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We have found in her a woman of wit and intelligence , with a master's degree in business administration .

But the gibs have persisted, perhaps because, as is often true in a country famed for sharp wit, the joking masks serious messages.

Wit is often a mask. If you could tear it you would find either a genius irritated or cleverness juggling.

This was an old bachelor, Shinshin, a cousin of the countess's, famed in Moscow drawing-rooms for his biting wit.

up " Drouet from the stand points of wit and fascination. He began to look to see where he was weak. "

Havel, a small, soft-spoken man with dancing eyes and a biting wit, was a hero to the forces of freedom everywhere.

Perhaps one of the most unfathomable things is why Mr Kan did not have the wit to turn that to his advantage.

"If there had been no Bagration, somebody would have to invent him, " said the wit, Shinshin, parodying the words of Voltaire .

There must be a way, if I only hat wit enough to find it out.

"I'm at my wit's end, " I'd say. Still I was sure that this child needed to feel some warmth from me.

She had been at her wit' s end trying to think up an idea for her composition assignment.

With all three children at home all day, the mother was at her wit's end trying to keep the house clean.

Oscar Wilde was widely known for his wit and intelligence in plays, but he was no stranger to it in real-life.

Dryden confesses of himself and his contemporaries that they fall below Donne in wit, but maintains that they surpass him in poetry.

He turned out to be a natural -- a gifted speaker with charisma, humor, and a quick wit.

Wearing business suit and shoes, walking up and down in the platform, bearded Patrick spoke eloquently, eyes shining with wit.

It's an exploration and a conversation between the viewer and one of the industry's luminaries, delivered with wit, depth, and provocation.

I've been trying to take care of this problem for weeks now, and I'm really at my wit's end.

He had the right personal qualities, too: a fine mind, a tough hide, a dry wit, and he was a better hearts player than Erskine Bowles.

People used to think of creativity and innovation as a flash of wit or a bit of good thinking.

Mr. A seems to be at his wit's end over his wife's affair with another man.

It was his brother's gifts and wit that made him achieving high ranking in Mo school. There was no direct tie to Huan.

to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

The book's tone is by no means as bleak as you might suppose (or maybe as it should be): Mr Clark writes with disarming wit.

In spite of his grief, Twain continued to amuse the American public with a seemingly inexhaustible store of wit and humor.

She did not in fact betray very much at all other than a serene confidence and a puckish wit.

Buzzing with ideas, overflowing with wit, razor-sharp and ready to blow your mind: Channel 4 has always been fresh and intelligent.

He has the quick wit and comic timing to match Hermione in her verbal aggressiveness , to tease her, to play Benedict to her Beatrice.

Fox - One who will use all that he may posses of sagacity, wit or wisdom in his own defense.

The only thing separate that joy and the savage death occurring a few yards outside the hotel wall was one man's courage and wit.

And such a want-wit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself.

McCarthy was a fascinating man, tall, gray-haired, and handsome, an Irish Catholic intellectual with a fine mind and a biting wit.

Yang Dahai does not stimulate the wife, take to the mouth of the " long hair and short wit, a frog in a well " like the swallow.

This might be because wit may give off the impression of not being serious or willing to commit to a long-term relationship.

Becky had a dozen admirers in his place to be sure; and could cut her rival to pieces with her wit .

If Congress had the wit to alter the rate counter-cyclically, so much the better, but let us not make wild assumptions.

Animal Farm was one of Orwell's finest works, full of wit and fantasy and admirably written.

Eg. I tried to think up some way to get that money, but I were finally at my wit's end.

I have never lost the sense that this was learning: wit, range, and above all the ability (as Forster put it in another context) to connect.

It is rather more of a personal observation of the character traits prevailing in the political arena seasoned with a little comedy and wit.

Twain was a very witty fellow his wit and satire earned him the respect of his friends as well as his enemies.

Doctor: Joe, little Joe. I've known you since you were a kid and I don't care a wit about your private life.

It was a joy to work with Mr. A. He brought wit, grace and a great love to his work.

"What we're trying to do is get our students to set up innovative businesses, " says Camila de Wit, director of career services.

Rebecca's wit, cleverness, and flippancy made her speedily the vogue in London among a certain class.

In learning, the work of a diligent fool doubles that of a lazy wit.

