Word: humorousness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...latter years in office were dreary and ineffectual, and he invited -by continued public borrowing and eva sion of problems - many of the troubles that beset Lindsay. But Lindsay's own record is now tarnished, and at the press conference announcing his candidacy, Wagner was in confident good humor. He proclaimed no bold new programs-of course. Instead, the soothing voice intoned: "I do not pretend or believe that I can solve all the problems of New York City." But he made it clear that he thought he could do a better job than Lindsay, whom he accused...
GRANT TAKES COMMAND, by Bruce Catton. Completing the trilogy begun by the late historian Lloyd Lewis, Catton employs lucidity and laconic humor as he follows the taciturn general to his final victory at Appomattox...
...return to basic pleasures. It has an unpretentious charm unmatched by any of the eight albums he has recorded since 1961. Most of the songs are about the delight of secular love, and the swirl of his social satire has given way to an earthy, sometimes self-deprecating humor. The genial, syncopated Peggy Day, enhanced by the long, lazy melodic arch of an electric guitar, begins...
...have no part in Vonnegut's philosophy, though in Slaughterhouse-Five he does suggest that the story of the Crucifixion would be more appealing if Jesus had been not the Son of God but a nobody. Few modern writers have borne witness against inhumanity with more humanity or humor...
After noon, it got colder and the humor of the frustrating takes began to wilt. Phoebe, who had been talkative at first, started to withdraw from the group. She stood by the stop sign in silence, clutching her clapboard, waiting for each take to begin. As Tim put it, it was becoming a drag. But at 2 p.m., after 13 takes, the shot was over...