Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...issue of July 21. . . . Reprint this same article a million strong and see that every university in the land has copies, to enable every student to study this contribution to sound thinking for the future. It is excellent in every way, even to the deft sense of humor running through the description of the various men involved...
...Bluffer, however, was Hubertus J. van Mook. A big, burly, blond Dutchman, only 46 years of age, with big, strong hands and a sharp, broad mind and a sense of humor besides, he was everything the traditional negotiator is not. He opened every discussion with: "This is our last word," and every time he stuck...
...consider ourselves fortunate that in the heterogeneous population of the Netherlands Indies, those elements of individuality and communal sense-though often not fully developed-are present, which have endowed Indonesian, Chinese and Hollander alike with the blessed gift of humor, the will for mutual appreciation and tolerance, and the power to stand united should-God forbid-we too be overcome by the catastrophes...
Humorists or Hypocrites Sirs: After reading the July 14 issue of TIME I have decided that its editors either have a superb sense of humor or are the greatest hypocrites in journalism. I was amazed to see a statement by the editor that "TIME does set as its goal to be fair in reporting and never to take sides in partisan affairs." Surely this must have been a misprint. Even the most naive reader could see that TIME has never given a fair presentation of labor's views in any controversy. It has never presented the arguments for Harry...
...BUSINESS WHO DOES NOT DESERVE SUCH SNIDE REPORTING, IS FANTASTIC. I'M GLAD TO BE INTERVIEWED ANY TIME ABOUT ANY OF MY FRIENDS AND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S FOR YOUR FINE MAGAZINE BUT PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME TALK TO A REPORTER POSSESSING SOME SENSE OF HUMOR. THOSE QUOTES ABOUT HIS BEING KNOWN AS "A HARD MAN WITH A DOLLAR" ARE MINE. THE GAG ABOUT HIS QUITTING PLACING $2 BETS AFTER ONE OF HIS ENTRIES FINISHED OUT OF THE MONEY IS MINE. I KID ABOUT BOB HOPE IN THE "SAME WAY THAT HOPE SPEAKS OF CROSBY AS "THE LITTLE...