Word: waggishly
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...frame, he looks even beefier. He is a brash Irishman who comes on strong, forever "God-bless"-ing strangers, swearing at friends and consigning his enemies, who are many, to hell. When he made his big decision last week, Mr. James Breslin informed the world in his own waggish way-with a Page One ad in the New York Times, a paper for which he has never written. It said: "ROBERT j. ALLEN: You are on your own. I am giving up my newspaper column. Jimmy Breslin." It set Jimmy back...
...pack of yippies unleashed a waggish demonstration in Tokyo last week. Howling for an increase in government-regulated imports of dog food, an estimated 1,500 dogs paraded, more or less under their owners' control, through central Tokyo to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Both owners and owned carried signs growling slogans such as: "Miserable Dogs" and "Fellow Doggies, Let's Bite Off More Allocations...
...Much waggish speculation has been devoted to how long it would take a dozen apes locked in a room with a dozen typewriters to reproduce the complete works of William Shakespeare. The germ of thought back of this idea is that typewriters have an elemental fascination and pedagogical possibilities. Rutgers Psychology Professor Omar Khayyam Moore decided a few years ago to try teaching children to read using an electric typewriter...
...next day's 36-hole playoff, the combatants were a study in contrast. Tall (6 ft. 1½ in.) and tightlipped, Charles acted just like the bank clerk he once was; stumpy and waggish, Rodgers swapped wisecracks with the gallery. The American's grin turned to a grimace as Charles one-putted eleven of the first 18 holes and took a three-stroke lead. He then picked up another five strokes in five holes and breezed to an eight-stroke victory. "I must have demoralized him," said Charles...
...bosoms heaving sadly on the usual brass bed in a dirty room. This expectation is not fulfilled. Although the range of characters and the setting are standard enough: an unwed mother, a struggling writer, a sensitive Negro, and an assortment of boarding-house types ranging from aging actress to waggish whore, the result is far from ordinary. Leslie Caron as Jane, the Wronged but Right Girl, and Tom Bell as the Starving Writer show a great deal of perception in this story that is frankly about love...