Word: jibe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...heard by a newly-summoned panel. Cited for contempt of court, chunky, mustached Editor Walter Morrow was last week fined $50. Between Judge Wanamaker and Editor Morrow there was no feud, but an understanding that the case would be appealed immediately to make the spirit & letter of the law jibe once...
...contrast, most newspaper cartooning of the campaign has been dismally lacking in fun. For oldtime jest and jibe, most cartoonists have substituted grim seriousness, sullen partisanship. A charitable explanation is that the Roosevelt-Landon campaign has been a confused, bad-tempered one, and cartoonists have simply reflected the temper of their editors and readers...
...spectators have any knowledge of the character of Pasteur to act as a check on the performance of Muni. But the stolid determination, the unflagging perseverance, and the simple kindliness so ably portrayed by Muni jibe nicely with the popular conception of what the quite genius must have been. The plot as well as the character keep a close grip on fact. A vivid notion is given of the stern battle of a humble scientist against ignorance, fantasy, and professional bigotry. Coupled with the accuracy, however, there is a most judicious selection of dramatic incident. Foremost in this line...
There was nobody in the House of Commons who took any visible or audible exception to this. Nobody cried "Shame!" as M.P.'s commonly do when an instance of cruelty to animals or a jibe at the Royal Family fires their indignation. There were a few Conservative cheers for Eden, and the Prime Minister was listened to with respect when he replied to Opposition hints that Ethiopia was being sold down the river because Britain was afraid she or her ships might suddenly be attacked by Italian airmen on orders from their Dictator...
Within the guarded grounds Franklin Roosevelt on succeeding days drove his own special-built 1931 model Ford back & forth: down to the pools every morning for his health swim, back for lunch, out again in the afternoon. Passing the golf links he occasionally stopped to jibe at newshawks at play. Passing their cottage where a sore-muscled group was lounging on the veranda he shouted: ''How are the cripples this morning?" and drove on roaring at his own joke. Also he took the first good afternoon to drive out to his 2,500-acre farm where he learned...