Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among the provocative titles on the reading list: Closely Watched Trains, I Served the King of England, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Cowards...
When the members of the class of '01 were asked about the Harvard athletic program, most responded with a snide smile or just plain outright laughter...
What does shine through, however, is the actors' energy and the fast-paced humor racing through the show, even if it is mainly slapstick. The production is worth seeing for the prologue alone--Erik Amblad '99 and Chuck O'Toole '97 in particular draw screams of laughter from the audience with their girlish giggles. Everyone's costumes are a hoot, from the prologue's two-sizes-too-small jogging suits to the servants' funky get-ups. Again, once the actual story begins, some of the more original artistic concepts are sacrificed in favor of both Shakespearean traditions and basic silliness...
...EconoCare plan promises to help patients avoid financial burdens. When subscribers fall seriously ill, HMO Black will "automatically wave [their] fees, and [their] benefits," he said, to accompanying laughter from the audience...
Death is final--no pain, no measured time in which to reflect, and worse, no payment of debt to society: no punishment. Where is the justice in that? Decades of confinement, imprisoned with only yourself and your conscience, a life without joy, love or laughter. That's true punishment. HILDA B. CLASSON New York City...