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Word: laughter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...comments on South Africa's blatantly racist policies sound as petty and fatuous as they really are. That bit that said that acts such as the immorality act had "existed all these years to protect colored and black women from being exploited by ruthless white men" generated cynical laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 31, 1979 | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

...says. "They don't want to be associated as dummies now." Ginny turns to her visitor after glancing conspiratorially at her parents. "O.K.," she says quickly, "I'11-talk-about-it-if-you ..." She holds a silencing finger to her mouth: "Shhhh!" She breaks into tinkling girlish laughter and goes back to scribbling in her magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Ginny and Gracie Go to School | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...love, all. Look at the kids pour down the stairs into the cooker. Before the show, they buy cheap wine and beer at the package store and get pissed before they have to pay premium at the bar. And they sit at the door, exchanging reds and frothy laughter, when the show time nears...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Color of Their Brains | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...issue of adaptation to life is unique," Macht added, noting that some recent studies have shown that stress-coping mechanisms such as laughter are related to the production of endorphine hormones, linked to improved health...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Handling Stress May Affect Personal Health | 12/7/1979 | See Source »

...light and tragic and funny and sad and tears and laughter and tantrums and where are my contact lenses and I've got to go to the bathroom and all sorts of problems." With this torrent of words, in a voice breaking with emotion, Elizabeth Montagne, 42, one of the 13 U.S. hostages released from the U.S. embassy in Tehran last week, provided an insight into the continuing ordeal of the remaining 49 Americans being kept prisoner in the embassy. Montagne's comments were made at a bizarre news conference organized in the U.S. embassy compound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Bound for Hours, Facing the Walls | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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