Word: jocular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...build one, although this project has been urged and argued in and out of season for more than 50 years. Reason: fear. The English are still afraid that a sneaking French Army might creep among them in the night. Said Le Matin of Paris, last week, in a jocular editorial: "If the British do not want us to pass under the Channel, we will fly over...
...less anxiety about that than she did last week about whether Germany might default. But the Wall Street crash has raised doubts as to whether U. S. investors can be depended on to hold the German bag-full or empty as the future will reveal. Last week lean, jocular Melvin Alvah Traylor, President of The First National Bank of Chicago, and quiet, thickset Jackson Eli Reynolds, President of First National Bank of New York, were on the Atlantic en route to tell the statesmen at The Hague what can be expected from U. S. investors. Mr. Reynolds was chairman...
...Army varsity rehearsed their plays against a plebe team which not only knew all the Stanford formations but even wore white, cardinal-banded Stanford jersies. The Army varsity enjoyed a big Christmas tree and a jocular ceremony at which gifts which had been sent from home were distributed by Trainer Frank Wandle. The Army varsity gave retiring Coach Biff Jones a white-gold watch. A San Francisco department store gave the Army varsity a 20 per cent discount; the cadets liked this because they are not allowed to carry much money...