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Word: jollyness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nothing suggests Gehlen's sublime insolence better than what he did when everything fell apart in 1945. He disguised himself as jolly Dr. Wendland, collected the microfilms of his files, and buried them in a Bavarian mountain meadow. Then he waited for the American troops. Whisked to Washington, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dear Reinie | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

Humphrey, claiming to see his own victory in Muskie's 48 per cent showing in this week's New Hampshire primary, toured Miami by helicopter Thursday. Senior citizens greeted him with choruses of "for he's a jolly good fellow." Speaking before them. Humphrey urged a 25 per cent hike...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Florida Field Crowded for Tuesday's Vote; Wallace Thought Leader as Race Winds Up | 3/11/1972 | See Source »

David Niven is the great joke Englishman of his generation. Dependable, diffident and apparently dim, he wanders on to the screen like a mildly rattled rabbit, occasionally splutters, "I say, jolly good, what?" and hardly ever gets the girl. Niven has played this P.O. Wodehouse stereotype with such consistent charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rakish Progress | 2/7/1972 | See Source »

What do Kareem Abdul Jabbar, George Meany, Pablo Picasso and IBM have in common? Answer: their tendency to dominate their fields. And none is more dominant than IBM. The Jolly Gray Giant, as irreverent competitors call it, accounted for almost two-thirds of global computer revenues in 1971, and has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMPUTERS: Challenging the Jolly Gray Giant | 1/3/1972 | See Source »

They journey in the magic bed to the enchanted Isle of Naboombu, which is populated, in predictable Disney tradition, by anthropomorphic cartoon creatures. Professor Browne wrests the amulet from the lion king and the jolly group is off again, back to the cliffside cottage where they settle down to battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ersatz Poppins | 11/22/1971 | See Source »

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