Word: laughters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then Miss Moore got up and said that it was at such times as this that "one is faced with embarrassment at having written poetry." This caused some laughter. She spoke for about ten minutes on things that had no connection but which she wove together so smoothly with a transitional cough that every one began to enjoy just being with her from the beginning. It was soon obvious that she was only in for a chat...
However, after the second act got under way, reconciliation set in, and with it an awareness that this sort of play frequently has great popular appeal, as attested by "John Loves Mary," "Kiss and Tell," etc., and the laughter in the Copley this week. Moreover, the very talented actors of the group are doing their best job to date...
...come out of a terrific absorption in ideas. They come out of an effort to express those ideas clearly, completely, and precisely. And Hartz is so successful in this effort that his audience laughs, not because what he says is funny, but because it is so perfectly right. The laughter comes form aesthetic satisfaction and if you don't believe it, go and find out for yourself. Hartz can be heard at 10 a.m. in Harvard Hall Tuesdays and Thursdays. And Saturdays, to the pleasure of the student...
Shortly after midnight, the brittle crackle of small-arms fire welled out of the distance, slowly drew closer. The adjutant roared with laughter at our nervous inquiry. "Pu-yau-chin, pu-yati-chin" (No matter, no matter), he said. "Do not worry. This happens every night. The Communists are counterattacking but we will stop them...
...last scene proved the whole thing was something of a tragi-comedy in the eyes of the law. At about 10 a.m. Monday morning in Dedham district court a still-sad Harvard speedster stood before the judge who understandingly, with big unconcealed smile and laughter, agreed that penalty enough had already been paid and the case should be filed without fine. . . . Sect. 47, Row MM, Seats...