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Word: laughingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, the only problem I had on the flight to LaGuardia was the girl sitting next to me, a short hairy creature with the most annoying laugh I have ever heard in my life, a dry croaking hiccup which made it sound as if she were trying to cough up a large and unwieldy insect. Unfortunately, she found her shorter, hairier traveling companion a source of boundless levity, and by the time we landed it was all I could do to keep from plunging my plastic cheese knife into...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Thanks for the Blues | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

...portrayed, through the eyelashes, by international Cover Girl Adjani), tells a roomful of squares exactly what she thinks of them. With her Bride of Frankenstein fright wig and a gutter-mouthed talent for the unprintable expletive, she makes a speech unparalleled in pure offensiveness. The audience is cued to laugh uproariously. But profanity-as-a-punchline went out with The Bad News Bears, and the audience remains untickled and stone-faced, blushing uncomfortably in a suddenly confining theatre seat...

Author: By Jonathan S. Steuer, | Title: Sub-Intelligent | 11/23/1985 | See Source »

With both cups full it is difficult to walk, laugh, or even talk without spilling. "They should make it so you don't have to move like you're walking with a stack of books on your head," says Timothy Mangus...

Author: By Russ Muirhead, | Title: Entrepreneur Sells Drinking Helmet | 11/22/1985 | See Source »

...Portland, Diana could not stop giggling at the sight of Charles wearing a too small hard hat and protective goggles; with his Clark Gable ears, he looked rather like a Volkswagen with both doors wide open. A sheepish Charles turned to one man and said, "Does your wife laugh at you when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prince and His Princess Arrive: Charles and Di | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

After Perry steamrolled to a touchdown against Green Bay, everyone had to agree that he could move the pile. "Maybe," suggested Denver Coach Dan Reeves, "he is the pile." As always, Perry just laughed: "Everybody has something to say smart, but as long as nobody comes up and slaps me in the face, I don't feel no real grief. I've always thought that if you're different, it's up to you to make friends with the other guy. My sense of humor can carry me. I laugh along. I figure that God shapes everybody to a purpose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hurry, Hurry, Step Right Up | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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