Word: jokingness
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Jones refuses to express any bitterness about Grambling's second-string status, even joking over the years-for the benefit of white legislators-that they should support Grambling "because if you take out the r, then it's a sin." Nor does he complain about the competition of...
Odds that a transplanted cadaveric kidney will "take" are usually no better than 50%, yet only twelve hours after surgery, Serrano's new organ had already produced some five liters (5¼ quarts) of urine and seemed to be functioning well. By week's end Serrano was joking...
As he writes his memoirs, Kissinger undoubtedly will tell his story with vision and wit, although the Viet Nam and Cambodia chapters may be difficult to compose. Interviewing Kissinger was always a jousting match in which he often spoke for history. Indeed, with his vitality and drive, he sought as...
"And then," she says, "I realized he wasn't joking. That little curtain came down over his face, and he said, 'Momma, I'm going to run for the President of the U.S., and I'm going to win.' "
Wooing Nader. Carter's road show was boffo with Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, who proclaimed Carter "a breath of fresh air." During a visit with Carter in Plains, Ga., the generally aloof Nader even allowed himself to be roped into umpiring a Softball game-the only one Pitcher Carter...