Word: joking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There's an old joke: How many Harvard students does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One; he holds the lightbulb, while the world revolves around...
...before the eye takes in the subjects of Mary Ellen Mark's photo essay on Miami, the sheer chromatic punch says that Florida is a great setting for the human comedy. The lemony sunlight, the all too scrumptious blue of the sky: even the elements are in on the joke. And surprise, they make a perfect foil for the elderly locals, who strut with a vehemence that she finds both funny and fetching...
...THIS point that one makes the fatal mistake of asking if anyone knows a good joke. In such an environment, the response can be devastating...
...have no reason to keep in close touch with Civil warriors. But some 50,000 people, many of them women and children, may be involved in relighting the old campfires and refighting the old battles. Some spend thousands of dollars on their costumes and weapons, and a rueful joke among re-enactors is that their 18th or 19th century wardrobes are far more elaborate than their present-day clothes...
...eradication program in Bolivia," says Mills, "but the Bolivians didn't pay any attention to it." As a result of many such situations, he says, it is hard to find any drug agent or dealer around the world who thinks the U.S. strategy is "anything other than a joke...