Word: jollyness
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That was about the cheeriest sentiment Americans could manage last week, as the country caroled, gift-wrapped and tinseled its way through the holidays in search of some deeper tidings of comfort and joy. For those with a global perspective, there is plenty to inspire gratitude this season: the country...
NATION: 'Tis no season to be jolly
SITTING PRETTY (New World Records). Conductor John McGlinn deserves some kind of sainthood for resurrecting this 1924 Jerome Kern delight. Amid its jolly ebullience, moments of gentler lyricism look ahead to such works as Show Boat and Roberta. Perfectly cast and impossible to resist.
George Bush knows how to talk about children. With a sure sense of childhood's mythology, of skinned knees and candy apples and first bicycles, he campaigned for office in a swarm of jolly grandchildren and promised justice for all. In this year's State of the Union address, he...
Decidely genius is the farcical scene in which Huml's haunts literally come crashing down upon his head. This scene is a flawless creation of sound and slapstick. Carefully choreographed characters clomp up stairs, slam doors, charge and claw the professor while screeching lines like, "You're not just trying...