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This is even more apparent when looking at the response that a Georgetown Lampoon article (“Wearing Your Collar Down is for Poor People”) triggered. The humor piece begins, “When my ancestors came over to this great country 400 years ago, they had a vision for a utopia, free from minorities, liberals, poor people, homosexuals, and immigrants,” and goes on to say, “Maybe I’ll offer you a hundred bucks to flip my collar up for me.  I earned it, you middle-class...

Author: By Amanda L. Rautenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hot Poppin' Fresh | 4/29/2004 | See Source »

...article circulated among a number of humor websites, including CollegeHumor.com. On YaleToday.com in particular, there was immediate—and huge—reaction. The posts, though varied, are alike in their vehemence...

Author: By Amanda L. Rautenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hot Poppin' Fresh | 4/29/2004 | See Source »

...sense of humor is fatal in politics,” David R. Slavitt says dryly, in his usual cynical tone. This November, he’d like to prove that maxim wrong...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Local Writer, Literature Leads to Politics | 4/28/2004 | See Source »

Given the rigorous informality and artless effervescence required by the ceremonies of modern politics, John Kerry's rise to prominence is difficult to explain. His is a solemn New England sensibility. I have never seen him experience a moment of spontaneous wit; his nonspontaneous attempts at humor are ghastly. He is not a very compelling speaker. Indeed, when attempting to answer the most basic of questions--his position on the war in Iraq, for example--he tends to entwine himself in endless codicils and subclauses. And yet the Senator from Massachusetts breezed through the Democratic presidential primaries this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John : A Solemn Unifier for the Democrats | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...three years, he'll be bigger than Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan." Everybody laughed. But no more. Not only has the Rockets' 7-ft. 5-in. center changed the landscape of the National Basketball Association with his size and shooting touch, but his team-first attitude and self-deprecating humor have blown through the league like a gust of fresh air, reinvigorating a sport grown weary of spoiled, misbehaving superstars. All-American companies such as Visa, Apple, Pepsi and Reebok have flocked to seek his endorsements, making the Shanghai native, 23, the most recognizable Chinese icon since Chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yao Ming | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

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