Word: humorously
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Iran's tall, autocratic King of Kings Reza Shah Pahlavi, 58, gets older, his temper gets shorter. Less & less can he bring himself to humor the outlying world beyond his vast desert land, larger than Germany, France and Great Britain combined but with a population of only 15,000,000. Last year he curtly notified the diplomatic corps in Teheran that New Year's Day is March 22, told his envoys abroad to put a stop to the outlandish practice of calling Iran Persia. Last November the King of Kings was hopping mad over the outrage committed...
Leukoma is opacity of the eye's cornea, that transparent coating which shields the iris and the pupil and is supported by the aqueous humor. Immediately behind the iris lies the crystalline lens, which focuses light images upon the retina. Leukoma may occur when the cornea is struck by a blow, is spattered with hot fluids or metals, or is diseased by smallpox, tuberculosis, trachoma, gonorrhea, syphilis. Provided that a person with an opaque cornea 1) can distinguish between light and dark and 2) has completely recovered from any contagious disease, Dr. Filatov last week declared that he could...
...known more widely and more rapidly than a philosophy thesis, and as such, the movement has swept the nation's campuses. But it is at this point that the Veterans of Future Wars need a solid foundation under them. That foundation must be utter seriousness, thinly veiled by the humor of the idea, and not vice versa. As an example, a Future War Veteran kept up his front against the ridicule of a Congressman in Washington and asked, in all seriousness, how to go about lobbying...
There was something to be said for the end; the means are ridiculous. As things are now, the candidate must seek the office, not the office the candidate. The aspiring Senior must present a trial oration to a Council deputation, in an effort to prove his facile humor. To this procedure I have two objections: first, that while one's Commencement Day may provide sufficient inspiration for the springs of mirth, a Student Councilman surely will not, and secondly, the men who will seek this office will be those who have gone through their College career grubbing for even...
...plot is at all times kept within the range of reason and provides a good background for the antics of the five ladies. The birth scene is particularly well handled and at no time is the inherent humor of the situation lost sight...