Word: humorous
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...said, “I think he’s wonderful.”She was equally approving of the rest of Harvard.“It’s way better than I thought it would be,” Berry said. “Their sense of humor was staggering.”Upon accepting her Pudding Pot, Berry said “one of the things I love most is laughing at myself,” adding that the Pot will go next to another golden award—her Oscar.—Staff writer Lulu...
...used humor very well to bring the audience over to his side,” said Benjamin D. Zimmer ’07. “He clearly had a lot of experience doing this. That said, he was a very articulate in his rhetoric and responses...
...faces lit up in wonder and an air of “we did it” wafted through the room. Psychology 1504, “Positive Psychology,” the study of “happiness, self-esteem, empathy, friendship, goalsetting, love, achievement, creativity, mindfulness, spirituality, and humor,” was officially a phenomenon...
...Although “Cosmopolitanism” is not as academically ambitious or rigorous as some of Appiah’s previous work (for instance, his “Ethics of Identity” published last year), he provides a thorough and compelling argument. Full of anecdotes and humor, as well as his typically lucid writing, it is a pleasure to read...
...Sometimes the incidents aren't even true. Franklin Roosevelt was pilloried for allegedly spending millions by sending a Navy destroyer to pick up his little dog Fala, a Scottish Terrier, who was rumored to have been accidentally left on one of the Aleutian islands. The President pushed back with humor in his famous Fala speech while talking to the Teamsters Union. Roosevelt said that he and his family expected criticism but that Fala was not used to this. "His Scotch soul was furious...