He had everyone laughing two years ago when he pronounced "Jugendstil" as "You could steal" and saluted the crowd when he got it wrong.

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Early in the workout, Devils leading goal-scorer David Clarkson hit Brodeur in the mask practicing a one-on-one drill, and the two exchanged comments with Clarkson laughing while skating away.

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The two of them had been laughing.

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The gang then chases the two Haredi men through traffic, laughing and hurling snow.

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"We have two house rules, " says Oscar, laughing.

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Hillsman also worked with a shoestring budget in Ventura's 1998 gubernatorial campaign, where analysts say he had voters laughing all the way to the polls with two of his TV spots.

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He was almost unaware of the laughing tumult that broke out when the other two examined the drawing, and then of the silence that fell when the collector of customs, drawn by the sudden noise, entered the kitchen.

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Canisters of the so-called "laughing gas" were stolen after break-ins at two Borders hospitals earlier this week.

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Middle-aged men and women that just two minutes before seemed like they lived boring daily grind lives were laughing in joy like small children on Christmas morning.

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Kanato, who sat on his father's lap for a while, laid on the floor, laughing and playing with Mr. Toba's aunt and two cousins.

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