Word: joking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...business of being a waiter in New York is no joke. Last week one member of the profession was precipitated from the ninth story of a hotel by a group of jovial actors singing "Out the window he must go"; and now comes the still more painful report that sixty others were held up in a cafe and despoiled of $12,000 in tips, a pint of whiskey, and a pair of new shoelaces...
...Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for Mayor of New York City and a trustee of the Fund, also saw the joke: "It's a joke an us and it's a joke on George F. Baker, chairman of the executive committee of the First National Bank. Haw! Haw! Haw! Think of George F. Baker making money for the radical movement...
...windows of sleeping students some thirty-five cars parked along the side of the street by their owners, all unwitting of the jest which was in the air. This drollery was perpetrated quite as a surprise, for forewarning of the intentions of the police would have spoiled the joke and frustrated their nocturnal escapade...
...pursuit of the busy towing car would have revealed a lot overflowing with cars of every description. The outraged owner, apprised of his bereavement, instituted a frantic search and finally located his missing car. It was at once apparent that the guardians of the law had shared the joke with the garage in whose lot the cars were stored, for a fee of eight dollars was exacted before the car could be moved from durance vile...
...unusual for college undergraduates to poke extravagant fun at the faculty in college publications. But the "Confidential Guide to the Curriculum" in yesterday's Harvard CRIMSON is not a joke. True, there are rather snappy lines in it here and there, but the series of studies are intensively in earnest. The editors of the CRIMSON have, between them, taken most of the courses offered in the catalogue. All of these young men have been asked repeatedly by the upperclassmen for the "low down" on this or that course. Can the teachers teach? Does the student gain a fair intellectual return...