Word: joking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feared it would tear apart. Others fretted about the Soviet spy trawlers that were frequently spotted. Says Joe Rodriguez, who was recruited for the mission out of a Hollywood hairdressing salon because he had served a Navy stint on an aircraft carrier: "We worried about capture. We used to joke in the engine room about Roosky women and what they do with civilian spies." An oiler on the Glomar, Rodriguez is the first crew member to talk publicly about Project Jennifer...
...only stand upon my rectitude as a writer, generally and firmly established may I hope, to reverse this misunderstanding as a public fact. I am simply not the sort of person who does things like this. Anyone who knows me knows that. Oh, I like a good joke, but I do not attempt to cause people considerable inconvenience or, worse, insulting bewilderment. Therefore, although I have done nothing, I apologize to everyone who thought otherwise...
Mitts did play in the J.V. games last year, but he terms the J.V. program a joke, and this year limits himself to just house football--"a real blast. Most sophomores on the team are resigned to not playing but I'm not that type. After playing in high school, to be told that you're not going to play, that's baloney...
...there before was a nebbish, but I think I like the way he wore his hair better. Didn't neglect it like this guy does. But I suppose it's benign. (Note: this is an obligatory joke, which may be skipped at the discretion of the reader...
...John, baby, don't you think that if Harvard-Yale was for all the marbles, ABC could as easily refuse telecasting it as BU refuses admission to Canadian hockey players (just a joke, guys...