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Morrison, ordinarily a jolly, cocky man, blanched visibly. But he did not back down. It seemed clear that he was acting on instructions from the highest authority.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Censorship Grows Bold | 4/6/1942 | See Source »

The Sixth Symphony combines a slow, philosophizing opening movement which rises to moments of quivering beauty with two high-geared, jolly movements, raucous with peasant mirth.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Soviet's Best Bet | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

The Englishmen broke into For He's A Jolly Good Fellow, and the Americans joined in. The Prime Minister turned, flipped up his V-for-Victory salute, and left as he had entered, with an odd combination of dignity and familiarity.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conferences, In Church & Out | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

> In Connecticut, where standard qualifications for jobs as Santa Claus were "a jolly fellow, rotund, with a cherry-red nose (acquired by exposure to sunshine), twinkling eyes, and an extreme amount of durability when it comes to listening," the State Labor Department admitted that "at this point, however, the employment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Shortage Ahead | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

Bluebeard was a jolly, pacing romp in which the hats were especially nifty, the sly 'plot especially profuse. In the world of ballet (where troupes change the way French Cabinets used to), the new Ballet Theatre now had the edge on the Massine ballet (Monte Carlo) and Colonel Wassily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Ballet in Manhattan | 11/24/1941 | See Source »

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