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...made fun of me because I didn't speak Japanese well," he says with a grimace. "But now, when I tell them I'm a University of Tokyo student, they think of me as that, not just as a Chinese." Kuang then breaks into a Chinese-style, open-mouth guffaw - followed quickly with the head-bob of a discreet Japanese bow. At just 23, he's already the perfect embodiment of a new East Asia based not on rivalry but opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chasing the Japanese Dream | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...with John Lennon and the first U.S. TV appearance of U2. But longtime NBC talk-show host Tom Snyder was best known for the parody of his intense, energetic, brusque style by Saturday Night Live actor Dan Aykroyd, who famously leaned into his subjects and let out a deafening guffaw. From his stark, smoke-filled studio, Snyder grilled such diverse subjects as Charles Manson and Spiro Agnew and tackled topics like male prostitution, censorship and suicide. Utterly authentic and at ease with viewers, the veteran journalist made a huge hit of Tomorrow, which followed Johnny Carson's Tonight Show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 13, 2007 | 8/2/2007 | See Source »

...evening she joined Republican Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi to talk to CNN about their joint plan to make the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) independent again. Asked by Anderson Cooper whether the Lott-Clinton duet was the beginning of a beautiful relationship, Clinton was unable to stifle a guffaw. Lott, on the other hand, adjusted his coat, moved half a step closer to his partner and replied, "How do we look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Hillary Join the Club? | 3/12/2006 | See Source »

...week, a good joke may bring on asthma symptoms as effectively as tree pollen or exhaust fumes. In a study of 235 asthmatics, laughter induced symptoms like coughing and chest tightness in 56%. How much laughter is too much? For some patients, a giggle was as dangerous as a guffaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctor's Orders: Jun. 6, 2005 | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

Watch as Sara mistakes Hitch’s profession for a tutorial in seducing and manipulating women! Thrill as Albert dances goofily! Guffaw as Hitch, the date master, messes up his dates in ever more ludicrous but charming ways! Let your heart soar as Albert and Hitch live happily after with the loves of their respective lives (though not with each other of course - this is a commercial romantic comedy)! Drop your jaw as the movie you went to in order to get some action (not the type I got with my heterosexual male friend) turns out to be remarkably...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hitch Review | 2/11/2005 | See Source »

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