Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With patient good humor Harry Truman repeated a familiar little scene over & over again. Seated at his desk in the Oval Room he scrawled a few letters of the presidential signature, picked up another pen, squiggled on, changed pens again. When he finished he handed them to the beaming group clustered around him while cameras recorded the ceremony...
...Mess with Mr. In-Between." In 1943 George was made secretary of the Democratic National Party. Roosevelt trusted him even if he did not react to George's humor. "I am exactly 100% certain of his loyalty," wrote F.D.R. At the 1944 Democratic convention, when most smart politicians realized they might be nominating two Presidents, George latched on to Harry Truman and helped smooth his way to the No. 2 nomination. Then he helped draft the first speech for the vice-presidential candidate...
...market was glutted with cartoons-and editors' offices were jammed on Wednesdays. To solve the traffic problem, Crowell-Collier posted a bulletin-board ultimatum: only 42 artists, all regular sellers, could see the humor editor face to face. The others would have to deal with a secretary or use the mails...
...London last week, Interpreter Joe Breen's good humor was holding up. "The difference between me and most people in Hollywood," he said, "is that I know I am a pain in the neck." But the British press-ignoring the fact that British movie men had invited him over-attacked him as a bluenose. The New Statesman and Nation complained...
Much of Rhubarb's humor has the delicate bouquet of a subway rest room, but in spots the book is good slapstick satire and funny in a broad Broadway way. By the end, with the help of a Runyonesque assortment of low characters, including an outfielder and a lady wrestler, Author Smith somehow manages to make it into something resembling a novel. Cat lovers may have their doubts...