Word: humority
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Ford was known for his meticulously organized lectures, delivered with his signature dry humor...
There is a model for this kind of intentionally unpolished candidacy, and his name is John McCain. Like McCain's, Dean's "straight" talk can lurch from anger to humor, from conviction to waffle, in quick succession. Consider this flitter and flutter from Meet the Press in June: "I really don't like the idea of a federal balanced-budget amendment, but I am very tempted ... You might just have to do it. [But] I hate to do it because we didn't have to do it in Vermont ..." So which is it? But also consider this rocket he hurled...
...THINK PINK An Asia-wide gay site, it has an extremely informative section on Singapore's gay bars, clubs, organizations, publications, bookshops and even cabarets (there's a daily show at the Actor, for instance, featuring Singlish gay humor and transvestite acts...
...Eleven," fibs Marjane. The kids also boast about whose family has suffered most. Those whose parents have the grimmest prison tales gain their friends' admiration; those with the most relatives killed in the Iran-Iraq war get better marks at school. Satrapi's darkest passages are leavened with wry humor. A teenage Marjane is stopped by the religious police for wearing a Michael Jackson button, a symbol of American imperialists. She tries to convince them it's a Malcolm X pin and that she supports America's oppressed minorities. "Back then, Michael Jackson was still black," she notes. By deflecting...
...Pekar: I think the value is that this is most of what life is about and yet nobody talks about it or writes about it. These so-called minor incidents often can add up to something pretty major. Also I think some of the funniest, best humor is stuff I run into in every day life. [The stories are about] stuff that people can identify with. Although superhero-comics people don't want to identify with my stuff apparently. They sure as hell don't buy it. But I like to read stuff that I can identify with [and think...