His steadiness is a stand-in for the show's steadiness — the camera angles are so flat, so clinical.
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Clinton, taking the stage first, said that "steadiness, an absolute rock steadiness" was the most important quality in a commander in chief, in response to a question from Mr. Lauer.
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That combination of steadiness and, uh, steadiness might not win Cy Young Awards, but it's also not nothing, and it may be considerably more valuable than whatever the Braves could turn Teheran into.
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Our allies also depend on our predictability and reassuring steadiness.
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But steadiness isn't a word we use to describe contemporary American life.
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His opposite sign is Capricorn, and this sign's steadiness could attract him.
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Who would they choose to return America to stability, steadiness, and calm?
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It gives me a pathway back to steadiness that's just immeasurably helpful.
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The steadiness of the video, focused on her dying brother, pained her.
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But there are hints of boldness mixed with the company's traditional steadiness.
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Think twice before dumping your volatile stock holdings for the steadiness of cash.
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That gives them a steadiness many of the other houses just can't match.
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Self-publishing a book through great personal expense requires a steadiness of conviction.
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In a volatile field, his support has always been characterized by its steadiness.
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To reinforce the President and Administration's strength and steadiness in dealing with difficult challenges.
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What this market lacks in vim, however, it has made up for in steadiness.
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There is a soothing steadiness to be found in his explanations of his trade.
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Long track tends to attract taller athletes who race a clock with metronomic steadiness.
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Instead, the convention focused on Clinton's personal qualities: her steadiness, her knowledge, her experience.
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He was a thoughtful man, generous with his time, remarkable in his steadiness and dependability.
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An absolutely rock steadiness" mixed with "strength to be able to make the hard decisions.
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By the same token, Hamilton recognized how much he benefited from Washington's strength and steadiness.
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This is not a man with the temperament, the steadiness, the discipline to be president.
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Increasingly, her steadiness becomes the very foundation for the narrative, which serves its meaning beautifully.
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But Johansson's combination of emotional steadiness and personal uncertainty is the core of this movie.
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Nestlé is the sort of "quality" stock that is increasingly prized in Europe for its steadiness.
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This is not a man with the temperament, the steadiness, or the discipline to be president.
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The steadiness of the S&P 500 shows that actual, or realised, volatility has been low.
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Yes, such unusual steadiness can't last forever, and we're overdue for a pullback of some consequence.
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She can veer to the left, tack to the center, go for sizzle, settle for steadiness.
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Wall Street's steadiness last week in response to several tidy excuses for skittishness raises this question.
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Stocks have risen for so long and with such steadiness that Wall Street is becoming nervous.
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That sense of steadiness and dependability has begun to unravel during President Donald Trump's time in office.
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The relative steadiness of our polling numbers, especially when compared with some swingier examples, is by design.
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In dealing with the world's most dangerous regime, there is no substitute for steadiness, consistency and clarity.
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X-Men doesn't have that steadiness, which is why we get sloppy, borderline unwatchable messes like Apocalypse.
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This steadiness means it is more stable and less inclined to chase after the most recent poll.
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Clinton probably will cut into the usual Republican advantage with these voters, who value steadiness and experience.
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There's a depth of understanding that, for Earth signs, is built on a steadiness and a practicality.
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Their steadiness in the face of challenges allows those they lead to react in a similar way.
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The lack of movement fits with the steadiness of Americans overall in the percentage who own guns.
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Not only does it take steadiness and hand-eye coordination, players need to be able to drink, too.
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Laura Kelly, whose campaign emphasized public schools, Medicaid expansion and infrastructure, does her job with the same steadiness.
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It's something more elusive she's after, what she and her fellow temps call "the steadiness" — a permanent job.
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The DiSC model, which has been used by The Times, diagnoses a person's dominance, influence, steadiness and conscientiousness.
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Now, the current steadiness of Biden and Sanders isn't guaranteed to hold just because it has so far.
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THE STEADINESS AND THE STRENGTH OF THE DOLLAR IS A FUNCTION OF A COMING INVESTMENT HERE, ALL RIGHT?
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That steadiness may be thanks to how Fox News bears many of the hallmarks of 20103s TV storytelling.
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If Trump needs to show some kind of steadiness, she has to use these debates to show more emotion.
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That largely removes him from partisan combat amid a raucous, often circuslike campaign that underscores his steadiness and calm.
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But the vice president's perceived steadiness is likely to be an asset both inside the White House and beyond.
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Only training and long experience lead to the steadiness required to kill a terrorist armed with an assault weapon.
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I appreciate his steadiness, and he appreciates how emotional I am, how I'm rarely balanced or collected at all.
