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Word: laughingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...classify all of us animal lovers with the cat worshipers who apparently have neither a sense of humor nor a sense of proportion. Anybody who can't laugh at the pale black humor of 101 Uses for a Dead Cat is sick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 12, 1981 | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...However, his successes on the comedy side barely compensate for his failure to turn the romantic spark between Reynolds and the new first lady Beverly D'Angelo into a flame. Even in comedy, the director at times stretches for just a little bit too much, for that extra, meaningless laugh...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Having My Baby | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

...Connor, the Supreme Court's first female member in its 191 years. Even Republican Jeremiah Denton of Alabama, the only member of the Judiciary Committee who refused to recommend O'Connor's confirmation, acquiesced this time. He confessed that colleagues warned him they would "laugh me out of the Senate" if he voted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Order in the Court: Sandra Day O'Connor | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

ONLY WHEN I LAUGH Directed by Glenn Jordan Screenplay by Neil Simon It's been coming for some time, but with the release of Only When I Laugh one can make the statement definitive: Neil Simon has ceased to be a relatively harmless, relatively cheerful pop entertainment phenomenon. He is now an imposition-and a tedious one at that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Show Fizz ONLY WHEN I LAUGH | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

Indeed, one of the many discomfiting things about Only When I Laugh is the contrast between Mason and Kristy McNichol, playing her daughter. The youngster has an ease and grace (and a lovely physical presence) that make her scenes with Mason strictly no contest, and grant the film such warmth and human interest as it contains. Maybe Simon should consider adopting her. -By Richard Schickel

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Show Fizz ONLY WHEN I LAUGH | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

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