Word: clownish
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...turned an impressive rite into a mockery. You had some scarcely-human fellow swinging about on OUR scaffolding. From my experience, guests do not desport in that manner. Also, Mr. John Limpert, our president, had prepared an ennobling four-minute speech which could not be presented because of your clownish antics...
...turned out, such advance calculations underrated the Yankees, and a. clownish-wise man named Casey Stengel, at 63 the most successful manager in baseball history. Manager Stengel and his Yankees were in no mood for a change; they were after a record fifth World Championship in a row. When the series ended this week, Stengel & Co. had their record...
...second excellent varsity candidate is Paul Shaw, six foot, three inch guard who led the Yardlings in scoring with 201 points. Shaw owns a deadly overhead set shot, which he mixes with some clownish antics on the court...
...handy facts: Jupiter's atmosphere is a combination of methane and ammonia; Mercury's day is 88 times as long as the earth's, while Mars's lasts only 25 terrestrial hours. With each passport went a ticket on the "Flying Saucer Service," and a clownish warning not to play cards with strangers while crossing the Milky...
Miss Stapleton does an excellent job of conveying the transition back to a sentient life; she is alternately wild and spent, never quite understanding the world around her. The object of her renewed affections is played by Eli Wallach, who is adequate in his clownish impersonation of the Marlon Brando-type lover...