Wit consists chiefly in joining things by distant and fanciful relations, which surprise us because they are unexpected. Wit is a propriety of thoughts and words; or in other terms, thoughts and words elegantly adapted to the subject. 3. The faculty of associating ideas in a new and unexpected manner. 4. A man of genius; as, the age of Addison abounded with wits.
a primary cause of the economic decline that began in the 1970s was. a decline in worker productivity. the severe inflation of the 1970's was largely caused by. lyndon johnson's effort to maintain the vietnam war and the great society programs without raising taxes. president nixon's vietnamization policy provided that. the united states would gradually withdraw ground troops while supporting the south vietnamese war effort.
The foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration was the foreign policy of the United States from 1981 to 1989. It was characterized by a strategy of  peace through strength  followed by a warming of relations with the Soviet Union, and resulting in an end to the Cold War when Mikhail Gorbachev rose to power.eagan supported anti-communist groups around the world. In a policy which became known as the Reagan Doctrine, his administration funded freedom fighters such as the Contras in Nicaragua, the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, and UNITA in Angola.