Word: laughed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says, despite his acting anxieties. "I had this very Noel Coward idea that I'd drift into the theater at 6 o'clock and then at no expense perform my little piece," he says. "Then I would go off for dinner in fashionable restaurants with groups of friends." He laughs a great honking laugh. "I've not once, ever, been able to go out to dinner with anybody after the show--not even my children...
...most revivifying part of the show is Peters, who gives the brassy Merman role an adorable new twist. At the start she lays on the backwoods accent so thick you have to laugh, yet when she pines and pouts for Frank, she gives the character a funny, foot-stamping girlishness. There are some miscalculations. The device of framing the story as a show within a show--introduced by Buffalo Bill--gains nothing, and opening with the big number There's No Business Like Show Business is a needless appetizer. It's not as if Berlin's matchless songs--Doin' What...
...Independent yesterday, saying "this is not just a rally, it's a social event." Permit me to say that those hundreds of us who gathered together on Tuesday to raise our voices in united diversity, have re-defined what it means to be social at Harvard--you can laugh, sing make music, and have fun and use those tools to advance social justice. Pleasure and social responsibility are not mutually exclusive...
That is well and good. I guess small doses every once in a while of queer studies and other leftist fads are like the occasional flask of vodka; it doesn't hurt the body too much, and it's always good for a laugh...
...different interests and goals to ply their trade without undue interference would surely contribute to the "diversity" we all seek. Without my fraternity, I would feel less connected to my college environment. I would not have a group of guys that glory in my success, console me in failure, laugh at me when I make a fool of myself and generally share in life's events, big and little. Joining a fraternity, the particular fraternity that suits my needs, was the one of the best decisions of my college career. Denying that opportunity to others is a mistake that will...