Word: humoredly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vegetable garden and walls covered with Communist propaganda and posters of the politically active. One in particular is crammed with "Workers of the world, unite!" in at least 30 languages, crowned by pictures of Karl Marx, Mao Zedong and, yes, Captain Picard. The residents have a lighthearted sense of humor about their hippie legacy and its accoutrements, which is a testament to the open-mindedness of most Coop members. As resident Thomas C. Munro '99 explains with a quirky smile, "As long as in one way or another you're on the pink side of the line, you're accepted...
Strong women in a male-dominated world must learn to face challenges with humor and good spirits, former U.S. Representative Pat Schroeder (D--Colo.) told a crowd of about 200 in Longfellow Hall on Friday night...
Schroeder said the only way to deal with her challenges was to rely on humor. "So I decided to get up every day and play with it. And that's what my book is about," she said...
...solemn book. Crace's characters are animated by timeless urges. His prose is startlingly specific about ancient life and Judea's harsh, terrible beauty. Unlike many authors of biblical fiction, he blends his research smoothly into his narrative and adds a leavening pinch of humor. Musa is like a preincarnation of Zero Mostel, especially when he orders flunkies to push a dead donkey over a cliff. Awaiting a sign from God, a surprised and unquestioning Jesus watches the carcass plunge past his cave opening...
...also along these lines that the circumstantial humor of The Cocktail Party thrives. Reminiscent of latter-day sitcom standards, much of its humor is based on the sudden ironic entrance of various cast members. For example, in the midst of a weighty discussion between the "Unidentified Guest" and Edward Chamberlayne (Sam Shaw '99), the troubled husband whose marriage is the subject of the play, the hysterical, aunt-like Julia (Emily Stone '99) rushes in to retrieve her lost umbrella and maternally questions Edward about his seemingly drunken companion. We wish we could parrot her seeming naivete...