Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...must cherish her, and humor...
...high good humor, old Cordell Hull called in a bipartisan group of Congressmen to announce the news: Dumbarton Oaks was winding up its work. The U.S., Britain and Russia had seen eye-to-eye on the Great Blueprint for world organization. Minor details could wait. The important fact, said the Secretary of State, was that the Big Three, in peace as in war, have a common aim. The 39 delegates had nothing much left to do but wait for final nods from their respective Governments. Then the Chinese, who have been watching intently from just outside the Dumbarton Oaks...
...Khorshed Naoroji, who heads Gandhi's foreign secretariat, is a slim Bombay Parsi with an easy sense of humor and a pleasant, informal manner. Her grandfather was Dadabhai Naoroji, first president of the Indian National Congress and first Indian member of the British Parliament. She was recently released from prison. First jailed (for her political views) in Bihar, she was moved under escort of eight armed policemen and one wardress to the Poona jail. On the train the sleepy police men handed her their revolvers to guard. She asked: "How can you dare do this?" Answer : "Oh, we know...
...when questions from the audience began to fly thick & fast: "Why is the Catholic Bible different from the Protestant Bible? Why don't Catholics read the Bible? Why did the Catholic Church chain the Bible in the Middle Ages?" Betty Ryan kept her poise and sense of humor, had her answers pat. Said she, stepping down after 20 minutes: "North Carolina was never like this...
...Brooklyn, Abby and Martha Brewster (played with twinkling good humor by Josephine Hull and Jean Adair, creators of the stage roles) are looked upon as just two fluttery old maids lovingly taking care of a crack-brained nephew (John Alexander) who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt. Little do the good-natured local cops dream that there are twelve bodies buried in the cellar. Presently a truculent, criminally insane nephew (Raymond Massey) appears. He also has twelve murders to his credit and a crooked sawbones (Peter Lorre) to help him. A whimsical competition ensues to see who will be first...