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Word: laughed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...course there's no time to laugh at the whole world either. And Rooney's talents, revealed in much of And More, suggest that he should be more selective and avoid commenting on the mundane just for its off beat and only superficially humorous qualities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Simple Pleasures | 11/4/1982 | See Source »

This country laughed at Carter in the last election. Now the laugh's on us. Charisma and sophistication are no match for simple integrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 1, 1982 | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...exhorting the faithful in Nebraska, tramping through Alaska's Matanuska Valley (even though Alaska was not yet a state) and thundering his hopes in Michigan, labor's stronghold. Ike, wisely, had decided to stay in the White House. "The roof fell in," Nixon remembers with a melancholy laugh. "We lost 47 seats in the House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Don't Scratch the Off-Year Itch | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...That, implies the author, is the history of the commoner before his betters. But in Elian's retelling, everyman proves uncommon, and a mockingbird sits on his shoulder. When these Millses leave, they go noisily, and the echo they leave behind is the rocking sound of the last laugh. - By R.Z. Sheppard

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Birth of the Blue-Collar Blues | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...attacked by giant broccoli in a dream. These details can loosen screws. The only reaction: order coffee to go. No one should suffer the minutiae of another person's life. Unless that person happens to be Andy Rooney. In that case order eggs and sausage, sit back and laugh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Suburban Sage | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

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