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Word: joking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then there was the second debate. Reagan returned appearing unbefuddled and in minimal command of his faculties. Then he cracked a joke about his opponent and issues of his presidential competence were put to rest...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: CAPITOL IDEAS: | 3/24/1987 | See Source »

...Jean men's names--David and Jason--invite satire. But the principle behind the initiatives is not ludicrous. Today, neither protesting discriminatory treatment of women in the job market, nor exploring the proliferations of "God the Father" and other established symbols in Western society, is much of a joke...

Author: By Cynthia V. Hooper, | Title: A Study of Women's Studies | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...Silver bearishly evokes the descent from self-doubt to despair. Dianne Wiest (an Oscar nominee for her role in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters) bubbles with fantasies of redemption: she stuffs a pillow under her clothes and says she will have a child; she tells an enigmatic joke and vows to become a stand-up comic. Each gently deflects the other in a tender marriage, unharrowed by grief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Streets Paved with Pitfalls HUNTING COCKROACHES | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

Thunder Bay's Rick Mulligan scored a goal in each of the first two periods--when this contest was not yet a joke--and SLU wing Dave Saunders, the pride and joy of Munster Hamlet, notched a goal and two assists to lead St. Lawrence to a 7-0 thrashing of the Bulldogs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SLU Icemen Bomb Yale, 7-0 | 3/14/1987 | See Source »

...never study. This place is a joke. There's no work at all," Epker says. He adds he spends his time working 20 hours per week for a venture-capital firm and watching television...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Risky Business: What Pre-MBA's Do for Social Life | 3/13/1987 | See Source »

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