He came by our section often to share a few laughs and stories.

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While I received a few laughs and retweets from followers, I also got a couple of digital hand slaps.

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"He came in for half an hour after dinner to help them relax and have a few laughs, " Davey told the Sportsweek programme.

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To turn a phrase, the purchase by the three funny men would provide comic relief to a franchise which could use a few laughs.

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The novelty of events like this becomes glaringly obvious with all the system failures - and backstage and on-stage mayhem that drew a few laughs.

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The secretary of state raised a few eyebrows and got a few laughs in the chamber as he responded to a question about the role of Irish men and women in the British armed forces.

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As the fictional Penn-Herzog project heads into disaster, there are a few laughs, but most of the time we watch as Penn, unattractive and sneering, plays the heavy while the poor, distracted Herzog methodically exploits and destroys his reputation.

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But it generates a few laughs.

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We could all use a few lighthearted laughs.

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Many people bought their first TVs, or crowded around the few ones available, to see a comic who'd mine for laughs each week by wearing a dress.

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Few understood why he funded 3Com at the time, laughs Richard Kramlich of New Enterprise Associates, a venture-capital firm.

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