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BST06:02 John Schellnhuber, Angela Merkel’s climate adviser and a leading climate change scientist, is punning his way through a presentation at the encyclical’s launch, “praying” his Powerpoint will work.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2015
John Schellnhuber, Angela Merkel’s climate adviser and a leading climate change scientist, is punning his way through a presentation at the encyclical’s launch, “praying” his Powerpoint will work.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2015
Don’t know what song some entry is punning on?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2015
His greatest delight and accomplishment is punning in phrases, giving a clever twist to another's epigram, or setting, in the midst of an immaculate sentence, some rich gem of slang.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Scale and balance is punning, you see!” roared the chorus.
From The Motor Maids Across the Continent by Katherine Stokes
