Word: humorously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...combines elements of traditional jazz but she presents the music in a personal manner with contemporary sound. She also has a great sense of humor in her music," he said...
...than two decades, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani could seemingly drive oil prices -- and the global economy -- up or down at will. A few words from the unfailingly suave sheik could make government officials shudder and cause stock markets from New York City to New Delhi to fall. With gallows humor, wags depicted OPEC at the height of its power as a highwayman who seizes his victim by the throat and cries, "Yamani or your life...
Finally, for the pressured reader in search of humor, A Summons to Memphis provides it. The comedy is situational, two spinster sisters preventing their octagenerian father from remarrying; descriptive, this same eccentric duo frequenting nightclubs, dressed in sequined, clingy, front-and-back plunging fashions; and double-edged, undercut by a gently cynical realism. The comic sensibility is particular to Taylor's novel, but the truths revealed are universal...
Though the supporting performances are strong, John Cleese is always the dominant presence. His progressive breakdown as his life falls apart around him is perfectly rendered with understated humor, frequently punctuated with deadpan slapstick. Both Python cultists and those less familiar with PBS will be pleased...
...understandably gotten laughter, and the subject has some humor, but we're serious. We're dealing with one of the most serious of propaganda campaigns," he said...