Gamely Mitchell put on the coat, three sizes too small, and tried to make a joke of it.

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The biggest of the bunch, and I genuinely don't mean to make a joke by saying that, is the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0.

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I'm going to make a joke.

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"The idea was never to stifle free speech or deny a young guy his right to make a bad joke, but to hold the world's largest purveyor of sports entertainment and journalism to some kind of standard, " she told CNN.

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If you have a laidback, informal brand voice, like Warby Parker, you might be able to effectively make a joke about it.

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He raises his eyebrow at me and tries to make a final joke.

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Yes, the lyrics of The Beatles' When I'm 64 almost make for a half-decent joke to the opening line of an article, shame that Paul McCartney is 63 and Ringo Starr , 65.

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Even the commentariat and editorialists believe they need to take the news seriously: Who will buy their papers and magazines if they make a joke of it?

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We like to joke around and say that to raise a family in Manhattan you have to make at least a million dollars a year.

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Another told him it was much more fun to be with him than with Hong Kong's bristle-topped Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa - prompting Ma to joke that he hoped Tung wouldn't make it difficult for him to get a visa next time he returned.

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Have no doubt that Castro's totalitarian regime makes a joke of the notion that this Cuba-based family is in a position to make a free decision.

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