Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kalb's opening salvo sparked laughter from the Democratic Senator from Illinois and the rest of the Kennedy School audience during the sixth weekly "Candidates '88" forum, where style over substance continues to be a theme...
REPORTS on the progress of the trial indicate that some of the participants are finding amusement at the goings-on. Laughter erupted when Flynt's attorney claimed that the intent of Hustler was simply to "Bring (Falwell) down to our level." And Flynt himself argued, "I think the First Amendment gives me the right to be offensive...
Kennedy was brief and smooth. Was he "upset" about being Reagan's third choice? "I am delighted with this nomination," he deadpanned, to laughter. Was he concerned about the "intense scrutiny" he would face? Said the judge diplomatically: "I'm looking forward to this scrutiny that the Senate should give any nominee in the discharge of its constitutional duty...
...show business contagious laughter breeds continual loot; the man who could not get arrested in Hollywood last year is now a well-paid pitchman for Honda and is in constant demand for TV specials and sitcoms. There are a book and a record based on his show, and in January he will begin filming Caddyshack II, a big-budget film about a self-made millionaire who joins a snobbish country club -- only to run afoul of the members when he develops a low-income housing project nearby. In 1987 the comedian will gross well over $1 million...
...those of you who stood by me, through dark of night, through bounteous sunshine, in good times and in bad, through laughter and through tears, through bitter acrimony and parsimonious intrepidity, I extend my most heartfelt gratitude. For those of you who lent me money, I promise I'll try to come up with it before I kick...