Word: laughs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...powerful man in the world, the President picked up his phone in the presence of a visitor, listened a few seconds, then turned from the receiver to announce: "This is the second most powerful man in the world on the line." Turning back, Kennedy listened again, then started to laugh. "Bobby wants to know...
...rest of that package, the country has simply refused to accept industrial growth as a substitute; it possesses some moral force which is stronger than the extremely doubtful material benefits growth seems to offer. While Prime Ministers and responsible commentators peddle these absurd nostrums, the nation can only laugh...
...Economics, to the second most powerful position in the University. The appointment sparked a rejuvenation of Faculty meetings; Bok, relieved to know that his choice would soon sit in the dean's chair, suddenly approached the dull Faculty business with a sense of humor. The Faculty began to laugh, and their enthusiasm for the new dean washed away the residue of uncertainty leftover from the last few months. Forgotten were the meetings when Bok chain smoked for two hours straight...
With its big, roomy cars, extensive use of trolleys and elevated lines, and its wide, solid platforms, the MBTA has a hometown, airy style of its own. Even if New Yorkers laugh at the sight of trolleys impersonating subways in the underground stations of the green line, the MBTA is still worthy of exploration...
CHARLIE CHAPLIN made life hard for all the other silent comedians. He matched them, laugh for laugh, with slapstick as clever and inventive as anyone's. He could string gags together, then top off the series with a clincher timed just right. So could all the other great comics--but Chaplin left all competitors far behind because on top of all the slapstick he was the most spirited and sympathetic character on the screen. His comedies affect me in an obscure way. I laugh, as at any good comedy, but then I feel a delicate warmth spreading all across...