Word: humoring
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...humor stems from the reality that there is no secrecy as to who Crimson Girl is or the people in the texts,” says Eliza L. Malkin ’13. “It merely makes Sunday brunch gossip get going a little quicker...
Describing the current UC as “masturbatory,” an arena where “would-be Senators can grand stand,” Long alluded to the two central foundations of the campaign: an expression of humor on a campus criticized for its sober, pre-professional seriousness, and also a genuine—albeit satirical—critique of the student government’s shortcomings...
...Humor is undoubtedly a defining element of the ticket. The home page of the campaign’s Web site features Long and Johnson’s faces superimposed over the bodies of UC presidential candidate Johnny F. Bowman ’11 and partner Hysen—but Long denied any connection, calling the similarities “eerie...
...With humor, you often walk a fine line between being offensive and being funny,” Choi said. “But when you know that something is not serious, you give it more leeway than if you know they are actually serious about what they are saying...
Still, the media feeds into many misconceptions about America in China. During the U.S. embassy briefing in Beijing, Anti-CNN founder Rao told officials - in what he would later describe as an attempt at humor - that he had seen how the CIA uses extra-legal powers, on the American television show Prison Break and in the Transformers films. How could the U.S. protect Web users?, he asked. "I would recommend that you not use Prison Break and Transformers as your only guide to American culture and government," a U.S. official responded...