Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was an awkward formality to Kirk's unity meeting. A little nervous laughter broke out when Jesse Jackson asked, "Don't any of you want to be my Vice President? No heavy lifting, and I'll let you go to all the good ( funerals." But behind his smile was a clear understanding that Kirk's ploy was really a way to neutralize Jackson's clout...
...Beatnik poet and photographer Allen Ginsberg told an audience at the Sackler Lecture Hall last night "we are continually exposed to the flashbulb of death," cameras flashed away and a roar of laughter rose from the crowd of nearly 200 people...
...Memorial. The Governor will be in Greenville attacking Dole's textile votes." Atwater: "I'd do it in Spartanburg." Press Aide Barbara Pardue suggests that since Pat Robertson was endorsed the previous day by Cowboy Roy Rogers, the Bush campaign should seek a rival endorsement from the Lone Ranger. Laughter...
...enjoyable to get an audience response," Goodman said of the reading. "Since most of my stories are designed to be funny, it's good to finally hear the laughter...
...Amid laughter, Leno continued his acceptance speech with a series of one-liners. Holding the glittering prize high, he quipped, "in that marvellous tradition of Harvard understatement...