Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Republicans -- said he is not qualified to be President; 49% thought Bush should pick a new running mate for '92. "My skills," Quayle said recently, "have always been in negotiating and conciliating." That sounds like wishful thinking from a man so long under assault, including the deadly assault of laughter. Like Charlie Chaplin in the ring, what can he do but crouch behind the referee and wave his gloves in vague call-it-off gestures? Yet he practiced conciliation even before he stood so badly in need...
Friends say Atwater speaks confidently of overcoming his illness and keeps in touch with the White House and the R.N.C. He grills doctors for highly technical information about the nature of his disease and his treatment. At the same time, he is following editor Norman Cousins' prescription that laughter is the best medicine. Atwater has watched videotapes of the Three Stooges and W.C. Fields' film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. Black humor also helps: he presented some friends with copies of his new album and a souvenir tuft of his hair, which has been falling out from radiation...
With such a potpourri of interesting, unique characters and lovely musical numbers, Ruddigore promises an evening of laughter and romance: two perfect ingredients for a good weekend night...
Crimson reporters can attest to the great reluctance that I have hitherto shown to add fuel to the dispute between Sociology and Social Studies. But Acting Sociology Department Chair Orlando Patterson's "commentary" does suggest that a few words--half in anger, half wracked with laughter--from a teacher with a foot in both camps may cast light on some of the issues involved...
...subsequent speakers gave instances of ongoing bias, the laughter ceased...