11.   But the critics have rarely targeted Fischer himself, whose mastery of details, dry wit and easy diplomacy leaven his otherwise orthodox style.

12.   Fortunately, there are no disclosures to ruffle Moneypenny, but there is some dry British wit.

13.   He has a booming voice that fills a room and a dry wit that crinkles eyebrows.

14.   He drew his biggest response when he acknowledged his own oratorical shortcomings, mocking himself in his characteristic dry wit.

15.   He knew that Aikman was also a determined practical joker, a man with a dry wit and, on occasion, a sharp needle.

16.   He offered a ton of dry wit about a city in Middle America.

17.   He weighs all questions with a respectful gravity tempered by a wit so dry you could make a perfect martini with it.

18.   His conversation was flavored by a dry wit and punctuated by his deadpan delivery.

19.   In the body of Close, Wiseman has the same dry wit and good heart but is obviously freaked about what has occurred.

20.   Last summer, Marc Maron, a downtown comic, took a trip through Israel equipped with a dry wit and a balky video camera.