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That punch line sets off a howl of laughter in the Budapest cabaret Vidám Szinpad, where audiences flock to see Go Hungarians, a comedy revue with a heavy dash of political seasoning. In the nearly three decades since Soviet tanks crushed the 1956 uprising, Hungary has learned to live and prosper just within the limits of what Moscow will tolerate. Budapest presents ample evidence of the cautious changes that have made Hungary's 11 million people the most Westernized and best fed in the Soviet bloc...
...secret. But only Robert Gottlieb, editor in chief of Knopf and a close friend of Lessing's, recognized the real author at first glance when he was shown the manuscript by her agent in 1982. "As soon as I read it, I burst into laughter," he says, "because it was a voice that is so well known...
...with a letter addressed to Christian leaders by Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, a close friend of the President's and chairman of his re-election campaign. The letter, Mondale said, "had defined Mr. Reagan's supporters as 'leaders under God's authority.'" There was laughter and applause as Mondale wryly noted: "Most Americans would be surprised to learn that God is a Republican...
...were so eager to be roused that they would not allow Reagan to complete one of his punch lines. Saying that he was tempted to compare Democratic spending habits to those of a drunken sailor, Reagan said, "But that would be unfair to drunken sailors." The audience erupted in laughter before he added, "Because the sailors are spending their own money." Another interruption occurred when Reagan paraphrased Will Rogers and accused the Democrats of never meeting "a tax they didn't like." The President had to wait for applause to subside before adding, "Or hike...
...behind trading. In mid-afternoon brokers paused briefly to give a cheer when another record for market volume was broken. At one mad moment a message flashed across the exchange's electronic bulletin board that a planned fire drill was canceled because of the heavy trading. Roars of laughter mixed with the buy and sell orders...