Word: delightfullness
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Lane Kirkland, the delightful panjandrum of labor, rides through the Washington nights in a chauffeured Chrysler limousine, often as not in a dinner jacket, almost always with his cigarette holder at a jaunty angle. He is the field marshal for the downtrodden, having assembled 185 organizations into a budget coalition...
Why then do we hoot at these mistakes? For one thing, it may be that we simply find conventional discourse so predictable and boring that any deviation comes as a delightful relief. In his deeply unfunny Essay on Laughter the philosopher Henri Bergson theorized that the act of laughter is...
But neither the length of the sessions (8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily) nor the tedium of some speakers dampened the playful mood of most participants. Observed one executive: "Among other things, the forum offers a delightful vacation on the expense account." Many came to the meetings wearing ski...
Kustow adds another level to the art-reality question by enclosing the performance within a cinematic framework. Before each act, he places a sound collage of favorite American movies ("We may be rats, we may be crooked, we may be murderers, but we're Americans, Joe!"), before the first act...
Mon Oncle d'Amérique. Screenwriter Jean Gruault and Director Alain Resnais have devised a lecture on human behavior that is also a delightful comedy of manners. Demands and rewards intelligence. Take notes, and enjoy.