Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...question when he tried to explain that his office had a number of paper shredders, mainly to dispose of potentially revealing scraps of paper. Asked Ervin: "Was he [Liddy] the man ordinarily charged with the duty of disposing of wastepaper?" As the crowded Senate Caucus Room filled with more laughter, Odle conceded that it now appears that Liddy was in charge of intelligence operations for the Nixon committee and that Liddy had shredded documents related to intelligence activities a few hours after the Watergate burglary was discovered...
...Burst of Laughter...
McCord conceded under questioning from committee co-chairman Howard H. Baker (R-Tenn.) that he had never had direct contact with Mitchell, Magruder or Dean in connection with the wiretap plan. When asked what Mitchell had called him in their campaign contacts, McCord drew a burst of laughter by saying, "Before or after June...
...costumes are so elaborate as to be distracting. Charles Weinstein, as Matti the iron founder, provokes laughter from the audience on his first entrance purely because of his plumed hat and bizarre purple outfit. But we're so busy looking at his clothes that we miss the significance of his lines. The same thing happens later in the play, when Peter Kazaras' strong speech as Pope Urbino is marred by the attention devoted to the progress of his complicated toilette...
...under the false name of Ernest, Algy pops countless muffins into his mouth with fastidious greed. It is in such moments that the story of their romantic complications (resolved only after everyone has said a lot of terribly clever things) sows its comic seeds and reaps its harvest of laughter. The production succeeds because its cast and crew passionately commit themselves to being passionlessly and uncommittedly stylish...