Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Mr. Roosevelt: "Hi there, Bill! Are you going to run against me for President this year?" There was a breathless pause, then a titter of laughter. Mr. Roosevelt's face turned red. Then he added swiftly: " -that is, if I am a candidate." Replied Congressman Lemke, smiling: "Maybe it would be better if we both didn't run." Newspaper speculation, spurred by the Lemke incident, began to assume more & more that Mr. Roosevelt will broadcast his July acceptance of the Democratic nomination in the most glamorous manner possible - that he will take full politi cal advantage...
...fight because of my memories-the laughter and play of my childhood, the ball games I was in, the better ones I watched, my mother telling me why my father and she came to America, my high-school graduation, the first time I saw a cow, the first year we could afford a vacation, the crib at Camp Surprise Lake after the crowded polluted Coney Island waters, hikes in the fall, weenie and marshmallow roasts, the first time I voted, my first date and the slap in the face I got instead of the kiss I attempted, the El going...
...willing enough to be taught by Jan Smuts, never think of him as an Afrikaner. They think of him as their elder counselor. In drawing rooms and pubs, when Jan Smuts's dry, old man's voice comes over the radio, the small talk and the bar laughter hushes, and they listen quietly; he is not quite one of themselves, but they respect him and are proud...
Through it all, Bevin remained the Ernie of old-harsh-voiced, pontifical, given to great gusts of laughter and oratory. In the House of Commons bar at noontime he continued to drink as long as he had companions, before lunching alone on bread, cheese, beer. Last week Writer-Critic Harold Laski depicted the Bevin of 1944: "Mr. Bevin has never, since he emerged as a trade-union leader of importance, liked criticism, still less opposition. ... He is always certain that he is right. . . . Masterful in temper, obstinate in disposition, accustomed . . . to give orders which must be obeyed...
...give the Australian version of "April Laughter" (TIME, April 17) ? An American soldier, fed to the teeth with the inefficient activities of the narrow-gauge train on which he was riding, leaned over and said to an Australian soldier: "Do you know what we would do with a train like this in the States?" The cynical Aussie replied: "Well, you'd either eat it, drink it, or put it in a family...