Word: joking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were the familiar sentences of transition: "It seems to the Tribune that two effects will be observed: . . ." "Says H. H. Bennett, writing in the New York Times: ..." "As the Auckland (N. Z.) Weekly News tells us: . . ." There were the "Current Poetry" column, and "The Spice of Life" page of jokes. That was two weeks ago. Last week what would they have found on the newsstands? ¶ A Digest whose cover consisted of a photograph of President Roosevelt, topped by a red band. ¶ On the first inside page, an article "Written for The Literary Digest by J. Frederick Essary...
...dilemma which was the chief characteristic of Dreiser's book. Donald Cook, Sylvia Sidney and a character actress named Greta Meyer, in the role of an old cousin who takes care of Jennie's daughter, are perfectly cast. Good sequence: A policeman arresting Lester when, for a joke, he is pretending to be trying to scrape acquaintance with Jennie...
...whose hair is red and long, belongs to that school of comedians originated by the late, droll Raymond Hitchcock. He takes personal charge of the proceedings, tells the audience what is going on backstage and when a joke is too feeble to put itself across. Mr. Fay has an assistant who starts shouting, "Eh? Eh?" This is not very funny...
Nobody paid any attention to him although he had risen to his feet for the sake of effect and he sat down again with some abruptness unable to remember whether he had made his joke or not. "Good fellows, but a little slow." He sighed and started to light a cigarette but forgot to strike a match so that it never got him anywhere. "It's more fun to be fooled." He sighed again...
...will be steering his country through the World Economic-Conference at London. He is well aware that such meetings can be like snipe-hunting at night with bag and candle. It takes at least three to hunt snipe-one to hold the bag and two to enjoy the joke. Edouard Daladier is firmly determined that if the London Conference is a snipe hunt, it will not be France that is left holding the bag. She is already holding the gold standard bag, with pound, dollar, mark and lira all cut loose. She cannot devaluate her money further without risking violent...