Word: humor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like Walt Kelly's "Pogo," Watter-son's strip deals in aggregate humor, drawn from the characters more than the individual jokes. Reading "Calvin and Hobbes" in book form is much more fun and revealing than reading it day by day. And Yukon Ho! is a goldmine of a collection...
These elements pop up at unpredicted but appropriate times throughout essays and provide humor and lightness...
...elliptical lyrics about being born again: "I never thought I would ever/ Spot a ray of hope in the residue . . . But this time I found a Gold Mine in You" (God, not a girlfriend). Even the sextet's gospel oldies are revamped with vocal pyrotechnics, improbable harmonies and sly humor. As it injects religion into the freewheeling jazz-soul world, Take 6 is loosening up staid Adventism. Just before the Grammys the group gave its first performance at Sligo Church in Takoma Park, Md., where members include many officials of the denomination's nearby world headquarters. McKnight shouted...
...ranged between 59% and 71% in recent polls. For the time being, the President can coast on a strong swell of national contentment and hope that interest rates don't climb too high. He also continues to benefit from his obvious enjoyment of the presidency, his self-deprecating humor, his grasp of the issues raised at press conferences...
Massachusetts legislators are known to get a bit punch-drunk during all-night budget sessions, but this week the humor started at 2 p.m., rather than 2 a.m. In the midst of the final day of deliberations on the $12.3 billion state budget Tuesday, freshman Rep. Paul C. Casey '83 (D-Winchester) introduced an amendment to prevent the closing of the popular Stone Zoo in his district...