Word: guffawing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thunder. Young Editor Hadden, black-haired, bushy-browed and so nervous that he never sat still, always scowled at copy, generally from beneath a green eyeshade. Vexed by a stupid blunder* he would growl out loud, sometimes stamp his feet. Pleased by an apt phrase, he would vent a guffaw that apprised TIME'S writers that a new phrase had been canonized in TIME style. Disdainful of "gumchewers," he always chewed gum. Contemptuous of dead literature, he constantly held up Homer† as an example to TIME'S staff. Impatient of slow waiters, he disrupted many a staid...
...directing of Tay Garnett, much of it to the writing of Gene Towne and Graham Baker, who have developed Clarence Budington Kelland's story into a personal triumph of their own. Always a daring experimenter, Producer Walter Wanger may well find that this defiant guffaw at his own trade is the finest picture he has ever made...
...Defense Minister Sir Thomas Inskip, a great churchman who received his appointment in part because of the influence of churchly Mrs. Baldwin, arose to address the House of Commons. Although it contains both male & female M. P.'s the Prime Minister could not avoid bursting into a loud guffaw as Sir Thomas, a tyro at politics but a veteran speaker at Sunday-school picnics, opened an address to the House of Commons with the unheard-of salutation: "Ladies and Gentlemen...
...Another guffaw followed this sentence, which the President read with ripe irony. He paused, grinned, then resumed: "In the Federal courts there are in all 237 life tenure permanent judgeships. Twenty-five of them are now held by judges over 70 years of age and eligible to leave the bench on full pay. Originally no pension or retirement allowance was provided by the Congress. ... In exceptional cases, of course, judges, like other men, retain to an advanced age full mental and physical vigor. Those not so fortunate are often unable to perceive their own infirmities. 'They seem...
...substitute overalls for the soldiers' uniforms McLaglen has worn in his recent pictures. Adapted from a Liberty story, directed by John G. Blystone, The Magnificent Brute effects McLaglen's demobilization with a minimum of distinction, a fair share of entertainment. Most tedious noise: McLaglen's guffaw...