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Word: merriment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Christmas," he thought, "what jollity and merriment you bring to Harvard Square." He walked faster, trying to keep warm. "What camaraderie and playful amity suffuses the air as you approach," he thought again, trying to phrase it another way. But his own creative efforts rarely satisfied Fester J. Pupous '65, and Christmas was no time for a relaxation of standards. He went back to his single and finished All for Love...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Hits Harvard Square | 12/18/1963 | See Source »

...PARK should probably insure its audiences with Lloyd's of London, just in case anyone dies laughing. Playwright Neil Simon's unpredictable wit, Mike Nichols' spry direction, and Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley's comic finesse as a pair of blissfully wacky newlyweds provide incessant merriment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 13, 1963 | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

...first her intellectual mentor, Voltaire, had to correct her in a whisper at state dinners because her middle-class turn of phrase was so foreign to the phony formulas of the court. Her surname (Poisson, which means fish) was an endless source of cruel merriment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Ages of Sin | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

...PARK should probably insure its audiences with Lloyd's of London, just in case anyone dies laughing. Playwright Neil Simon's unpredictable wit, Mike Nichols' spry direction, and Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley's comic finesse as a pair of blissfully wacky newlyweds provide incessant merriment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 6, 1963 | 12/6/1963 | See Source »

Boston will probably take the series, three to one, from the Gnats, but even if the Red Sox lose, it won't detract from the merriment. For these two clubs are really fun teams. Things never get dull in Fenway Park. A few errors, wild pitches, a fight in the centerfield bleachers, or any contact with that amazing creature -- the Red Sox fan -- is sure to make the ball game a most memorable occasion...

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: The Weekend Sports Scene . . . | 5/10/1963 | See Source »

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