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Word: humoredly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proved that most people in a given group make less than the average income. Sample: In a group of ten, nine make $10,000 a year and one has an income of $1,000,000. Their average yearly income is $109,000. This reminds many statisticians, who have some humor about their shortcomings, of the fellow with his head in a refrigerator and his feet in an oven, who declares, "On the average, I feel fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE SCIENCE & SNARES OF STATISTICS | 9/8/1967 | See Source »

...themselves hoarse at prayer meetings, got roaring drunk on grog. They were titillated by Tyler's dalliance with a society beauty, captivated by Morse's telegraph, endlessly amused by politics. Mount and Woodville's art chronicled the times with a warm blend of sentimentality and good humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Down from the Attic | 9/1/1967 | See Source »

...DORADO. John Wayne and Robert Mitchum get the most out of a script full of raucous frontier humor in this fist-come, fist-served western...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Cinema, Books: Aug. 25, 1967 | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

...singer," he says, "but an entertainer with an ability to read the mood of an audience." According to Ho's reading, his fans have left their inhibitions on the mainland and want a come-on-strong virility. They don't even mind his occasional bathroom humor. There is a pidgin Hawaiian expression, "Letta go your blouse," roughly meaning "anything goes." That is Ho's approach-and appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainers: Trader Ho | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

...Sardonic Humor. Guns & Ammo, one of Robert Petersen's string of Los Angeles-based sports publications (Hot Rod, Car Craft), has the second largest circulation: 222,384. Its specialty is sardonic humor. "I was reading the other day," began a recent article, "about a gal in Baltimore who did in her boy friend with a nine-iron, and I'm here to tell you it's about time lethal weapons such as this should be regulated by the Federal Government. First, there should be a nationwide registration of all golf clubs. . ." Echoing this wit, Guns suggested that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Glory of Guns | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

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