Word: funning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...occasionally balances gibes at his comrades by poking fun at himself. In a secret speech at Lushaa in 1959, he discussed the need to go slower during the Great Leap Forward: "One can't be rash. There must be a step-by-step process. In eating meat, one can only consume one piece at a time. One can never hope to become a fatso at one stroke." After a pause, Mao continued: "The commander in chief [Marshal Chu Teh] and I didn't get fat in a single...
...that shot together at the flick of a button. Soon came the "miracle series," or circular double beds, each installed on a turntable on the floor and surrounded by such inbred in-bed necessities as a TV set, refrigerator, hi-fi and completely stocked bar. Only a handful of fun-loving householders could afford a price range of $1,000-$13,000, of course, but the Western-style hideaway hotels in the countryside snapped up the beddos. Hotel guests were only too delighted to spend $2.70 (for one hour) or $10 (for the night) for the chance to join...
...kept on telling me how hard he had to work to keep all the accounts in order but it was fun-he was accomplishing something. "I want to make my money myself, not just let someone invest it for me." No, he didn't want to stay in entertainment all his life. The people are fun and it's okay while you're young, but it isn't suited to a serious businessman's mentality: he thought in terms of receipts, not glamor...
...asked her if working so closely with Preminger made any difference to her career. "Oh it's fun, and I learned something all right. But being a star.... There are so many people all wanting the same thing. I'm still just an extra-on call when somebody asks the agency for a young woman...
...university, a quiet stroll through the National Museum, where cameras caught him, rapt, reaching out to touch a gracefully attenuated nude by a local sculptor. But in church-of all places -Prince Charles ran into a barrage of stink bombs. Nothing personal against the Prince, explained some fun-loving students from the Royal University of Malta. They were just miffed because they'd been left out of the royal social schedule. To mollify them, Charles dropped in on a student dance at their club in Valletta. Someone pulled the main fuse, all the lights went out and the Prince...