiner and Amy Sohn.

Jonathan M. Woodward

He also appeared as Dr. Jason Posner in the 2001 film Wit, which was based on the play of the same name written by Margaret Edson.

Kali Salwar

This man, Shankar (Irrfan Khan), inverts their relationship with his wit and worldly wisdom.

Lisa Millar

Millar grew up in the small country town of Kilkivan, before beginning her journalism career in newspapers, wit ha cadet-ship for the The Gympie Times and then Brisbane's afternoon tabloid newspaper, The Sun, until it closed down.

Long Wharf Theatre

More than 30 Long Wharf productions have been transferred to Broadway or Off-Broadway, including Durango, Wit, (winner of a Pulitzer Prize), The Shadow Box (Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award/Best Play winner), Hughie, American Buffalo, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Quartermaine's Terms (Obie Award winner for best play), The Gin Game (Pulitzer Prize winner), The Changing Room, The Contractor and Streamers.

Mark Dooley

In particular, it includes an interview of Derrida by Mark Dooley which contains Derrida’s definitive statement on religion: ‘The Becoming Possible of the Impossible.' Henry Isaac Venema, Brandon University, wrote that this book ‘sparkles with wit and intelligence and is of tremendous value... for those who are looking for an outstanding introduction to the key issues concerning contemporary philosophy and religion.’

Mavis Gallant

In her critical book Reading Mavis Gallant, Janice Kulyk Keefer says, “Gallant is a writer who dazzles us with her command of the language, her innovative use of narrative forms, the acuity of her intelligence, and the incisiveness of her wit. Yet she also disconcerts us with her insistence on the constrictions and limitations that dominate human experience.”

Metaphysical poets

Their style was characterized by wit and metaphysical conceits—far-fetched or unusual similes or metaphors, such as in Andrew Marvell’s comparison of the soul with a drop of dew; in an expanded epigram format, with the use of simple verse forms, octosyllabic couplets, quatrains or stanzas in which length of line and rhyme scheme enforce the sense.

Niggerati

The quickest wit in what was a very witty group, which encompassed Helene Johnson, Dorothy Peterson, Countee Cullen, Augusta Savage, Dorothy West (then a teacher), Harold Jackman, and John P. Davis (a law student at the time), as well as hangers-on, friends, and acquaintances, Hurston dubbed herself the "Queen of the Niggerati".

Oscar Handlin

He was possessed of a sardonic wit honed by his love of the novels of James Branch Cabell, the operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan and the cartoons of Al Capp who was a family friend.

Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

Campbell suffered from a stammer, but nevertheless delighted television audiences with his wit, notably as a regular team captain on the long-running show Call My Bluff, opposite his longtime friend, Frank Muir.

Patrick F. McManus

McManus's writing is characterized by a dry wit that has drawn comparisons to Mark Twain and Robert Benchley.

Paul Rudnick

Frank Rich, in The New York Times, called Rudnick, “a born show-biz wit with perfect pitch for priceless one-liners” and Stephen Holden, also in the Times, said that Jeffrey was, “Just the sort of play Oscar Wilde might have written had he lived in 1990s Manhattan.”

Peter Kaczorowski

He has more than 45 Broadway plays and musicals to his credit including "Nice Work If You Can Get It", "Venus in Fur", "Wit", "Anything Goes", "A View From the Bridge", The Pajama Game, Seascape, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Wonderful Town, Anna in the Tropics, and revivals of The Music Man and Kiss Me, Kate.

Raúl Castro

In an interview with filmmaker, actor and activist Sean Penn, Raúl Castro was described as "warm, open, energetic and sharp of wit".

Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us

Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us is the debut album by Outlawz when not counting Still I Rise as their first.

Romney Sedgwick

Eveline Cruickshanks wrote a book on the Tories and the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and said: "My greatest debt is to the late Romney Sedgwick, a staunch Whig, whose wit and erudition I greatly admired, for a series of discussions, heated at times, but, as I well know, much enjoyed on both sides".

Russel Warren Howe

As an author, his books include "Theirs the Darkness" (1955), "The Power Peddlers" (1977), "Mata Hari" (1986), "Sleeping With the FBI" (1993), "False Flags" (1996) and "Don't Laugh, You're Next: The Irrepressible Wit & Humor of Russell Warren Howe" (2002).

Sankey tank

The quality of water was not very good and when Lord Connemara, Governor of Madras visited in July 1888 it was commented upon by a local wit: "The men who are thrown off their horses and killed on the spot at Bangalore are the only ones that are allowed by doctors not to have died from drinking bad water".

Surround sound marketing

Surround sound marketing has become a common term in marketing over the past decade, to wit, "Pep Boys CEO Mike Odell noted the company saw a rebound in its service business in the third quarter, helped by its surround sound marketing effort, lower gas prices and pent-up demand, although the company's retail business remained soft" (as reported by Forbes).

Suzzanne Douglas

On stage, Douglas performed the role of Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera starring Sting and Dr. Bearing in Wit, where she was the first African American to perform the role.

Todd Bolender

Describing him in Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, she writes: “he was a henpecked husband who constantly escaped into daydreams of sexual conquest. Clad in a vest and long underwear and chewing on a huge cigar, he was the prototype of ... J. Walter Mitty.” Longtime New York City Ballet observer Robert Garis said of him in Agon, “his easy wit and charm in the first pas de trois seem unrecapturable” (ibid.)

Walgoolan, Western Australia

The town was a thriving community wit five schools, tennis courts, a cricket club, Country Women's Association and Wheat Growers Union.

Watching the Wildlife

The 7" packaging made reference to animals, with a panda and dolphin on the sleeve. The cassette single made more references to sex. To wit, the instrumental mix was dubbed "The Condom Mix" on the cassette single.

Werner Schaaphok

Werner Schaaphok (born December 22, 1941 in Berlin, Germany) is a former German-Dutch footballer, who during his career played for Ajax, Blauw-Wit, AGOVV and the Chicago Mustangs.

Willie Wilde

She was initially attracted by Willie's humour and wit; however, he spent much of his time in New York's fashionable Lotos Club drinking, gossiping about London Society and reciting parodies of his brother's poems, which strongly suggests that he was jealous of Oscar's success.

Wit Me

"Wit Me" is a song by American hip hop recording artist T.I., released on May 21, 2013, as a promotional single to promote his summer 2013 tour with Lil Wayne.

Wit Studio

Wit Studio was funded with an initial investment of ¥30,000,000 in capital from IG Port, Wada and Nakatake, who are reported to own 66.6%, 21.6% and 10.0% equity in the studio respectively.


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