The company were In that maudlIn mood when a little wit goes a great way.

Tricks and treachery are the practice if fools, that have not wit enough to be honest.

At his wit's end, he sought the Master out and said, "What is to become of me? I have no money and no friends" .

I leave the matter to your wit and skilful devices.

How to keep the house clean drove the mother to her wit's end for she had three naughty children at home all day .

Thankfully, Reid had the wit to see what was wrong with the plan.

One Nazi wit actually dared to remark, "If I looked like Himmler, I wouldn't even mention the word race. "

treachery are the practice if fools, that have not wit enough to be honest.

Rebecca 's wit and cleverness soon made her popular in London among a certain class .

Then did I beguile him with my beauty and my wit , and flatter him with my tongue, so that he led me down to the home of the Fire.

The work of a diligence fool doubles that of a lazy wit.

like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distress.

for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

( Para. 2 ) In learning, the work of a diligent fool doubles that of a lazy wit.

Some people believe the practice challenges the wit of the regulators as well as the conscience of a business person.

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves.

Saeed Ahmed Shoda, 25, claimed he managed to to meet de Wit in his cell and begged him for answers.

Other cross talk elders say the money associated with the form's popularity has commercialized the shows, watering down the traditional wit.

If I have wit enough to find the way out of this wood, I have enough to serve my turn.

5 "There is always a way out of hard places, " said the crow, "if only you have the wit to find it. "

Training: Years of battling bullies on the schoolyard with your razor-sharp wit.

Next, a pair of high voltage substations and low-voltage lines into the choice of wit, workshops distribution line design.

john remarked after the meeting that the speaker was a woman of exceptional wit.

Robert was recalled from wit to wisdom, not by any reproof of hers but by his own sensibility.

You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Sage counsel, savage wit, a bit of tumbling.

FLUTE No; he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft man in Athens.

I'm at my wit's end to keep the children quiet.

He is always full of external things of curiosity and imagination, and bold attempt to wit, brave, yearning for freedom, the future.

And they no longer seem to need the tragicomic Oscar; the young gays of today can revel in the wit and wisdom of Neil Patrick Harris.

What would any of you be willing to do? Would you brave the weird and haunted shores at world's end to fetch back wit' ye Jack?

IF MAN is inadvertently capable of heating the entire planet, surely it is not beyond his wit to cool it down as well?

" Our brother! Did not think of you the town beauty ah! " Little joke Xiao Feng said subsequent wit.

trick and treachery are practice if fools, that have not wit enough to be honest.

in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body, may have appropriate exercises.

Stephen Potts, a young countryman of full age, bred to the same, of uncommon natural parts, and great wit and humor, but a little idle.

Unlike many western myths, Monkey bubbles with a wit and spontaneity that has to be balanced against the tale's spiritual message.

Heaven endowed Huan's brother with knowledge of Mo school. There was no direct tie between his wit and Huan's financing.

What pearl of conversation could he bring that was fit for the acceptance of such a Queen of love and wit as Blanche ?

The new book is easier to understand than A Brief History of Time. It highlights Hawking's famous wit, erudition and writing ability.

I sat in the front row of Giles's big lecture class, a perfect foil for his biting wit.

As long as you shop wit reputable merchants, your online shopping experience should be worry-free.

The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump Let me say this: bein` an idiot is no box of chocolates.

Displaying what some describe as his customary wit, Mr Berlusconi said it was better to have a fondness for pretty girls than to be gay.

The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump Let me say this: bein` an idiot is no box of chocolates.

Displaying what some describe as his customary wit, Mr Berlusconi said it was better to have a fondness for pretty girls than to be gay.

My wife is a fine woman, though given to an overly sharp tongue and scathing wit.

Trick and treachery are the practice of fools; they have not wit enough to be honest.

Clever wit and humor will help your speech stand out in a good way and keep everyone entertained.

Trick and treachery are the practice of fools; they are not wit enough to be honest.

A man is pertinacious when he defends his folly and trusts too greatly in his own wit.

It tells of his talents, knowledge, contacts, wit and urbanity, but it does not convince.

She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit.

The warmth of wit that touches all description and is in every character keeps replenishing the flood of excitement forever and ever.

The warmth of wit that touches all description and is in every character keeps replenishing the flood of excitement forever and ever.

