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...saying the things you were not supposed to say: on TV, in polite company, in the political arena. Now, the summer he left us, politicians and their followers are on a taking-offense offensive, adding more by the day--earnestly or with calculation--to the list of forbidden humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Not Funny! | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...watch Tony at the podium each day," said President Bush in a statement Saturday morning. "He brought wit grace, and a great love of country to his work. His colleagues will cherish memories of his energetic personality and relentless good humor." the President said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appreciation: Tony Snow | 7/12/2008 | See Source »

...Nolan has a more subversive agenda. He wants viewers to stick their hands down the rat hole of evil and see if they get bitten. With little humor to break the tension, The Dark Knight is beyond dark. It's as black - and teeming and toxic - as the mind of the Joker. Batman Begins, the 2005 film that launched Nolan's series, was a mere five-finger exercise. This is the full symphony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Batman Is Back — TIME Reviews The Dark Knight | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

Colleagues said his classes were often overenrolled due to popularity, citing both his mastery of American and European intellectual history and his humor as draws for students...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fleming, Harvard Prof for 41 Years, Dies at 84 | 7/9/2008 | See Source »

...original form, and then in an obscure, scholarly publication. It takes a genius to strike the funny bone in a way that can still smart nearly 100 years later. The nation's highest official accolade for comedy is the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which will be awarded this November to the late George Carlin--another man whose commentary grew bleaker and more biting in his last years. But old Mark, unvarnished, might be too hot for cable, even, today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark Twain: Our Original Superstar | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

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