Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...standing-room only crowd, Pinker explained the origins of children's grammatical mistakes, the etymology of irregular verbs and why, for example, people say "slept" instead of "sleeped." His sprinkling of uncommon and incorrect forms of words throughout the talk, such as "smote," "clove" and "cleaved," elicited bursts of laughter from his audience...
...public, Schlant is fun, her megawatt smile and crinkling blue eyes on display as she leads girlfriends into the New Jersey surf--giggling about how the waves break up cellulite--or pulls her husband onto a hotel dance floor after a serious speech. "She brings him joy and laughter. They tease each other a lot," says St. Onge, mother of Schlant's four grandchildren. Friends say Schlant relaxes Bradley and, when need be, defuses his icy temper. "She lets him be himself," says Cornel West, a Harvard professor and longtime Bradley friend. "She comes back and accesses his charming side...
...audience roared with laughter as Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 and Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles sashayed into the room wearing billowing 19th century-style ball gowns, lipstick and women's wigs...
Delivering the annual Radcliffe lecture last month, Dunn remarked on the linguistic gap between her generation and today's students, drawing a wave of laughter from the audience...
...dipping into the Social Security pool for his own programs. Well, they've spent more than that, and the Social Security surplus is indeed in danger. So when Clinton took some time at the microphones Thursday to diss the Republican plan, he was so confident he actually broke into laughter. "It's a familiar dance," says Dickerson. Maybe someday they'll learn how to lead...