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Word: humorous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Which gives Dalton a long overdue chance to re-invent the James Bond character. In Licence to Kill, Dalton is a spy with a vendetta. His dark, brooding face displays not the faintest hint of humor. And without necessarily being more violent than his predecessors, Dalton somehow manages to appear more brutal...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: The New 007: Bringing Bond Back to Basics | 7/14/1989 | See Source »

...Would it be ungracious to suggest that your humor is a trifle sophomoric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with DAVE BARRY: Madcap Airs All | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

...Anyway, I like sophomoric humor. Sophomoric is often used as a pejorative term, but I myself remember laughing pretty hard as a sophomore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with DAVE BARRY: Madcap Airs All | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

...this lead to your writing a humor column...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with DAVE BARRY: Madcap Airs All | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

...editor, Gene Weingarten, is actually probably less tasteful than I am, if such a thing is possible. He will edit me for humor, but virtually never for taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with DAVE BARRY: Madcap Airs All | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

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