Word: humorous
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...shows like the revival of Pajama Game - impressed me as the closest thing to Mary Martin this side of heaven. But in the role that Martin made famous, she falls a couple of notches short on the adorability meter. Danny Burstein?s Luther Billis could use more Bilko-esque humor, and Matthew Morrison as Lt. Cable is bland. On the other hand, Paulo Szot, as de Becque, scales down the operatic bombast (with apologies to Ezio Pinza) and finds new depths of emotion in a touching song like This Nearly Was Mine. Nothing, in any event, goes very far wrong...
What are the tricks the candidates use to exert control? These candidates know their way around a debate. Everybody walks in the room with a flash of humor to use if needed, a long ball to use if needed, an attack line to use if needed. I think we have to remember that our job is to try to break up the kind of frozen ice of canned responses...
...According to Harvard’s Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath ’70, the College attempts to develop “as complete a picture of each [applicant] as possible” and considers in the admissions process multiple factors such as perseverance, drive, humor, and integrity. McGrath wrote in an e-mail that “‘fit’ is very much a two-way process,” adding that “there is no formula for measuring fit!” Some Harvard students agree with the findings in the College...
...interviewer Howard E. Gardner ’65 waited to begin their conversation last night on the role of music in the world, the famous cellist took in the room and said, “This is like a wedding.” Ma displayed good humor and genuine affection for both his interviewer and the crowd that gathered to see him in the Radcliffe Gymnasium as he explained his attitudes towards the cello, culture, and the world at large. Gardner, a professor at the Graduate School of Education, introduced his interviewee as “the pre-eminent cellist...
...actual copy of the iconic nature publication, but an April Fools’ parody issue distributed across the country in a collaborative effort between National Geographic magazine and The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. The Lampoon provided and controlled the content for the issue, with articles poking fun at the wildlife magazine’s stories on nature and international events. “I think they’ve been asking for it for a long time, being all high-minded about nature...