How to tell a really funny joke during National Laugh Week
Chronicle-Telegram offers joke telling tips from Frank Rapp of Dearborn Mich a veteran of 35 years in the business He outlines audience awareness brevity timing and the use of props to land a punch line He stresses matching language to the audience and editing material for impact It ends with encouragement that if the joke is funny the audience will respond.
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Sihanouk resigns as Cambodia chief of state
Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as Cambodia's chief of state amid broadcasts from Bangkok. Deputy Prime Minister Khieu Samphan accepts the resignation, pledges a statue and an $8,000 annual pension. Analysts speculate on his future role as a roving ambassador or adviser to Democratic Cambodia.
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Thailand
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Public safety incidents mar Beirut truce
Pro-Syrian guerrillas seized a vital oil refinery and set up positions around Beirut to avert the truce collapse. The cease fire falters as 48 more die and 80 are wounded in the countryside and capital. Kamal Jumblatt accuses Syrian troops in disguise and warns against settlements that ignore Lebanon’s Christian minority dominance.
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Lebanon
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Antoura
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Zahrani
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Beirut love story of Leila and Samir amid civil war
Leila Kassab, a Christian, and her Moslem husband Samir Dabbous live in a Beirut apartment as fighting between Christians and Muslims devastates Lebanon. They hope their marriage proves love can transcend sectarian conflict in a war that has claimed 16,008 lives.
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Beirut
Samir Dabbous
Lebanon
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The 1965 Lalique plate boom attracts collectors
A 1965 Lalique Annual collectors plate rose from 25 dollars to 1 750 dollars, a 7000 percent gain in 11 years. The Bradford Exchange offers a free report on the booming market and how to invest before April 17 1976.
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