Search Details

Word: jesting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...study was done in jest," said Hill...

Author: By Jeff Clark, | Title: One Reason To Hate New Coke | 11/27/1985 | See Source »

Finally, we find Stevens's comparison of the Conservative Club leadership to the Nazis particularly ludicrous and inappropriate. His suggestion, even though it be partially in jest, that the Conservative Club be quarantined reveals Stevens's chilling lack of tolerance for others' opinions. Stevens compares the Conservative leadership to Nazis, but it is he who through his manifest lack of respect for dialogue, represents the greater threat to democracy and free speech at Harvard. Thomas M. Clark '85 Vincent T. Chang...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conservative Misunderstood | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

...could that be done only in jest? Kenneth I. Winston Research Follow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading Comprehension | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

...cousin Bienville tartly notes, "more names than Jehovah," among them Moumou, Puss and the Dauphin. This spectrally beautiful, thin, pale child speaks a bewildering mixture of French and "Ol' Kintuck," the hayseed dialect he absorbed during his brief exposure to Governor Davis' three strapping sons: "O, he jest being plain bad. O, il m'echappe toujours!" All the Sioux are holding their breath to see how George takes to Castleton. Armand reassures his brother-in-law: "The Dauphin has a truly terrifying sense of gratitude. You'll be annihilated by it, my poor Vince. Nothing can stand up against this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poor Little Sod the Sioux | 3/4/1985 | See Source »

...vocally, as did most other students on campus, if polls conducted last fall are accurate. But much of this support, you got the sense, was predicated on the notion that there was no intellectual basis for backing Reagan. "You voted for Reagan?!" was a phrase said only half in jest most of the time, as if somehow the errant person were a mental midget...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowiz president, | Title: A Parting Shot | 1/30/1985 | See Source »

Previous | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | Next