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Word: humorous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff writer for the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization which used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, was caught trying to vandalize The Harvard Crimson building...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimeds Nab 'Poon Prankster on 14 Plympton Roof | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...Humor aside, McCain spent most of his time at the Forum explaining his stances on issues, particularly defense and foreign affairs. He promised to reform the U.S. military to make it viable in the "post-Cold War world...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: McCain Touts Reform at IOP | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...almost impossible not to get caught up in the sheer joy of the production, even if you can't get that third reference to Freud. But in willing the play into a coherent whole, Coonrod seems to miss at points the sadness that lies beneath Durang's outrageous humor, his underlying pity for characters forced to drag the corpses of their fathers through scene after scene. Their actions may be laughable, but they're not so far from the pains we in the "real" world face every day. But this is a fault that can easily be forgiven...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Idiots' Guide to Literature | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

Letters to a Student Revolutionary is a powerful production that swells between moments of extreme emotional drama and wonderful humor. It is the story of a ten-year friendship between an Chinese-American woman and her mirror image in China, which begins with Bibi's (Angela Hur '02) 1979 family tour of China while she is in her late teens...

Author: By Dunia Dickey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: You've Got (Revolutionary) Mail | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...play. The chorus, which consists of a small number of actors who play various other roles, is effective, and one does not get confused by the changing roles. My personal favorite, Debbie the Cat (Bill Maskiell '02), captures perfectly the essence of feline nature with a human personality. Such humor makes Letters not only a dramatic and moving testament to the universal human need for freedom and self-fulfillment, but also a funny and delightful play to watch...

Author: By Dunia Dickey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: You've Got (Revolutionary) Mail | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

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