Word: laughingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chamber. He paced up and down and gesticulated fiercely. As his remarks became more pointed, a slight flush, as if of embarrassment, appeared on the face of the President. Secretary Hughes grinned. Chief Justice Taft looked puzzled. The Cabinet and Supreme Court appeared amused. The galleries tittered, then laughed outright. The Representatives took it in good part. Only the Senators were glum. Senator Reed of Missouri stifled a laugh, Senator Watson sank down in his chair; one or two showed that they were amazed. Senator Wheeler laughed mirthlessly...
...case of a Freshman who is riding on horseback or who has both his hands occupied. Furthermore, "No Freshman shall ask his Senior an impertinent question," doubtless lest the latter be shocked. And woe betide the unhappy Freshman who failed to observe the next rule, that "No Freshman shall laugh in his Senior's face...
...first thought to be wife of Sneferuw, used green cosmetic. If the walls of the tomb had also contained a solemn royal edict to the effect that no such decoration was to be used by the women of the Nile valley, the explorers would doubtless have enjoyed a hearty laugh at its absurdity. Yet it is just such an edict which the New Hampshire House passed...
...proprietors of drug and department stores. Their action is natural enough, but there is no reason for the apathy of the general public; it hasn't even enough interest in a bill which so clearly involves the whole theory of the sphere of government action to laugh the perpetrators of the absurdity to shame. It is allowed to take its place with the Kentucky anti-evolutionary teaching law the Kansas anti-cigarette bill, and the Zion City bye-laws as an expression of American democracy. The puerile "clean book" bills and the theatre censorship regulations of New York begin...
...schedule for the spring trip of "Laugh It Off", the seventy-ninth annual production of the Hasty Pudding Club, includes a performance at the Academy of Music at Northampton on the evening of Saturday, April 18th, according to an announcement made yesterday by G. D. Debevoise '26, manager of the production...