Word: ribaldly
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...bench. Judge Hand dropped his austerity as casually as he doffed his judicial robes. He was a noted mimic and singer who delighted Justice Holmes with ribald sea chanteys ("I fear he thinks I am a mere vaudevillian") and vigorously played cowboys and Indians with his children and grandchildren after court had adjourned...
...length play, has built a reputation on lonesco-like one-acters, of which The American Dream and The Death of Bessie Smith are now on view. Also recommended: Hedda Gabler, with Anne Meacham doing Ibsen to the hilt-and Under Milk Wood, a fine performance of Dylan Thomas' ribald and rueful elegy to a little Welsh town...
...first realized his ideal with the Harvard Glee Club. When the group asked him to be their "coach" in 1912, it was tied to the Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, with whom they performed "Mrs. Casey's Boarding House" and "The Bulldog on the Bank," reflecting the ribald good-fellowism and narrow exclusiveness of the time...
...collaboration. "Most of Billy's collaborators," says a friend, "are just $50,000 secretaries." They sit at a typewriter while Billy strides feverishly up and down, slashing the air with a swagger stick, frothing at the mouth with dialogue and situation. On the set, Wilder is relaxed, ribald but in deadly earnest about his work. He is so sure of what he wants that he wastes an amazingly small amount of film footage. Says Billy: "All that's left on the cutting-room floor when I'm through are cigarette butts, chewing-gum wrappers and tears...
...Ribald Humor. In his suit filed in a New York court last week, Martin finally explained why: "Charles Revson engaged in a practice of mistreating executives of Revlon, Inc. and abusing them personally to such extent that men of proven capacity who held high positions in nationally known corporations before and after their employment by Revlon, Inc. suffered humiliation and impaired efficiency and left Revlon, Inc. to escape mistreatment. The rate of turnover of Revlon executives became a subject of ribald humor." In 1958, says Martin's complaint, he concluded that Charles's personnel practices were endangering...