Word: humors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...authoritative, straight-from-God tone of voice that has endeared him to the nation, Chet Huntley solemly announces in the latest of the political humor records that Americans have "advanced and refined" the art of humor more than any other people. to prove this assertion of a "rich tradition" of laughs, he brings forth excepts from current leaders on the Best of Washington Humor (Gemeo...
Cambridge City Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci, speaking before the Gargoyle staff last night, was honored with the humor magazine's annual George Burroughs Award for distinguished service...
Vellucci avoided conscious humor in an effort to explain his role as a dedicated public servant, "representing the people of Cambridge." Vellucci explained, "I do not represent Harvard, Brattle Street, the rich people, or any other group; I represent the poor guy who needs my help." Vellucci continued, "It's nothing new to me to be woken up at 3 a.m. to get a drunk out of jail and back to his family...
Swoboda's treatment of Brahms' Symphony No. 2, in D major, was far happier. The symphony, pastoral in mood, abounds in lyrical songs and placid melodies. Brahms provokes these tunes to passion or to jubilation, depending on their humor...
This is a first novel by a playwright with a considerable off-Broadway reception (The Prodigal, Gallows Humor) and a recent on-Broadway flop (Lorenzo) to his credit. In it, Richardson plays hide-and-seek with the questions of freedom, reality and life's purpose. Despite the author's overfondness for obscure-and sometimes misspelled-words, such as lachrymator, ecdysize, catasta, edacious and vibrissae,* Filmore's wide-eyed discovery that stone walls do not a prison make has some fine moments of upside-down humor. When his rollicking stay behind bars is ended by an untimely parole...