Word: humoredly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...YEARS, by Giinter Grass. The author's subject is again Nazi Germany, and he approaches it with obsessive fury. He uses savage humor and a seemingly limitless range of imagery to tell the story of two friends-one Jew, one Gentile-through the Nazi years, the war, and the sudden prosperity that followed...
...marvelous journalism. But Ian told me it was nothing but padding. You know, vodka must be shaken and not stirred, that kind of razzmatazz. But he did write with a bit of size." The only thing the Fleming books lacked, in Connery's view, was a sense of humor. "I discussed it with Ian, and he thought there was humor in them. But Terence Young and I did not. So we injected some...
...often, such words and the spirit behind them are ignored or taken for granted by the world, while the old caricature traits of the Germans are seized on as instant proof that "they haven't changed"-tourist arrogance, preoccupation with titles, heavy humor, gross appetites. There are, in fact, more serious atavistic qualities to be found in German life: authoritarianism in the courts and schools, a tendency to function in groups, a passion for obedience. In his book This Germany, Journalist Rudolf Walter Leonhardt doubts that the past could repeat itself or "that Germans may go insane...
Before Pastures, Connelly collaborated with George S. Kaufman on such hits as Dulcy and Merton of the Movies. Since then he has sojourned for ten years in Hollywood, writing and doctoring movie scripts (Captains Courageous, I Married a Witch), and has contributed short stories and humor to The New Yorker-a magazine he helped found. He has also produced and directed Broadway shows (Everywhere 1 Roam, Having Wonderful
...pointed to Carson as "the one man who could or should replace me." For Carson, it was a tough assignment. Paar's emotionalism had made the show the biggest sleep-stopper since caffeine. By contrast, Carson came on like pure Sanka. But soon his low-key, affable humor began to prove addictive. Paar generated new interest, but Carson is watched...