Word: humoristic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Waymon Rose, 41, a native of Chattanooga, Tenn., who moved to Dallas 15 years ago, now sells furniture throughout Texas and three neighboring states, seems to be the humorist on the jury...
...remains. The libretto was a translation from Menotti's Italian (but since his English is good enough to charm flowers into bloom, it is a puzzle why he put up with such a poor job). Menotti is simply not glib enough to be much of a humorist; he suffers a naiveté that is a virtue as well as a vice. He is a man who is truly touched by life. As his past masterworks nobly demonstrate, a passion for the world can be as much a blessing to the composer as in this case it is a disaster...
Along with these qualities, Kennedy had an excellent sense of humor. "If he had been nothing but a humorist," Cleveland Amory said, "he would have been famous...
...Newspaper Correspondent Virgil Pinkley in 1943, just after the Allies had finally succeeded in overrunning Sicily and landing in Italy. Ike was incredulous. "To say that I was astonished by Pinkley's suggestion is far from an exaggeration; my instant reaction was that he was something of a humorist. 'Virgil,' I said, 'you've been standing out in the sun too long...
...Pushover." In his new role as political humorist, Art Buchwald takes pains to stay aloof from official Washington. "I feel a pundit like me shouldn't see people," says Buchwald, who has yet to meet the President-or want to. "It only confuses me. When you talk to Senators and Congressmen, you get the impression they are working, and you know it isn't true. And people have a tendency to win you over with flattery. I'm a pushover. I figure a guy who likes my column...