Word: merriment
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...made the cover a second time on Nov. 21, 1927. Joseph Stalin, said TIME, "is distinguished by a well-shaped head surrounded by a shock of black hair, just beginning to grey. He has a silky black mustache. His eyes are black, and rarely is there a gleam of merriment in them. His facial features suggest cruelty-a hard mask of oriental ruthlessness. He is a silent man, not given to speechifying; and behind his mask lies a singular determination...
...summer in Western Europe will be fun. It will also be, according to many people, educational. Certainly no one will begrudge them that. Only one thing can kill this collective merriment, education, and prosperity. A spectre is haunting Europe; the spectre of the Red Army, just on the far side of the Iron Curtain...
...Louis XIV, of power. In a thoroughgoing revision of history, the original Musketeers' children save the Queen from her precarious position, rescue the Sun King from a monestery, and save his sister from the clutches of a bonafide villain in the old style, the Duc de Laville. For additional merriment, Ferris and Hofman have provided that Athos, one of the original Three Musketeers, should have a daughter (Maureen O'Hara) who joins the revels at the Golden Cockerel...
Knox has not reached his proper place in his church. Not everybody appreciates his humor.-There are some who agree with Dr. Johnson that "This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive." Yet there have been witty cardinals before now. Knox would not want to be a cardinal, but it would please many beyond his own communion if he became one. Waugh has compared his career to Newman's, but Newman wanted recognition; Knox does not. Nor was Newman a humorist...
...everybody's surprise, she takes him in, and a big change takes place in Miss Amelia. On Sundays she lays aside her overalls and swamp boots and spruces up in a red dress. Her store becomes a little cafe, with hunchback Cousin Lymon hopping about spreading merriment with his malicious tongue, while Miss Amelia smiles happily...