Purists say the clothes aren't the same without Margiela himself but a sense of surrealism, wit and the avant-garde remains.

Hornby's uses his honest writing and dry wit to slowly unwind the tales of these very different people and their struggles with depression.

And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.

Arabic, Persian and Turkish literature feature a Sufi sage, known as Juha or Mullah Nasreddin, notable for buffoonery, wit and wisdom.

In the anime, Ikkyu is known not only for his wit, but also his classic image: shaved head, big and bright eyes, and a lovely smile.

Loyalty, wit, and, believe it or not, the power to come forth with close criticism.

"Humor is, as it were, the growth of nature and accident; wit is the product of art and fancy" (William Hazlitt).

Mrs. Hatoyama has a quick wit and speaks candidly about herself and her family, and regularly creates a buzz with her unique fashion sense.

Her heart is in maudlin mood when a little wit goes a great way.

Her heart is in maudlin mood when a little wit goes a great way.

Everyone's favourite wine-trip comedy, this was a rare buddy movie with serious wit, integrity and great performances.

Tasting notes: Intense and bright ruby red wit violet tones. Spicy with red-skinned fruit. Balanced and with excellent structure.

Likewise, WIT sets up the first bonded warehouse for public use and is declaring to become bonded logistic center (Type A).

He thinks of himself as a wit. It's later than you think.

The whole company, indeed, seemed now deeply to feel that in the costume and bearing of the stranger neither wit nor propriety existed.

Simply put, the wit is not to hurt people's feelings. A man cautious in this regard, his friends valued him and loved him.

He regarded it as a truly important matter, and he clearly admired its two heroes as men of taste, wit, and intelligence.

But her features were not displeasing, and she was said to have much wit and personal charm.

Baiyun Rural Girl, a Zhuang drama with six scenes was adapted from the long folk poem Dissolute Wit and Baiyun Rural Girl.

Baiyun Rural Girl, a Zhuang drama with six scenes was adapted from the long folk poem Dissolute Wit and Baiyun Rural Girl.

When he catches a glimpse of a potential antagonist , his i nsti nct is to win him over wit h charm and humor.

The story of a crippled fortuneteller and his deaf-mute wife highlights the wit, compassion and compassion f Li Baicheng.

rather a curious fellow too, with a fund of sly wit and quiet humor, under his listless, dawdling , indifferent, irresolute manner.

Application: Good luck is no gain to him that has not the wit to use it.

Bond accomplishes these feats by the power of his wit and more importantly through violence.

To wit, I recently called Judith up and said, " What's your Thanksgiving column about? "

dry humor; an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely; an ironic novel; an ironical smile; with a wry Scottish wit.

The poor apprentice had both a ready wit, and a handsome face and figure.

When we met other gingers, I'd smugly announce, "Look, one of yours! " and expect the both of them to crack up at my sparkling wit.

When we met other gingers, I'd smugly announce, "Look, one of yours! " and expect the both of them to crack up at my sparkling wit.

When you find friends like this, hold on to them , treasure them , spend time wit them, be kind to them , love them .

I wish that she, and some of the feeling and wit of the short film, had been in the long one.

Through his own unique heredity, his irrepressible good cheer, his bossy wit, our Christmas Boy made our life colorful.

So Mr Boehner surrendered to his extremists, put the economy in peril, and stands ready (if his party has the wit) to claim victory.

The legend of Bruce Lee continues as new fans discover the skill, the wit and the philosophy of his remarkable performance.

Unlike most of the military dispatches, the embassy cables were written in clear English, sometimes with wit, color and an ear for dialogue.

You see, I had only one wit, but it saved both you and me.

I'd also like to go on record as wishing I'd had the wit and moral courage to make the speech Mrs . Jordan did.

Give Mr Obama credit for having the wit to see it : he has spent the past few weeks watching his opponents wear themselves out .

Give Mr Obama credit for having the wit to see it : he has spent the past few weeks watching his opponents wear themselves out .

From colorful tall tales to clever barbs aimed at political opponents, Lincoln clothed a shrewd wit in a homespun, backwoods vernacular.

He displays a wit born of experience: "It is an epoch in the civilized traveller's life when he catches his first louse. "

whose wild debaucheries, and quickness of wit in repartees, no Poet can ever paint as they have done.

Who sharpens his wit against others is only sharpening their memory against himself.

