Word: mirthfulness
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After he won the presidency, he calmed down -- sort of. He rarely roared with mirth but had a low, dry chuckle and a broad grin. His humor was sly and wry and almost never deserted him, no matter how grave the issue. Talking about the threat of nuclear war and his deep doubts about military technology, he once summed up his notion of the first nuclear exchange: "The Soviets will shoot off their missiles and hit Moscow, and we will respond and take out Miami or Atlanta...
...while the Lampoon was "doing its usual crazy things." The Crimson stealthily crept to the top of the Castle in 1942 to steal the Ibis "a difficult feat done brilliantly by The [Crimson] staff." And The Crimson beat the Poonsters softball squad by the unbelievable score of 23-2. Mirth-seeking students read the Lemon, an alternative humor magazine, while Lampoon staffers licked their wounds...
...long public life. He began to talk about his virtuosities and his great record, but he was never comfortable doing it. He had the angel of that remarkable woman hovering over him. And his father, a stately tower of a man who used to walk the Senate chamber with mirth on his lips and a deep love of country. So much of George Bush is family...
...piece, which refers to its author as"Rigor-Mortis Professor of Law," describespostmodern feminists as women who "don't wearmakeup,...wear all Black, because wHITE [sic] isthe color of mirth,...[and] wear good, comfortablewalking shoes...
Miss Julie (Bina Martin) slithers into the scene chomping a banana, intently observing Jean and Kristin in the midst of their mirth. She demands that Jean stop their enjoyment--and asks him to join her upstairs for a dance...