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Word: laughter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Faced with a question about urban architectural policy from discussion moderator Dan H. Fenn, lecturer on business administration at the Kennedy School, Johnson elicited laughter by saying, "You, sir, are a professor of government. If you don't know, how should the rest of us know...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Architect Johnson Praises Boston | 10/20/1987 | See Source »

...versus the new New York Giants, though the show contained one exquisite moment. Beginning the second half, 49ers Coach Bill Walsh inserted a running quarterback and abruptly switched to a college-style "wishbone" offense. Across the field, New York's Bill Parcells took a double look and exploded in laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Striking While the Owners Are Cool | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...committee members was permanently blinded as his eyes bulged so far from his sockets that they propelled at great velocity across the room and out an open window. The silence lasted until finally someone's bottom jaw hit the floor with a thud, and a thunderous laughter broke out in the meeting room...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Money Changes Everything | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

...committe adjourned for the day in a good mood, except for the recently-blinded member who was still in a state of aggravation. Wiping away tears of laughter from their eyes--or sockets, as the case may be--they left to take turns guarding the copy machines. They had to make sure that no mischievous students were wasting valuable fluid by making too many copies in "dark" mode...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Money Changes Everything | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

...fall -- a fine, taut, implosive job. And Kevin Tighe plays a company enforcer with a tight smile who has seen all the evil in the world and caused more than his share of it. With his round, ruddy face, Tighe always seems on the verge of derisive laughter or flash-fisted rage; it's enjoyable guessing which fever will surface first. The rest of the movie is less entertaining, a righteous homily without the grits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Life As A Bed of Coal MATEWAN | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

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