Word: humorically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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ALFRED E. SMITH: A CRITICAL STUDY-Henry F. Pringle-Macy-Masius ($3.50). Mr. Pringle, an unassuming member of the Naked and Unashamed Club of free lance correspondents, reports frankly, fearlessly, sternly, not without humor...
...long." "Let us all make up, no matter whom we have to kiss. . . . We shall, as Democrats, have at least one advantage-we won't have to kiss in the dark. You see, we haven't revoked the segregation law." "There was one piece of sardonic humor in the events at the Republican Convention at Kansas City. I refer to that plank in the Republican platform in which they say, 'We stand for honesty in Government.' Now, why bring that up?" "Senator Borah wants to refund the wages of sin, but how in hell does Borah...
Last week, only nine teams remained upon the floor. These, in the order of their apparent vigor and the amount of prize money which they received for special clowning dances, spinning, black bottoms, displays of beauty, good humor and other noteworthy feats, together with their orignal occupations and wages, were as follows...
...includes sacrificing the man Claire worships with a terrifying first love- Hague, whom Louise endeavors to ensnare with her ripe allure. But neither of them had reckoned with Hague's mature distaste for decadence, or with his vigorous taste for pastels. "Civilization" requires that sentimentality be curbed by humor, strong passion camouflaged by casual words. Author Meynell's is a civilized novel. The story of Claire's unselfishness is not cluttered with realistic details concerning Louise's husband who "had drifted into a discreditable way of life," Louise herself who "made all men feel a little...
...Slim" nor conspicuously "Lucky," and by no stretch of the imagination was he either a "Lone Eagle" or "Flying Fool." He might have been called "Lindy" but possibly that was insufficiently picturesque. At any rate, when somebody corrupted his name into "Limburger" it appealed to the schoolboy sense of humor and was soon abbreviated into "Cheese," which stuck as long as he remained at Friends...