Word: humors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...humbling opponents with lesser talent, Edge always displayed an appropriate mixture of humor and grace. She lent a singular air of sportsmanship to her matches...
...humor may have blown the reality of both viewpoints out of proportion, but he did drive his point home. Time and time again darker women have been pushed aside as the myth of lighter-equals-better gets played out. Even in the movie, the dark-skinned president of the college was married to a lighter-skinned woman. Lee proved that beauty can be found in short, natural afros and brown eyes as well as in long, straight hair and blue-colored contact lenses...
...Minority Leader Alan Simpson of Wyoming, countered that strategy by demanding quorum calls, then vacating the chamber so the 51 required to continue business would be lacking. Byrd retaliated by ordering the sergeant at arms to corral any Republicans he could find. While Packwood took his arrest with good humor, he complained, "We work on comity around here. You can't do business on brute force." Republican Arlen Specter of Pennyslvania charged excitedly that the seizure of Senators "smacks of Nazi Germany and Communist Russia...
Willis Robertson was a states'-righter opposing Bush's bold civil rights views. When Gore led the fight to expand the federal highway system, Robertson fought him. "We used to get together at prayer breakfasts," remembers Gore. "Willis used to tell good stories. He was a man of good humor...
...comedian also gave the Boston-area students a free sampling of his stand-up humor...