Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...though I've always hated champagne, everyone was wearing real bow ties, and I kept calling the 80-page program a "scorecard," I did, as I always have, know how to laugh. Amidst all my discomfort, laughter once again came to my rescue...
First he injected a touch of understated humor: "I've been coming to this city in one capacity or another for nearly 40 years, and I'm beginning to like the place. Wouldn't mind living here, in fact." (Laughter.) The smile faded. Next came a moment of graciousness: "I believe President Carter is a sincere, patriotic, hard-working man who wants very much to have a successful Administration." (A pause.) "But these qualities are insufficient to provide effective leadership...
...even in the dreariness of their lives the Garcias were cheerful. Garcia would laugh and smile, his beautiful wife would sing, and his children would play jokes on one another, their laughter defying the meagerness around them. Even when Vallet was openly contemptuous of them, taunting them because they owned no land, the Garcias ignored the insults and laughed among themselves. That they could be so cheerful with seemingly so little reason left an indelible impression...
...still retains a few bastions of tradition. A French village wedding, for example, is nothing to trifle with. It begins in the afternoon with a civil service, immediately followed by a church wedding. After that comes a huge dance party, held either inside or outside, with dancing, drinking, and laughter continuing all night long...
...Neauphle-le-Château outside Paris, it was nearly 10 a.m. when the news reached members of Ayatullah Khomeini's entourage by shortwave radio. Cheers rang out, and the drafty rooms, devoid of furniture, warmed with laughter. Aides quickly put on their coats and crossed a snow-lined street to tell the Ayatullah. "When he heard it, he said, 'God is great,' " an assistant told reporters. But his demeanor was as stoic as ever. "He did not show any particular emotion," said one of Khomeini's relatives. "He has been fighting this battle...