Word: humorizing
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...possibility of grace in the midst of what cultural conservatives disdainfully refer to as dysfunctional relationships. The grace is evident in the characters' unconditional love and acceptance of one another's foibles and downright annoying idiosyncrasies. The best thing about the show is not so much its humor but the way it depicts the virtues of true friendship. Emmanuel V. Arcenas Manila...
...Easy Company's designation, he noted, "That's a great story. And although there's obviously nothing 'easy' about what Easy Company is doing in Iraq, that is just the sort of irony that appeals to Marines, who are known for their lighthearted, whistling-past-the-graveyard sense of humor...
...gift, a copper weather vane in the likeness of an ibis, had been stolen just days earlier from atop the castle of The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. Editors at The Harvard Crimson, the campus daily and longtime rival of the Lampoon, immediately claimed responsibility for the heist...
...statement, Maccoby and Abrams admonished “funnyman” Updike for lacking a sense of humor...
John H. Limpert ’55 wrote for The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that occasionally used to publish a so-called humor magazine, during a year when the magazine’s president composed about two-thirds of its content himself. This young president’s vocation, he says, was clear to everyone...