Tired, timid and woefully off the pace, it doesn't just need a hip replacement, but a reason for living.

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But the characters in "Laughter on the 23rd Floor, " like "The Sunshine Boys" before it, have a logical reason to be telling jokes, which is that they write them for a living ("If Max Prince laughs, my kids eat this week").

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For a few minutes (they seemed extraordinarily long at the time, and, thinking the whole thing over, later on, I realized that in fact they were), I sat and waited for Clara in the living room, a living room that seemed welcoming, for no special reason, overly cluttered but welcoming and full of light.

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The undocumenteds I have known came to this country for one reason: an opportunity to earn a living.

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And the reason that the Co-Conspirators continued to work for a living was what?

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The digital living room has been missing something for years: a compelling reason for people to use it.

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