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Word: laughed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confident technique; the camera is always placed for maximum poetic and dramatic effect, and he rarely resorts to flashy editing. He wrings remarkable comedy from a stock situation (the impersonator), but because the characters have such depth, and because the story accumulates meaning as it goes along, every laugh is fresh, every sentiment unforced. Epic in scope, dexterous in execution, almost Shakespearean in its authority, Kagemusha affirms Kurosawa's reputation as one of our few world-class directors...

Author: By David B. Edelstein, | Title: By Indirection | 12/6/1980 | See Source »

...sprung this bit of trivia on some innocent bystanders in the last few days. Most of them replied with one of those half-coughs that you use to hide a laugh and looked just a little surprised. They shouldn't have been. Georgia was probably lucky to come that close. They were the first team to score a point on the Crimson that season...

Author: By Howard N. Mead, | Title: Harvard 10, Georgia 7 | 12/5/1980 | See Source »

...West did not invent sex. She just saw the humor in it, and probably no one before or since has had more fun on what she called the "linen battlefield." "I kid sex," she said. "I take it out into the open and laugh at it. I'm a healthy influence." And, as usual, she was right. Sex goddesses have come and gone and will remain so long as people go to the movies. But only Mae West was able to make a whole career out of the leer and the wink. Her voluptuous figure was as familiar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: She Was What She Was | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

November 24, 1973: Harvard strolls into New Haven with a 7-2 record and a shot at the Ivy League title. The Crimson crawls back to Cambridge with a 7-3 record and a shot in the back. The Bulldogs laugh all the way to the end zone, 35-0, their biggest margin of victory in the series since they won 54-0 in 1957. Yale sets records for The Game, including most first downs (28), most rushing yardage (395) and total offense (523). Crimson ace receiver Pat McInally is held to only three receptions. There are tears in Cambridge...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: The '70s: A Decade Of Games | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

...with the head of his ticket, Ronald Reagan. Bush's voice was reedier than usual, his introductory praise of Reagan awkwardly effusive, his applause during Reagan's speech a shade overeager. Then a man sitting in a tree shouted something that made the crowd in Birmingham, Mich., laugh. A puzzled Reagan announced into an open microphone: "I didn't hear." Like a jack-in-the-box, Bush popped up to cup his hand around Reagan's ear and whisper what the tree sitter had said about Jimmy Carter: "He's a jerk." Reagan chuckled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Determined Second Fiddle | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

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