Her chief defence was her wit, with which she ridiculed the aggressors .

A former roommate, who worked with Gibbs on Capitol Hill, says he combines topnotch political skills with a quick wit.

Doctor Hill is a noted wit , physician, and man of letters.

love, embrace hope . resolve the difficulties with your wit. spend time observing nature.

Preparing for the Christmas Eve feast makes me at my wit's end .

Preparing for the Christmas Eve feast makes me at my wit's end .

" Visitor Wit is not in his seat at the old, and asked: " Please let him Wait.

Their strength plus their spirit makes them formidable. Intelligence plus wit makes for an interesting person.

She a beauty! I should say as soon call her mother a wit.

but why have not I the merit, the talents, the wit, or the beauty, of such and such others, is a reproach rarely or never made to nature.

He was asleep wit his head on his arms .

I've tried every possible source without success, and now I'm at my wit's end.

When you are at your wit 's end , you might as well dig a hole in another location. To view the problem from a different angle .

I believe you will inherit my wit and your father's personality, if you know how to choose.

Do you think some American politicians can be at their wit's ends on the problem of selling weapons to Taiwan?

Do you think some American politicians can be at their wit's ends on the problem of selling weapons to Taiwan?

There is no wit so subtle, so finished, so complete as the French wit, especially the wit of the Parisian.

He wrote sweeping anthems and breathtakingly fragile love songs. He had a savage wit, yet epic compassion.

Be happy wit what you are today, not what you did yesterday or where you want to be tomorrow.

Lady Russell had little taste for wit, and of anything approaching to imprudence a horror.

Readers of Berlin's letters will find that same bubbling flow of malice, wit and human insight on the written page.

For as much horror, action and suspense, there's also plenty of wit, romance and humanity.

I'm a young man, wit a whole lotta cash, just lookin' for a lady I can spend on.

Wit in conversation is, in the midwives ' phrase, a quick conception and an easy delivery .

He has a broad smile and a ready wit - and he even manages to find our meeting place despite my appalling directions.

He has a broad smile and a ready wit - and he even manages to find our meeting place despite my appalling directions.

Dialogue: Mr. Kim of South Korea is arranging transportation and shipping for his lamps wit Mr. Xu of Bright Lighting Company.

An empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers .

Atheists will love Mr Dawkins's incisive logic and rapier wit and theists will find few better tests of the robustness of their faith.

The invention discloses a water lubrication thrust bearing wit a ring grooves, relating to a thrust bearing.

Wit in conversation is, as the midwives' say, a quick conception and an easy delivery.

buoyant spirits; his quick wit and chirpy humor; looking bright and well and chirpy; a perky little widow in her 70s.

"Shroud" will not be easily surpassed for its combination of wit, moral complexity and compassion.

Kindliness, and sincerity, and if you'll forgive me, modesty - mean more to a husband than all the wit and beauty in the world.

He had approached every friend and acquaintance for help in vain, and now he was at his wit's end.

Kindliness, and sincerity, and if you'll forgive me, modesty - mean more to a husband than all the wit and beauty in the world.

He had approached every friend and acquaintance for help in vain, and now he was at his wit's end.

The wit to red cloud design save a horse, but I for drinking, du excessive into the hospital.

Johnson was a master politician but Kennedy was young, handsome, full of vigor, a better speaker with plenty of wit and humor.

Mr Beattie, the world-trade editor of the Financial Times, writes with passion and a keen wit.

Murphy had served with distinction many senior posts and I grew to value his judgment and wit.

You can dazzle members of the opposite * with your quick wit and aggressive charm.

Her beauty, her wit, her accomplishments , she may sell to you, but her love is the treasure without money and without price.

Her unthreatening exterior belied a sharp intelligence and a shrewd wit.

Her main lures would always be her charm and wit, and she had two other husbands before she married Astor .

Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are with the half- witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit .

Wit keeps the season's fashions and is precise in the phrases and judgments of the day, but humor is concerned with homely eternal things.

All the wit and learning in this field are to be present at the symposium.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs.

Its great distinction grows out of dramatic inventions and dazzling wit.

Your intellectual wit will bring greater popularity with your peers.

She must rely on her wit, perseverance and courage to find her way back home.

Beauty, mystery, wit, and the inner superiority to be above political correctness.

