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Word: joking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...then there was the Tchaikovsky. This was a complete riot. Mr. Manusevitch's interpretation of this symphony obviously traces to the last three chords in Mozart's Musical Joke...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: Cambridge Civic Orchestra | 7/12/1962 | See Source »

Little Christian charity is extended toward blacks by South Africa's Dutch Reformed churches. Most refuse to admit blacks to their services. A current joke has a white policeman entering a church on a Sunday morning, where he finds a lone black on his knees. "What are you doing, Kaffir?" asks the cop. "Scrubbing the floor," answers the African. "O.K.," says the cop. "But God help you if I catch you praying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: THIS IS APARTHEID | 7/6/1962 | See Source »

...Latest anti-Kennedy joke making the circuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: Big Splash at Hickory Hill | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

...value of his 80,000 shares of A.T.&T. drop by $760,000 in one day: "I'm not worried about the future of A.T.&T. It's as good an investment as the U.S. itself-it owes a lot less money and, to make a small joke, even President Kennedy's father would admit it has much better management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The People: Reservoir of Confidence | 6/8/1962 | See Source »

...make up for the loss of time. And no one was more astonished than Paris Couturier Givenchy, who started the whole thing in 1958 when he clapped wigs on his mannequins' heads. He thought it was a gag. Three years later, American women, slow to see the joke, finally saw the potential: brunettes, with only one life to lead, could turn blonde overnight; straight-haired women could have the curls they pinned for; a Cleopatra by day could let down her own long hair at night, without having suffered the irreversible decision of a haircut; two heads, or three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Extra | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

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