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...late Twenties even into 1930--comments on the insufficiencies of The Crimson were couched in humor and good will; when one editor wished to point out an inaccuracy in another's story, he would do it more often with wit than with sareasm. Thus, one man wrote, in November...
...content with the humbler task of satisfying the curiousity of our readers about what is going on in Cambridge, and at other colleges, and of giving them an opportunity to express their ideas upon practical questions. It ought to be added perhaps, that, while we made no pretension to wit, we hope not to be dull. There will be several poems and lighter sketches to prevent any impression of heaviness...
...being read largely by military and naval personnel. Editors were out of touch with their readers. There came a point where most of the stories were of no interest, or very little interest, to the majority of readers, who were appeased with drivel written by their own representatives. To wit, this is from Scuttlebut...
Known for his gruff tone and often earthy wit, Dunlop, in the opinion of many, has been able to keep together a politically fragmented Faculty by exerting his forceful personality...
...image by the two eulogizers that makes J.F.K. more interesting. For instance, there is their wry little confession that "Jack did like to have things done for him without hearing about the ' problems and difficulties involved." A touch of cruelty peeps through their obligatory record of Kennedy wit. A bit sadistically, he made Powers tell Irish jokes to Irishmen in Dublin. Once he ordered O'Donnell to lie over the phone while he watched...