Word: humors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...congratulated on your cover story on Christmas shopping (Dec. 15) on almost all counts. The nice balance between humor and sobriety, urbanity and simplicity, contemporary commercialism and ancient religious custom produced one of the most inclusive commentaries ever offered by TIME...
...test scores. There are panicky youngsters who steal rivals' notebooks to sabotage them on exams. There is unhealthy fretting: "How should I write my autobiography for Yale?" "How many pounds should I lose before Smith loves me?" "The kids are so scared that they've lost all humor," says one pessimistic teacher. "They con us for grades." says another. "I can almost see their minds at work wondering how to please me." Said one Philadelphia girl recently: "Daddy, it will be a relief when all I have to do is work for a living...
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 15--A tourist supposedly vacationing in the scenic Sierra Maestra Mountains was captured today and exposed as a Yankee imperialist spy while distributing counter-revolutionary propaganda under the guise of humor...
Udall left-seemingly in high good humor and only after shaking Bellinger's hand. But the incident really rankled. Later that day, appearing at a meeting in Westmoreland, Kans., Udall listened while Bellinger and other property owners explained why they did not want their 57,000 acres of bluestem grassland taken over as a national park. Said Stewart Udall, with memories of his experience that morning: "It's too bad when a member of the President's Cabinet tries to take a walk on a hill, he is told to get off," Concluded Udall: "But the National...
Despite the bone-wearying sameness of all the picturesque festivities laid out for them, both the Queen and Prince Philip maintained their poise and ready sense of humor, provided more than a million West Africans with a new view of the erstwhile "imperialist oppressors." Said Prime Minister Macmillan in the House of Commons, moving a "loyal address to the throne": "I venture to say that of the many journeys which she and His Royal Highness have so tirelessly undertaken, none has been crowned with greater success than this...