Word: merriment
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...film projections, kept things from every getting dull. And at least most of what the music says--the patients' chorale of faith, or the sudden cessation of the orchestra's conventional dissonance for the doctor's "He took my word and lay still," or his waltztime bursts of antic merriment-- is interesting and important...
...crowd at the morning rally on the 26th was mildly tense. A forced merriment, a hard try at a show of spirit, did not quite cover the underlying weariness of the people--a weariness exaggerated by a weekend of rain. The target of the actions planned for the afternoon--the White House--lay obscured from the view of the ralliers, just beyond a grassy knoll. The 4900 police put on alert for the demonstration also lay obscured...
...Tousled, shoes in hand, Laurent is observed by all coming in the door. A moment of tension between mother and son. Then the brothers, understanding only half of what they see. begin to laugh. Mamma giggles, father permits himself to smile, and Laurent, sheepish and relieved, joins in the merriment...
This cure is abundantly present in a splendid Broadway revival of The School for Wives. The 309-year-old play bubbles with caustic merriment. A large debt of thanks is due Richard Wilbur's deftly idiomatic verse translation. Rendered into pedantic English, Molière's rhyming couplets can drone on with a perishing cumulative monotony. Wilbur makes the meters dance, and the players follow...
...wish you all the merriment That can fill a Christmas day And I hope the Christmas season Brings special joys your...