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...Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini: The chances for peace appear slim because Khomeini is a politician, not a man of principle. As time goes by, he is beginning to reveal his superficiality. The more he talks, the more he makes himself a laughingstock. I wish the whole world would read his statements to form an impression of this shallow devil. The actions he has carried out do not indicate that he is a rational person...
...would probably be even sillier if other businesses hired their employees the way Harvard does. A law firm would become the laughingstock of the profession if it tried to hire only the nation's most celebrated lawyers and judges who had proven themselves by becoming successful and established at top firms and courts around the country. So would a baseball team that tried to sign both all-star teams to its roster...
...manufactured Shootout." House Speaker Tip O'Neill was unusually personal, scoffing at Reagan: "He knows less about the budget than any President in my lifetime." But Massachusetts Republican Silvio Conte of the House Appropriations Committee put the blame more broadly on Congress, declaring, "We're the laughingstock of the nation." In fact, there was plenty of blame for all to share...
...make amends for this gross insult I shall indeed participate in Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day (GLAD). --with a barrage of satire that will make your movement an even greater laughingstock than it is already," the letter continued...
Cartoons are the laughingstock of journalism; they are not a long-term investment. Put between covers, the illustrations and captions seem prematurely aged and irrelevant. This year three exceptions prove that rule. George Price's angular eccentrics have been celebrated for 45 years; his latest work, Browse at Your Own Risk (Simon & Schuster; 128 pages; $7.95), is aptly titled. The risk is seizures of mirth that render the reader helpless. Price's pen and punch line are, as always, off the wall: "My mother doesn't even bother to come to the games," complains one halfback...