Word: laughter
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...Laughter...
...while others are hitting the air for the first time and are charged with tension. The overall effect is musical. Bono is taking a room filled with economists, mathematicians and policy experts and levitating it. When he finishes, the room hovers in silence for a moment. Then there is laughter, as if everyone had just got off an amusement-park ride. "Facts," he says, "are very beautiful." But only Bono can make them sing...
...trying to figure this out as we speak. It's not easy. The thing you've really got to watch is that it's always a life-or-death issue, so you can play martyr. If somebody doesn't play Live 8, it's like, "You're killing Africans!" [Laughter...
...Surprised! he retired to paint full time, and got by giving drawing and music lessons. In 1907 he was persuaded by a musician friend to take part in a bank fraud; at his trial the following year, his paintings were produced as evidence of his childishness, his testimony provoked laughter, and he walked free. Among the unanticipated pleasures of this show is the selection of Rousseau's landscapes, which never won much appreciation. Yet these small, melancholy works are exquisite records of contemporary riverbanks and parks where men and women, in the constricting clothes of the day, stroll, picnic...
...most roofs, the fallen trees on the front lawns and the mountains of trash, the live, positive spirit of New Orleans is strongly felt by every person who has returned home. What I gained from my visit was not a memory of disaster but a feeling of gratitude. The laughter and optimism reflected in the smiles of the people I met showed that no matter how much was lost, they are grateful to be alive. Nain Martinez Jr. Berkeley, California...