Word: jokes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Independent Society members worry little about practical jokers. But last week an apocryphal tale of a joke on the Independents was causing chuckles on Manhattan's art-conscious 57th Street. According to the story, two wags put a paintbrush in the hands of an intelligent child of two, tried to enter the result in the Independent show. The painting was rejected. Reason: too academic...
...Joke...
...joke when I say that TIME deserves worthy mention for the excellent job it is doing in salvaging the best from the terrestrial, the aquatic, the aerial, and the arboreal boiling pot of world news. TIME also deserves much credit for fostering a democratic exchange of ideas at a period when broad and tolerant ideas apparently seem taboo. But still greater praise should be given TIME for maintaining a sense of humor in reporting matters of utmost concern and gravity, for in times like these God himself must surely possess a sense of humor in order to endure some...
...Bataan troops had a joke. They wanted a message sent to the States: "Dear Mr. Roosevelt - Our P-40 is full of holes. Please send us a new one." Desperate, bitter men began to sing...
...correspondents find nothing wrong with Perón personally. He is well-mannered, well-dressed without being particularly stiff or foppish. He can tell a good joke, enjoy a joke at his own expense. A widower, he has a pretty, 17-year-old daughter, Maria Inez. He likes to cook, to fish, to hunt, and to be with a charming movie star named Eva Duarte. An extremely hard worker, he admires Americans because they work hard. At home in drawing rooms, he is equally at ease with workingmen...