Word: laughter
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Lurie’s comment elicited laughter rather than approval, and his amendment to fatten the allocation by $1,000 failed by a decisive margin...
...take itself too seriously. Though at times the actors came across as uncomfortable with this lack of seriousness (the history genie was subject to some tense over-acting), everyone had their moments, so that at worst the audience response came out as an even mix of laughter and groans...
Breuer drew continuous laughter and applause throughout his act, which went about 15 minutes longer than scheduled...
Billing himself as the “death dog with the hog log,” Ellroy involved the audience immediately with his vibrant demeanor and booming voice. Amid ever increasing laughter, he thanked them for coming and “taking time off from your drug habits, your sex lives and your misguided efforts to unseat President Bush...
...room smelled like charcoal, and the familiar soundtrack of Beijing life floated in from outside: the throaty call of a wandering knife-sharpener, the laughter of running children, the honks of an impatient motorist trying to park a car. Our hostess was telling us about living in a hutong?one of the traditional residential alleys latticing China's capital in a dense network. As she finished, the room of visiting Westerners chorused approval, and our guide asked if there were any questions. Naturally, there was only one. Where, our group wondered, did the typical hutong resident go to the bathroom...