Word: jocund
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...distinctive in vivifying that other, more mysterious, no-man's-land east of Germany, west of Russia. But far more than this, The Case of Sergeant Grischa is a powerful indictment of autocratic statecraft, a pageant of heterogeneous border peoples, and a human document of uncanny understanding. The jocund vitality which lured Grischa to mad escape is no less vivid than his fatalistic reluctance to escape again. Insignificant "case," Grischa is the symbol that rouses the interest pf villagers, the prophecies of Hebrew elders, the affection of restive German soldiers, the championship of officers, the pique of a Prussian...
...wise, constructive reticence. Safe on the high seas from reporters, Seymour Parker Gilbert lazed and rested from his labors as Agent General of Reparations although the duty of his steady mind is to keep the fiscal balance of a continent, there danced in his head, last week, jocund plans for Christmas at his home and birthplace, Bloomfield, N. J. Old college chums from Rutgers and Harvard Law would make merry with him. He would tower in Manhattan among financiers, and in Washington above those who were his associates when he was a Treasury "career man." Best of all, wise Agent...
...Right Honorable Members, grown restless, welcomed a diversion caused when the electric light circuit of the House was interrupted for more than an hour. The Speaker uttered, for the first time in a decade, an antique command: "Let candles be brought in!" When debate was recommenced by candlelight, jocund Members testified to the inconsequence of the proceedings by blowing out the candles as fast as they were lighted, until it became necessary to adjourn the House while electricians tinkered...
...beautiful drama, but not one that can be recommended for an evening of jocund entertainment
...Arbor, Mich., and Chicago, the jocund throngs were somewhat subdued, having in mind the memories of their late Presidents, Marion LeRoy Burton of the University of Michigan and Ernest DeWitt Burton of Chicago...