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...Lowell House Senior Tutor Christopher Jedry asserts that despite an increase in students with academic or emotional problems, this Reading Period seems milder than some. "There seems to be less tension in the dining hall," he says. "Usually, it's very jangly, a lot of nervous laughter, that sort of thing. But there are certainly more people coming in than the rest of the term--ours is a very seasonal business...

Author: By Fern E. Reiss, | Title: The Great Depression | 1/14/1983 | See Source »

...their own eagerness," says Humor Consultant Bob Orben, who wrote for Bob Hope and Jerry Ford. Already Orben is spinning jokes about Glenn "peaking too soon" now that Ted Kennedy has withdrawn. Orben's business is booming. Without money, people can only laugh or cry, and they prefer laughter. Anybody who runs for office these days, says Orben, better have some good jokes. Just ask Ronald (have you heard the one about the pig with the wooden leg? . . . ) Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: The Melody of Democracy | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...After I kicked the ball, I stood for a moment admiring it. Since I was getting a lot of money, I figured it was part of my job to pick up the tee." He heard the thunder of hoofs. "I ran for my life to the sidelines." Laughter greeted him there. "I couldn't understand it. Then I realized I had run to the wrong sideline. I was sitting with the Baltimore Colts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Setting the Record Straight | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...loudest laughter of the meeting came after Professor of Government Jorge Domin guez asked Verba a long string of detailed questions about the independent study revision. When Dominguez sat down. Bok commented, "Dean Rosovsky has authorized me to tell you that had you asked a single further question, we would have traded you to the Law School for a top draft choice...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Faculty Loosens Rules On Off-Campus Courses | 12/15/1982 | See Source »

...dueling finale with Laertes, Venora kicks him in the rear, scarcely the mark of the "noble Dane." In the bedroom scene, this Hamlet pummels Queen Gertrude (Kathleen Widdoes) so bruisingly that when the poignant line "How is it with you, lady?" is uttered, the audience breaks into semi-suppressed laughter, having witnessed the beating the lady has taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Ignoble Dane | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

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