It was a disappointment to James that when the two girls laughed Charlotte had to be the one who forced beer out her nose.

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He laughed at the ploy and two days later I had my answer.

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The wind picked up a little, I cupped two hands around my steaming mug and laughed: Ethiopian beans from a Los Angeles roaster at the far ends of the planet.

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You bears laughed at me two days ago when the market burped up 450 points.

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That same year he was laughed out of the BMG boardroom when he proposed a deal with Zig and Zag, two morning chat show puppets.

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