But Seoul would be wary of Japan reasserting influence on the peninsula, write Stares and Wit.

The academic rigour of his lectures is fortunately tempered with wit.

But members of the public armed with camera phones, text messages, email and acerbic wit have sought to fill the void.

Still, however, he had a considerable degree of learning , wit, and nature.

The beauty and her husband visited a beautiful island surrounded wit green trees. They were deeply struck by the beauty of nature there.

Dickens make his characters in the novel language of passion, full of wit or stupidity, to make their image more of the humor.

Anti-japanese little hero sea Eva persisting the guerrillas himself behind the struggle, wit brave to accomplish the task of story.

History is the Violence hierarchs'mistress, humanity avoids the violence hierarch, Also wit to combat, suppress the mistress's husband.

It ironed out my sallow conversational ticks until I was all brittle laughter and dry wit.

It was a pleasant conversation colored with wit and anecdotes.

"Reigate Mystery" : Holmes a typical case of extraordinary wit.

Haworth writes with great clarity, with wit and with genuine concern.

But the wit is not simply about Rube Goldberg-ian chain-reaction gags (though you'll find a few of those).

Some light-hearted wit can increase morale and motivation, resulting in improved productivity and retention, " Dodo said. "

Much of Austen's work is about using wit and charm and good manners to avoid talking about ugly realities like sex and money.

Premier Zhou at the senior diplomatic occasions, the same show exceptional wit humor manners, people admiration.

It's the soul of wit , you know.

dont be so down. wit once bought is worth twice taught. you can try and palm them off on another guy.

Great brilliance, fantastic powers of recall and quick wit are clearly valuable in sustaining conversation at these cosmic levels.

He was sent to prison is the "fuse" is the "genius nothing apart from" the wit never rose again, away from the literary reasons.

Beauty, wit, high birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, love, friendship, charity, are subjects all to envious and calumniating time.

We have tried every means possible but none has turned out successful. We are really at the end of our wit.

Men of almost every degree of wit called on me in the migrating season.

Well, he should have a body like that of Salman Khan , the wit of Shahrukh Khan and the charm of Ranbir Kapoor .

UG is believed to contain a parameter wit the values ( strict adjacency ) and (- strict adjacency ) set on the Adjacency Condition.

Alice: Well, just let me know if you need any help wit that pep talk.

He was at his wit's end thinking of a solution.

Mr Sen writes with dry wit, a feel for history and a relaxed cosmopolitanism.

They came to hear him sing with his brothers, and they sat in chairs around the room and laughed and sang wit him.

Before he is dismissed as yet another has-been, at least it can be said that he has a nicely self-deprecating turn of wit.

The doctors were at the end of their wit: they had done everything they could but nothing worked and the patient had to die.

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him. Man is kind only to be cruel; Woman cruel only to be kind.

It was surely not beyond the wit of Goldman's publicists to communicate these simple points.

The lead speaker brought the audience to its feet with his wit.

Client: I need some medicine for a cold. This one is effective, and I have the casket wit hme.

In the boundless eastern area inhabited by a group of wit, brave, gentle, handsome, kind-hearted man - anhui man.

This is neither the time nor the place to exercise your wit. Kindly settle down and attend to the business in hand.

In this example, the List tool is used to share the wit and wisdom of one of the world's best known American authors.

You will impress new friends and acquaintances with your intellectual wit.

There are so many great scenes and characters it's too difficult to make a choice, but I just love her quick wit and sarcasm.

Wit and humor are great asset to any conversation.

These two properties seem essential to wit, more particularly the last of them.

Wheat beers like Belgian wit and German hefeweizen are often cloudy because of light scattered by precipitated proteins.

Li Xiangyang wit organized guerrilla siege once again, fear of losing the city from Li Zhuang Matsui finally turning back.

You know how to appreciate me, I'm gon' stick wit u, my baby!

Adulation of the young Sir Willoughby's beauty and wit, and aristocratic bearing and mien was common.

The wretched witness was at his wit's end whereas the accused was worshipped.

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

She marries wit with scholarship in her writing.

To wit: Paramecium Pond, (pictured) edging a rich, botanical garden through which travels a stream fed by nearby waterfall.

Later, as a law student at the Inns of Court, he earned a reputation as a poet, wit and ladies' man.

A form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule.