Word: joking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Leverett, who is concentrating in Physics and Chemistry at Harvard, entered the tournament for the first time. His program finished in a tie for last place, and was labeled "the joke of the tournament" by International Master David Levy, the tournament director. Leverett attributed his defeat to "poor programming" and vowed to scrap his program and start all over again...
McGuire said she sees her joke as one of sculpting a natural contrast to the urban environment...
OFFICIALS of troubled Lockheed Aircraft Corp. seemed to be living through a good news-bad news joke last week. The good news: the company got a much-needed lift when British European Airways ordered six of its wide-bodied airbuses, L-1011 TriStars, and took options on six more. The bad news: a few days later the Army canceled Lockheed's contract for developing the Cheyenne attack helicopter, which had been on the drawing boards for seven years but never got into production because of technical bugs and mounting cost estimates...
...Black Sea last month, Leonid Brezhnev smiled conspiratorially across a plate of watermelon slices at U.S. Commerce Secretary Peter Peterson. "The Soviet Union has vast treasures for generations to come," the Communist Party boss said, "and we are now prepared to share them with you." He also told a joke about the peasant who bought eggs for two rubles, sold them for two rubles, and exclaimed "I am in business!" Brezhnev's point: the U.S. and the Soviets should not strike a trade bargain merely for the sake of making a deal, but should try large-scale ventures that...
...good. But Kaufman has his own flaw: he has made it quite clear that he does not know when to stop. All the pipes and wires in the new building lobby will be exposed and treated almost as if they were works of art. Like all whimsy, the joke can pall. "It's a little fun," says Kaufman. "It doesn't mean a damn thing-and we can always take it out. All we're trying to do is add levity to this somber city...