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Word: humoredly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Humor aside, a cost-benefit analysis of a Harvard education is not far from many seniors' minds. After all, for most of us, money is not simply a theoretical problem but a pressing concern. Last Tuesday I sat in a room in Byerly Hall packed with seniors and students about to take leaves of absence. We were each handed a (free) glossy red folder containing promissory notes, incomprehensible financial booklets and everyone's favorite--the cumulative statement of our individual debts to Uncle Sam and Mother Harvard. To my delight, I discovered that even if I were to start making...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Is It Worth It? | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...book describing his brief foray as a member of the Detroit Lions. He is also the editor of The Paris Review. While an undergraduate, he enjoyed mocking The Crimson as a member of a semi-secret Bow Street social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine...

Author: By George A. Plimpton, HARVARD CLASS OF 1948 | Title: Passing Geography, Playing the Tuba, and Partying the Night Away | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...really have wacky moments. It's just more of finding humor in people and situations. I don't wake up in the morning and say, I'll be wacky today. What do you do to be wacky, Joel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Q&A Natalie Merchant | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

...biggest help is to try to use humor, forseveral reasons, the biggest of which is to try torelieve some tension," says Gorman. "I like itwhen I see people smile...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Where Do All Those Harvard Proctors Go? | 5/20/1998 | See Source »

...Richards' portrayal of Kramer is a frank homage to The Honeymooners' Art Carney. But Seinfeld's fans have always been rather smug when they declare that the show is "about nothing" and that its prime directive is "No hugging. No learning." The idea seems to be that to find humor in trivia and to avoid sentiment is very happening, now, today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Goodbye Already | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

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