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Word: joking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Comedy between the halves on the field made the water a joke but when the Vagabond and his girl sat down again a rivulet on the seat made it a wet, very wet joke. Amid this flood of the heavens there was a squirming and uneasiness. Oilskins from the Five and Ten covered exposed legs; the water coursed down the smooth surface of the cloth onto the backs of those in front. Gentlemen turned down the rear brim of their hats, and the water spouted into the face of those behind. The Vagabond's girl borrowed his handkerchief...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

Already 60, husky, quick with a joke, Leader Barkley's position will be a difficult one when Congress reconvenes. The path revolt is under way, and the opposition won't clear out as easily as that which faded before Alben Barkley sweeping down the football field for Marvin College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Good Friend Alben" | 10/6/1937 | See Source »

Already 60, husky, quick with a joke, Leader Backley's position will be a difficult one when Congress reconvenes. The party revolt is under way, and the opposition won't clear out as easily as that which faded before Alben Backley sweeping down the football field for Marvin College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Good Friend Alben" | 10/5/1937 | See Source »

...When the train stopped at Cheyenne, New Deal Senator H. Harry Schwartz, Governor Miller and Wyoming's one Representative, Paul R. Greever, who had all been invited aboard, were on hand. So was Senator O'Mahoney, uninvited but a member of a Citizens' Welcoming Committee. The joke appeared to be on Franklin Roosevelt. Said the President with gusto: "Hello, Joe! Glad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Foxy Grandpa | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

...Natural History, which was exploring a lofty plateau called Shiva Temple in Arizona's Grand Canyon. Nevertheless it seemed to some skeptical observers that the expedition which started out with the trappings of a scientific romance, had by last week assumed the cap & bells of a scientific joke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Treasureless Island | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

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