Word: jocularity
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...classmates say they did not predict their sometimes jocular peer would one day be a Supreme Court Justice...
...family’s only beacon lies in an ever-elusive gentleman caller, Jim O’Connor (the pleasant and jocular Anthony J. Sterle ’11), whose presence, they hope, will cure their ills...
Alessandro—a super senior in Pforzheimer—and Betsy casually hold hands as they wait. The waiting, far from being dull or awkward, is jocular and full of anticipation. As people banter, Alessandro unfolds a square table and places it in the center of the room. East of the table is a small red couch—the type with no arms. North of the table is a futon covered with a sheet. Opposite the futon is the chair Betsy and Alessandro share—a fuzzy auborigine loveseat with arms of imposing breadth...
...Rossi begin solidly and improve throughout the evening, and by the climax of the play, it does not matter that they are too young for their roles—they are completely convincing. The same cannot be said of Sterle’s. The character of James is arrogant, jocular, and openly admits to “always wanting more sex, more weed, more pieces published.” But Ellie must use “Professor” as a term of endearment so we remember that he is not a college student plucked from the audience...
...trucks. Though given to boasting about his grand plans for inflicting mass murder, Mehsud was also cautious. He shunned photographers - there are no definitive portraits - traveled in convoys protected by armed guards and hopped between safe houses. Despite his bellicose rhetoric, Mehsud was also described as baby-faced and jocular in person...