Word: laughed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...likewise the case with one of his followers--the erudite Mr. H. L. Mencken. Dr. John Roach Straton has assailed, him on two charges: that he is weak-minded; and that he is good-hearted. The first, being conventional, is easily dismissed. Mr. Mencken may ignore it, laugh it off, or, if he chooses, attempt to prove its falsity. In a treacherous mood he may even admit its truth. But the second attack will linger maliciously in the memory of the public for it gives rise to a faint distrust in Mr. Mencken's evil genius...
...Chicago last week before 1,500 guests of the Association of Commerce. I told them that U. S. industry was never better, that the steel corporations were prospering even with a profit of less than 6%. I sprinkled my speech with anecdotes. This one made them laugh: 'I had entertained a governor of one of our largest states at my country place.* After seeing him about the grounds, I suggested: "Governor, would you like to walk up to the house for a little drink?" And the governor's reply was: "Walk, Hell...
...made out of gaudy wisecracks and patches from several other farces in which New York vernacular has been employed for dramatic effect. Almost all the comedies of this season carry some echo of George Kelly's The Showoff. This one even shamelessly copies John Bartel's famed laugh. Joe Laurie, former vaudeville star, quite appropriately graduates into the leading role. The play appeals especially to the humor and tear ducts of folk who are not irritated because the title fails to attain the proper subjunctive mood...
Your magazine, which I have taken for some time, gave me a hearty laugh some weeks ago in your entertaining comment upon the Boston Herald's account of my death. I regretted disappointing many excellent people; but I don't think a man ought to die just to satisfy others; it should be his own private affair...
...Gets Laugh...