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But lacking the necessary steadiness of hand and eye for detail for commercial art, she was directed toward painting.
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I believe she has the steadiness of character to withstand the rigors of a campaign against our current president.
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Much of the criticism centered on toughness and steadiness, two qualities that Mr. Trump has long bragged about having.
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Cash, with care and steadiness, has pulled from the wreckage of the past a lost moment of Southern progressivism.
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Was it Bill Taylor, the top American diplomat in Ukraine, with his old-school steadiness and Walter Cronkite voice?
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This lack of market volatility owes much to the steadiness of monetary policy since the depths of the financial crisis.
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They trust her to have the steadiness, the steeliness, and the demeanor to be the leader of the free world.
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And those pages lay flat for comfort and steadiness as you color thanks to the spiral binding of the book.
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They'll take Biden's big heart, sense of honor, and steadiness over Trump's and Sanders' gut-punching, blow-everything-up mentality.
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During spring training and in his first two games as a Met, Walker has shown a steadiness at second base.
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Of her hand-eye coordination and natural steadiness around needles and blood, she says, ''That's in you or it's not.
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But Obama's average on this score is fairly dismal, and all Trump needs is steadiness to outdo the Obama average.
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But he needs to convince swing voters that he's capable of serving as commander-in-chief, which requires steadiness and calm.
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Any Democratic presidential candidate espousing such an approach will demonstrate a seriousness and steadiness of purpose that Trump manifestly has not.
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But Martin said the United States "could use some certainty in policy and a little bit more steadiness at the helm."
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For almost 20 years, García's caddie was Glen Murray, who provided the temperamental García with a ballast of stability and steadiness.
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What I hope is that my voice, at least — its steadiness, its continuous, faithful tracing of the words — conjures something meaningful.
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She'll frame herself as a natural leader with the "steadiness" Americans can count on and frame Trump as erratic and reckless.
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Guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase brought a steadiness to their flippant, 70s punk revivalist attitude that complimented Karen O's carnality.
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"This is another reminder we must elect a president who can confront the threats we face with steadiness and strength," she said.
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Many voters who diverge on party alignment agree broadly on threshold qualities they want in a president: steadiness, judgment, maturity, understanding, honesty.
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Gaining some steadiness, he worked for a few months in the late '80s, at the Tower Records on Fourth Street and Broadway.
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Just about every component clicked together to create a brilliant, terrifying whole, hinting at the horrors to come with an admirable steadiness.
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He is not much on self-promotion, with no social media platforms and no desire to highlight the value of his steadiness.
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As she talked about steadiness, strength, and the ability to make difficult decisions, he interrupted her: "You're talking about judgment," he said.
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"Oedipe" offered a hushed chorus and then a canny duet in which Oedipus' rage meets Antigone's steadiness, a mixture of vigor and calm.
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"For the time being, it just hits the pause button and provides steadiness to the housing market," Montgomery said in a phone interview.
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"In the United States, fundamentally, economically speaking, indicators have shown consistency and steadiness," said Juan Perez, currency strategist at Tempus Inc in Washington.
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Even though the media have been more hostile to Trump than perhaps any president in recent history, most advisers would recommend patience and steadiness.
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For the two most unpopular major party nominees of all time, it's a race to define the other as lacking the steadiness to lead.
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Clinton and her allies hope that voters will reflect on the vote in Britain and opt for the steadiness and predictability that she promises.
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He maintained the opening march's solemn steadiness, which never sank into ponderousness and occasionally shocked with whooping brasses that flared and receded like fireworks.
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Jeb has dealt with crises as the governor of Florida, and he did so with steadiness, and a calmness necessary in a good leader.
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" The board also opined Friday that Clinton has a "steadiness, seriousness and a commanding grasp of issues about which the blowhard businessman is dangerously ignorant.
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The figure has hovered around 42 percent for much of the last 10 months, an unusual steadiness that some pollsters have attributed to increased polarization.
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As for accuracy of the measurements, I would say that depends on the steadiness of your hand and if you can properly align the laser.
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He has returned to abstraction in recent years because of a medical ailment that prevents his hand from maintaining the steadiness required for fine detail.
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"Jeb has dealt with crises as the governor of Florida, and he did so with steadiness and a calmness in a good leader," he said.
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You have a steadiness about you that I really admire, and I think you've done a nice job of cultivating your life as an adult.
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Younger players, like midfielders João Mário and Renato Sanches, have shown poise and promise, while veterans, like Nani and Pepe, have offered balance and steadiness.
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A Politico/Morning Consult poll found a similar steadiness among the Republican base, with just 13 percent of Republicans saying the party shouldn't support Trump.
