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Word: laughed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Loser's Last Laugh: By participating in out-of-league games, Ivy League players get a chance to prove they are not only smart. There are some bruising scholars out there...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: With Nothing to Lose, Something to Win | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

Coors was brought to Cambridge by the Conservative Club in yet another of its intentionally provocative campus events. In years past, however, the Conservative Club has had the last laugh, succeeding in its goal of goading its ideological opponents into excessive expressions of their opposition to the Club's guests. Two years ago, divestment activists formed a mob outside Lowell House in a misguided attempt to prevent a South African ambassador, who had just addressed the Club, from leaving the campus. And in the past year, overzealous protestors pelted a Nicaraguan contra with eggs and fake blood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Occasion for Pride | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

...Sometimes, especially this past year when I was home, I'd be hanging out with my friends," Duncan says, "guys I played ball with--and we'd see crazy stuff going on, and my friends would just laugh and say, `if the kids from Harvard knew you were around here they wouldn't believe...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Tracking An Unusual Inner-City Talent | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...MIKE DUKAKIS decides to run for president he could run on a platform promising to "make America laugh again." For starters, professional yuckmeisters of all races, creeds and colors would be able to add several minutes to their routines merely by poking fun at our dour Duke. It wouldn't be long after the good governor announced any intention to become master of ceremonies of the comedy club of life that stand-up comics would start dishing out lines like, "Hey--you hear about Dukakis' economical version of a Star Wars defense shield? Yeah, in case of nuclear attack...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: Square Life: | 2/27/1987 | See Source »

While the other comedians were performing, Gary Lazar stood near the bar barely laughing. I guess even the funniest joke becomes stale after you've heard it ten times in a week. Come to think of it, it's amazing the comedians are able to laugh at their own jokes...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: OBSERVER | 2/26/1987 | See Source »

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