Word: laughingly
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...overview of the situation in Ramadi, where insurgents have control of whole swaths of the downtown area. Retaking the city, McClung explained, would not involve an assault of the kind the Marines staged against Fallujah in 2004. "We don't want to Fallujah Ramadi," said McClung, making me laugh. "We don't want to destroy the city to save it." McClung went on: Beefed-up local police forces would wrest the city from insurgents block by block instead, with local tribal leaders providing fresh recruits. Some new tribal flatfoots were already on the streets. The tide in Ramadi, McClung said...
...Iraq is getting better, why do 100,000 people leave every month?" I said, pointing to statistics from a recent U.N. report. "Well then what are all these people doing here?" she said with a laugh. "Iraq has about 27 million people in it. Give it some time, and it will empty out," I said, keeping a straight face. "I live in Baghdad, outside the Green Zone, and it's not a happy place." Her smile vanished. "No," she said. "Not a happy place...
...former President Bush provided the service's lightest moment when he spoke of the irony of Chevy Chase lampooning one of the more athletic Presidents as a bumbler. He added that he could go on about the need for those in the public eye to be able to laugh at themselves. "But as Dana Carvey would say," he said, segueing into a dead-on impression of his former Saturday Night Live tormenter: "Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent...
...every week and told me it was hilarious. Where would my ego be without you? Thanks to the readers, and to everyone who wrote in for advice (both genuine and slightly…less so genuine), and to those who were lampooned (ahem) and had the good humor to laugh about it. It’s been real, whatever that means. See you all at senior bar.Dear Sara,I’m having this terrible dilemma. A friend of mine said something truly incriminating at dinner—you know, the sort of brilliant comment that deserves a public forum...
...Yale Sucks!” pants you special ordered and then forgot about, so planning ahead can really help. In order of importance, here are some things that will help any Crimson fan make the most of the weekend:1. A coat or blanket. You may laugh now, but when you’re doing shots of some unidentified alcohol just to stay warm because you’re frozen to a stadium seat, you’ll wish you had thought to wear something under that hilariously snide tee shirt. Weather.com says it’s going...