Word: jollyness
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London has long boasted a cultural asset unique in the world: it sustains five symphony orchestras, and the least of them is jolly good. Nonetheless, the Royal Philharmonic has been sounding its death rattle for nearly a year. And now the Philharmonia, regarded by many as Britain's finest...
Jenkins himself was not about to testify voluntarily. Indeed, so reticent is he about any public exposure that around the White House he is almost a recluse. Jenkins, 46, refuses to grant interviews, rarely permits himself to be photographed, even though he is a Government employee with tax-paid salary...
When Gaston Defferre gives a jolly imitation of his great adversary-holding out his arms in the familiar, world-embracing gesture-the difference between the two men is at once clear.
Returning, he played Christ in a children's play, which led to a West End part, which led to a contract with the J. Arthur Rank Organization. His rising fame did not pass unnoticed by old Van den Bogaerde at the Times. He called his son on the phone...
"Fool! Brute!" Behind his jolly facade, Norbert Wiener carried the scars of a miserable youth as a child prodigy. His father, who was professor of Slavic languages at Harvard, took over the boy's early education, correcting each error with shouts of "Fool!", "Brute!", "Donkey!" Lessons often ended with...