Word: jokingness
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SEVERAL HOURS later, as I pulled the hawg up to a stop alongside Red Square, I felt a twinge of worry that Yupi made it out of the hospital in time for the parade. How could I explain that I had only been joking around--that I had no idea...
REAGAN HAD CREATED A teflon presidency. Issues which would have destroyed most presidents seemed to roll off this one. (Imagine Carter or Nixon joking that the "bombing will begin in five minutes.") Most recently the president emerged from the Daniloff Affair and the Reykjavik non-summit touting the two events...
Reaction to her teaching over the years has been "universally, hysterically enthusiastic," says Professor of English Monroe Engle, who hired Robison for the job. John T. Zilcosky '87, a three time veteran of Car, notes that "She gives the class a relaxed atmosphere. She seems to stimulate conversation--a lot...
Under other circumstances, the vacant downtown storefront where the seance was held might have managed a sedate sort of spookiness. But any potential eeriness was quickly overwhelmed by the mob of cheerful Appletonians, sipping wine, munching on cheese and -- zounds -- even joking. "I see his shoes," giggled one onlooker, peering...
Despite a fierce and single-minded ambition, they appear as relaxed off the ! ice as they do on it, joking with each other like affectionate old war buddies, which in a sense they are. "It is better to give than to receive, Jayne," Dean says, underlining the Jayne as he...