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After a week in which the markets gyrated and presidential tweets caused trade tensions to flare, the labor market's steadiness offered a dose of calm.
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Where does someone who is neither a president seeking re-election, a central banker seeking steadiness nor a stone-cold pessimist conclude that things stand?
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And while Drouet believes steadiness will always be the foundation of Wang's game, he has pressed her to be less passive compared with last season.
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This election is too vital for us to lose ... because voters refuse to take a gamble on national security and the steadiness of our leadership.
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Its latest radio spot, released Wednesday, features former President George W. Bush praising his brother's "resolve, steadiness and calmness" during his tenure as Florida's governor.
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Nora tells the story with patient steadiness, her eyes only darting to Kevin's face a couple times to see if he's actually trying to understand.
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Klobuchar's campaign is built around the idea of steadiness and grit, and to date, she has displayed both as she hangs just off the main pack.
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If TOC is shuttered, she will lose her job, her community, and all the steadiness and satisfaction she has found since she's begun to work here.
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But what about paying bloated prices for an entire class of stocks whose main virtue is a reputation for steadiness and a trickle of cash income?
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Though she still plans to leave the EU, her steadiness is reassuring for U.S. officials watching economic indicators and hoping for seamlessness on national security matters.
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We have a chief executive who can't assemble an administration, get legislation through Congress or the steadiness we expect from the leader of the free world.
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However, the overall steadiness does not reflect increases in the ratio from Japan, France and Australia, while debt ratios fell in Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal.
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But he added that Clinton's greater experience and perceived steadiness might serve her well against the impetuous Trump, who has never run for elected office before.
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But the surveys are a mixed bag for Sanders, and his relative steadiness has been overshadowed by Warren's ascent to frontrunner status and South Bend, Ind.
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His steadiness has always been a solace to me, but in the face of rejection — romantic, professional or otherwise — sometimes all he could do was listen.
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McCarthy tried to bring steadiness to the once-hot payments company that raised $30 million, but things didn't go well and Clinkle became a Silicon Valley punchline.
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While this type of steadiness may be healthy for the company, it would probably be met by a public share sell-off once the company goes public.
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We recall their raucous early days, their extravagant unhappiness, but after reading these letters what strikes you is their steadiness, a shocking word to apply to them.
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That steadiness was on full display this week, after Trump overruled his top economic advisers and threatened to impose tariffs on every single good coming in from Mexico.
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It could also undermine the core argument of her campaign, which is that she — not Trump — possesses the steadiness and good judgment needed to be commander-in-chief.
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Commentators and critics said Mr. Pence successfully played defense for 90 minutes, dodging, denying and ultimately appearing more stately as he handled an unenviable challenge with remarkable steadiness.
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It's a promise to get restore steadiness and maybe a degree of normalcy to American foreign policy — this time with a billionaire businessman who prefers pragmatism and plans.
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The stability of tested alliances, the steadiness of comportment, and the consistency of words and deeds sum up the best of water's-edge postwar American consensus on foreign policy.
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There can be something pitiless about Mr. Shults's gaze, but the steadiness of his look is that of the artist who refuses to sell the truth out for sentimentalism.
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Gettleman praised Shurmur's steadiness after the team's abysmal start, and he was pleased with the effort the team gave down the stretch, especially after being eliminated from playoff contention.
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Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster, said that given the steadiness of Mr. Trump's approval rating throughout his term in office, it seems unlikely to drop significantly during the inquiry.
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In a phone interview on Tuesday, Aleksandra Sandstrom, the report's author, said that the steadiness of Congress's religious composition was striking given the broader change in the country's population.
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Both campaigns believe that plays to their strengths, with Clinton touting her steadiness and experience and Trump his strength on immigration and unwavering commitment to facing uncomfortable truths about Islam.
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Instead, lawmakers and much of Washington will spend the next few days remembering Bush, who was known for his character, steadiness and ability to cut deals with the other side.
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She emits a number of trills (long lines of rolling Rs with full voice, now inwardly delivered, at high pressure) and single notes sustained with the steadiness of electronic signals.
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True, they don't have a horse's raw speed, but when it comes to steadiness, stamina and heroic resistance to heat, cold and thirst, you can't do better than a burro.
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Can looked back to psychedelia and forward to punk primitivism and the steadiness of dance music; it also picked up elements of world music while maintaining a certain Germanic rigor.
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At Chinese business Lenovo, the company has relied on the steadiness of its computers to appeal to CIOs (chief information officers), but their employees don't always have the same attitude.
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She appeared to regain steadiness as she left the ceremony at the presidential palace for Justice Minister Katarina Barley, who is leaving to become a lawmaker in the European Parliament.
