Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...British journalist said he witnessed firsthand the increasing dissatisfaction of Russians with their leaders. He described the laughter he heard when he was last in Russia as "angry, desperate, and hysterical...
...would think, from reading these passages, that Goodman was writing about the gala opening of a much anticipated movie or some gigantic social event replete with laughter, gold lame gowns and bubbly cocktails...
...Speaker after speaker praised the candidate's support of important issues and predicted great success in his quest for higher office. He "will be a major force in progressive national politics for at least the next 20 years," said an emotional supporter. "So will I," boomed the father, to laughter. The candidate: PATRICK KENNEDY. The father: TED KENNEDY...
Even on a Sunday night, the crowds are fairly large, filling the barstools and many of the small tables around the perimeter of the room. Smoke, drink, and the smell of food surround the relatively sedate crowds. An occasional burst of laughter breaks the quiet hum of conversation as the 1 a.m. closing call approaches...
...scenes of her rape, on her 11th birthday by a white town elder, and her mother's murder. She has an infallible ear for the emotional pace of a scene, letting the horror be just blunt enough for just long enough, then segueing into the release of laughter. She finds the right detail: the raped child from the shacks eyeing an exquisite carved bouquet on the banister as she struggles back downstairs; dogs sniffing at a patch of the mother's burnt skin scraped onto the sidewalk. Her dialogue can jolt the audience with the unexpected, sometimes twice within...