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Word: humorous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CONTACT" tour of the shuttle began when a smiley, peachy-cheeked Ride made a bee-line for the bathroom. Peeing in space: the timeless stuff of which third grade humor is made, no doubt prompted conjectures amongst Ride's under-age audience at homes across America concerning fluid volume weightlessness. But Ride explained the mechanics well enough that it became evident, even to us minors, that women couldn't use the standard apparatus. But that's all the mothership offered. No ladies room; zero gravity. Not known for cliffhangers, "3-2-1 CONTACT" suddenly had its target demographic, male...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Of Sally Ride and Final Club | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...CONTACT" tour of the shuttle began when a smiley, peachy-cheeked Ride made a bee-line for the bathroom. Peeing in space: the timeless stuff of which third grade humor is made, no doubt prompted conjectures amongst Ride's under-age audience at homes across America concerning fluid volume weightlessness. But Ride explained the mechanics well enough that it became evident, even to us minors, that women couldn't use the standard apparatus. But that's all the mothership offered. No ladies room; zero gravity. Not known for cliffhangers, "3-2-1 CONTACT" suddenly had its target demographic male...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Of Sally Ride and Final Clubs | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

Snatches of humor and farewells to Radcliffe dominated the event, the last at which Radcliffe will be represented as a college...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Presidents Offer Goodbyes at Service | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...Sophomoric humor is often generated by sophomore students," Huessy says...

Author: By Raymond G. Huessy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Huessy, 'Human Xerox Machine,' Duplicates the World for the Stage | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

Isaacson began his high-profile journalistic career at an appropriately flashy venue: the Harvard Lampoon, that semisecret Sorrento Square social organization that used to (even in those days) occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine...

Author: By Walter S. Isaacson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Just in Time: Isaacson Delivers the News | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

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