Word: laughingly
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...feeble attempt to boost sagging sales, and no oil expert thought it would work. Said an Indonesian oil trader: "It's a charade. Official prices are there to laugh at." Even the way the decision was made showed the extent of discord inside OPEC. Most cartel decisions have been by consensus, with the member nations at least presenting the appearance of a united front. No such accord could be reached last week. Instead, OPEC was forced to abide by majority rule, with Libya, Iran and Algeria going on record as opposed to the price cut. Nonetheless OPEC tried to look...
...excuse Our Time, a tacky half-hour music-variety show that premiered on NBC last weekend? With Host Karen Valentine joined by guests like Night Court's Harry Anderson, the show tries to take a lighthearted look at the '50s and '60s but supplies only a pale hodgepodge of Laugh-In-style sketches, cameo appearances by such ex-child stars as Jay North (Dennis the Menace) and tributes to old TV shows like The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet...
...backwater of crumbling villas, sleeping dogs and avuncular priests into a shiny pleasure zone that is the envy of southern China. From across the Pearl River estuary, Hong Kong's worldly denizens once snickered pityingly at their small-town, Macanese cousins. Now the latter are having the last laugh, unveiling bombastic showpiece after showpiece-from dazzling casinos and resorts to a new sports arena and (in the works) a lavish theme park complete with erupting volcano. They're also relishing a booming local economy, fueled by Macau's casinos, which raked in a staggering revenue of $5 billion...
...mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Don't laugh. The city is home to statesman Jerry Springer...
Alison James provides us with a great opportunity to point and laugh at the stereotypes she presents in her self-help book The 10 Women You’ll Be Before You’re 35. Assuming a tone most reminiscent of your older sister’s best friend if she was really into neon, James does not share the secrets for achieving happiness or a slimmer waist line, two cornerstones of the self-help book industry. Instead the book expounds on the various stages of female post-collegiate life with all its foibles...