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    realer than gasoline slung into fire” and “She laughs more than ever in spring stomping the downtowns”. Also I deduce that she is generally happy from the part in the poem “Her face a blur of wrinkles & sunshine where her hard hair shivers from laughter like a pine tree stiff with oil and hot combing”. This verse paints a picture of a woman with laugh lines or wrinkles for me‚ so from that I can infer that she smiles or laughs a lot. From what I can understand about the narrator the

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    Laughter is an abstract idea that brings happiness to everyone. When you are having a bad day‚ a simple joke can brighten it a little. It is crucial to laugh every day because it makes you smile and turn your whole day into a great one. Humor is not just something kids do to pass time in class instead of doing their work. Humor makes a serious person crack smile and let everyone else enjoy their day as well. When I was no older than one year old‚ I would never vocalize or smile. I was just a statue

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    What do you think of laughter therapy? The elation you feel when you laugh is a great way of combating the physical effects of stress‚ and can help you to cope with and survive a stressful lifestyle. When we laugh‚ our body relaxes and endorphins are released into the blood stream. For years‚ the use of humor has been used in medicine. Surgeons used humor to distract patients from pain as early as the 13th century. Later‚ in the 20th century‚ came the scientific study of the effect of humor on physical

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    Mother always told me that laughter is the panacea to all illnesses‚ and a day without laughter was a day wasted. But what did she did know? I loved her dearly‚ but she had suffered from illnesses all her life‚ and laughter did not seem to cure her. I attribute all my success to my mother‚ for she was the one who introduced me to my first love- acting. The moment I stepped onto the stage‚ a star was born and the rest is history. …. I had just finished filming in New York‚ when I was approached by

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    BookRags Literature Study Guide Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes For the online version of BookRags’ Not Without Laughter Literature Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-not-without-laughter/ Copyright Information ©2000-2012 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Literature Study Guide is offprint from Gale’s For Students Series: Presenting Analysis‚ Context‚ and Criticism on Commonly

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    Perhaps laughter is the best medicine Introduction When people are discussing the health of human‚ all knows there are many factors that would influence our health including physical‚ psychological (mental) and social factor. In order to maintain our well-being‚ we would change our behavior such as do more exercise and hang out and talking with friends to getting more social support…etc‚ and that are some physical and social factor that helps maintain our health. Then‚ in the psychological

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    anyone contending with a serious illness. Laughter Makes Your Blood Flow More Freely Have you had a good laugh yet today? Call up a good friend or family member‚ stat! Recent research from the University Of Maryland School of Medicine presented at the 2011 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual conference found a link between mental stress and the narrowing of blood vessels‚ which can restrict blood flow and lead to atherosclerosis. Laughter‚ however‚ had the opposite effect. So get the

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    because you are amused‚ embarrassed or nervous. snigger: to laugh unkindly and quietly‚ especially at something that is not meant to be funny. chuckle: to laugh quietly‚ especially because you are thinking about something funny. to roar/howl with laughter: to laugh very loudly because you think something is funny. be in hysterics: to laugh uncontrollably. crack up: to suddenly start laughing a lot. grin: to smile widely. beam: to smile with obvious pleasure. smirk: a smile that expresses satisfaction

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    the people around him‚ but even though Hamlet is all about tragedy Shakespeare uses many forms of humor‚ this is known as comic relief‚ it relieves the tension that is building in the play and allows the audience to "blow off some steam" through laughter this creates balances. Shakespeare uses Hamlet‚ the main character to bring out the humor in this dramatic play‚ making hamlet a really interesting character; all this together makes a unique blend that keeps the readers entertain.

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    you roaming?" (2.3.40). This line shows that the fool knows the truth: that Orsino‚ Olivia and Viola are all searching for their true love. In the second verse‚ Feste explains more of a philosophy for life. The lines "Present mirth hath present laughter‚ / What ’s to come is still unsure‚" (2.3.49-50) can be interpreted as the modern cliché of "Live for today." These words show Feste ’s knowledge of their hesitance toward love and also represent Toby ’s logic toward life. Later‚ at Orsino ’s request

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