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Word: jollyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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(6 of 10) you live 100 years), a traditional song that resembles the refrain, "For he's a jolly good fellow," then kept yelling for more songs. Replied the Pope: "I was the Metropolitan of Cracow too long not to know that the Silesians never get enough." After he arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Triumphal Return | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

Not all doctoring is complicated or dramatic. Robbins gave a lift to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by pushing for a jolly new opening number, Comedy Tonight. In some cases, the job is simple reorganization. After the current Broadway revival of Whoopee!, based on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Is There a Doctor in the House? | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

One might have reasonable fears that although Harvard is immortal, the statesmanlike position of the Presidency might degenerate over time, and dangerous wastes placed in the hands of irresponsible terrorists and youths. Never fear; President Bok's recent statements on South African investments indicate that the philosophical and political orientation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hand It to Bok | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

There is some racial joking in Love at First Bite that one could have done without. It is intended to prove that nothing is sacred to the film makers, but it just plays uncomfortably. There is also a flatness about Stan Dragoti's direction that prevents the film from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Count of New York | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

SOMEHOW a rocking chair seems out of place in the repertoire of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Vietnam correspondent and monomaniacal reporter that David Halberstam is. But after a few telltale early-warning signs in The Best and the Brightest, Halberstam has finally lapsed into his anecdotage. The Powers That Be...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Tower of Babel | 5/11/1979 | See Source »

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