Word: gaggingly
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...Crimson had used the "Radcliffe Mother" tag before on phony letters, and thought everyone would spot it as an obvious gag. But, said the editors ruefully, they "failed to reckon with the Associated Press." The A.P. gave the letter a deadpan lead ("Awaken ye men of Harvard . . ."), inserted the phrase "purportedly from the mother of a Radcliffe girl," and sent it clicking across the nation...
...gag? Far from it. Explained one G.O.P. legislator: "It used to be that when the Republicans had control of the House we'd let the Democrats do the talking, and we'd get the votes. But now the Democrats have control, and we've got to find a way to be more effectual...
...good feature, had routed the story over its transcontinental B-Wire, a teletype hook-up that reaches newspapers and radio stations all the way to Los Angeles. More than 100 papers and radio stations used the story. Some played it straight, 'HARVARD SEEN DRAFT SOURCE,' some as a gag, 'MOM WANTS SIMPERING HARVARDS IN SERVICE.' Public relation to the "Radcliffe Mother" was quick and active...
...best gag in this London film is one not entirely in context: a servant lastly striking the brass gong is told "Take it easy. You're not introducing a picture, you know...
...gag, said the country's gagwriters, but a serious vote for the "ten top laugh provokers of the year." Among the winners: Vice President Alben W. Berkley (public life); Jimmy Durante (TV); Ethel (Call Me Madam) Merman (stage); S. J. (Swiss Family Perelman) Perelman (literature); and, in the field of business, bumptious Manhattan Saloonkeeper Bernard ("Toots") Shor...