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Before jumping into yesterday’s topic of what industrialized nations should do to aid developing countries, Summers drew laughter from the audience as he pointed out the similarities and differences between his work in Washington, D.C. and his duties at Harvard...
Summers emphasized that his remarks represented his personal views, not those of the University, the Clinton Administration or the current White House, eliciting laughter from the audience...
...quarter-century ago, two young aides to Senator DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN went to collect their boss at the Carlyle, the hotel where the Senator would stay when he was in New York City. As they approached his room, distinctive laughter could be heard: "Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah." Peals of laughter, gales of it: "Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah." With some trepidation, they knocked on the door. More laughter, and finally Moynihan appeared in robe and underwear--and behind him, Jackie Gleason playing the working-class hero-bozo Ralph Cramden in The Honeymooners on television. "It's an important part...
...plot deals with true love impeded by money-loving clergy and arranged marriage, which is ultimately saved by murder. The story is quite obviously a farce—and an entertaining one, especially in light of the fact that such an exaggerated drama might have been taken seriously. The laughter did not stop at the audience, but extended to the cast, a few of whom unfortunately could hardly contain themselves either...
...political party, you know." I wandered off, but later dropped by again to see how they were doing. With the help of a passing translator I asked them what they thought of Ansar's approach to Islam. One of them stuck his bottom out, and his neighbor exploded with laughter...