Word: lightheartedness
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Behind the lighthearted banter was a grimly sober realization: every time Ford loses a primary, Kissinger is bound to get some-or much-of the blame. When the President lost the North Carolina primary, for example, his confidant Mel Laird and his campaign chairman Rogers Morton both remarked that Kissinger...
Fortunately Schwarz has camouflaged his theme behind humor and fantasy, so The Dragon remains lighthearted throughout. He pokes fun at the apathetic townsfolk who are unwilling to trade their dragon-induced peace for freedom, but it is a gentle sarcasm, tinged with an acceptance of human nature. As the mild...
In diluted form, the bondage and S-M themes show up in the popular culture, from Alex Comfort's Joy of Sex, which recommends lighthearted bondage and spanking, to rock lyrics, ads and recent fashion magazine illustrations. Last December Vogue magazine featured a 12-page fashion spread showing a man...
Most Easterners picture Mormons as eccentrics. And cosmopolitan Harvard is no exception; ask students here what they know about Mormons, and You're likely to get a wry smile and some lighthearted kidding about cigarettes and liquor and low divorce rates.
A lot of it, however, has the direct simplicity of a good toy. When one steps aboard the Ruckus Staten Island Ferry, it shimmies alarmingly; plumes of smoke, made of sheet metal, issue from its funnels and begin to waggle; a flock of seagulls suspended from the smoke begin to...