Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...These men, according to Glynn, were Communists who entered his district at election time. "They always hid their faces from photographers," a trait which the Representative's mother had warned him against. "Here," said Glynn, pointing to the third picture, "is the same group with different faces." Ignoring the laughter, Representative Glynn ended his testimony by shouting "Anything in Bill 426 I am against!" "For, you're for," howled the spectators, as Glynn left through the back door...
...Koch had with a tattoo. He skins 'em alive." Last week the Times let writer and reviewer scrap it out in Dogpatch style. Capp, wrote Professor Rapp, "has obviously not heard of the psychological experiments on wit . . . and of the 2,400-year history of the study of laughter . . ." Answered Cartoonist Capp: "I (gulp!) guess I am an amateur. I guess I have been so busy for the last 18 years creating humor (effective enough at least to hold the daily attention of 40 million people) that I just ain't had time to study...
...before passing out two-dollar bills to people on the street and offering them "The Chance of a Lifetime." "Not many people took the money but the Captain goes over fine with women," he said. "He'll get a good review out of 'em." There was another rush of laughter from the end of the table and one of the women blushed and said "oh, Captain...
...medical men brought out their feature attraction, Dr. John F. Connally. Connally pointed out how distorted and exaggerated Farnum's claims were, and he explained the real experiments. He pointed out how animal experimentation contributed to the development of respiratory devices like the iron lung. There was forced laughter among the listeners...
...lost five games this season, but only one was lost legitimately." Surprised laughter broke out at this points and Holman, realizing what he said, chuckled, "Oh. that can be misinterpreted several ways. My boys don't have a price." He had been referring to the fact that four of the losses had been by only a few points...