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Where Google asks for three or four seconds of steadiness to get a good exposure in the dark, Huawei's new camera produces vastly better images in a fraction of a second.
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Watching the vice presidential debate, quite a few Republicans surely wished they inhabited the alternate universe in which Pence, an experienced politician with apparent steadiness and self-discipline, was their nominee.
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ABOUT MARYLAND (26-29): Trimble provided the steadiness the Terrapins needed in the opener, hitting several big shots in the final minutes as Maryland avoided what would have been a shocking loss.
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"His brain is melting away, as this happens Reed has lost the ability to walk, has lost steadiness in his hands, and some speech delays," his family wrote on a GoFundMe page.
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Bearded, wearing a Henley and a flannel shirt when I met him, he exudes steadiness and chill, which is a good quality to have when you read Joker reviews for a living.
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Despite that steadiness in the food insecurity rate, local families are struggling financially as the cost of living has risen, said Catherine D'Amato, president and chief executive of the Greater Boston Food Bank.
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Federer's serve and return were forceful against Zverev, but his normally nimble lateral movement was more tentative, causing more errors in his groundstrokes as he struggled to match Zverev's steadiness from the baseline.
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But since income, steadiness, and diversification are as important as ever, Chief Global Strategist David Kelly said experts and investors would have to look at the problem carefully and find the right approach.
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Perhaps most profoundly, some analysts said, as the administration issues conflicting and changing statements, trust in the steadiness of US policies and the authority of its most senior officials has been further eroded.
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More than ever voters seem to crave that, and many see it in Trump — in the steadiness that Myers mentioned, in the way he confronts cultural headwinds, in his sustained advocacy for Kavanaugh.
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The officials write that Buttigieg's "intelligence, steadiness, demeanor and understanding of the forces now shaping the world resonate profoundly with us," according to a copy of the letter shared by the Buttigieg campaign.
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His range, steadiness and turnover-hoarding aptitude at free safety have powered the Steelers' resurgence to such an extent that their fans might very well consider petitioning to rename the city after him.
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And I think, Marco, the most important thing is a common message of steadiness, of reassurance around the world that we're going to pull together [as] one or not just compete with each other.
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When asked what quality was most important to foreign policy leadership, Clinton replied that it was steadiness married to strength -- a compact response that seemed sensible and appropriate, particularly when compared to what Trump said.
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But the noise of those capital letters and his loud identification as "A BOOTLEGGER AND ROUGHNECK" could be found in the bold snare cracks and reverb swishes of the record, swirling around his lonesome steadiness.
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Under bizarre conditions, even Djokovic's renowned steadiness was challenged before he escaped a budding marathon with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory that was more taxing than the score would indicate.
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Clinton over Mr. Trump — his lack of political experience versus her established political career, his outbursts and insults versus her steadiness — and some are perhaps more repudiations of Mr. Trump than glowing endorsements of Mrs.
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In fiercely partisan and ideological budget debates during the 21970s, he was lauded for his steadiness and credibility in helping to draw the opposing sides together to reach budget agreements and enact them into law.
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Still, though the plot feels overwrought by the end, for most of the film the steadiness is comforting — like this is a movie you should be watching under a blanket while the snow falls outside.
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Back in LA, the San Francisco native's base for the past eight years, the tranquility and steadiness he sought post-tour continued to elude him; he was finally home, but its meaning had changed on him.
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Yet thanks to her hard work and Trump's fecklessness, Clinton ended up displaying all the traits that men are traditionally supposed to have for the presidency—the steadiness, the unflappability, the steeliness under pressure and assault.
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The utility sector, sometimes seen as an alternative to bonds because of the relative steadiness of their business, was the worst performer as investors braced for a rate hike by the Federal Reserve later on Wednesday.
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It all raises the possibility that if things do get worse, the United States government will be an agent of chaos rather than the source of steadiness and calm it is normally known for during crises.
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The steadiness of the American political system is what has kept the dollar the world's reserve currency throughout the post World War II era and kept the U.S. the most consistent safe haven for global investment.
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The steadiness of those overall numbers between last spring and now masks partisan shifts beneath the surface, as Americans seem less likely to anticipate terrorist attacks in the US when the president is from their preferred party.
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Both had struggled at first, Chris leaving work a few times, Jiayu hiding in the ladies' room and weeping for two days in a row, but they carried on with a steadiness that appeared stoic to the world.
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Hatton's equilibrium was most tested after a double bogey on the 11th hole when the steadiness he had exhibited for most of the tournament seemed to vanish with one shot in the water and another over the green.
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" Using deliberately wavery pitch to suggest an analog past, the backdrop summons the spaciousness of spaghetti-Western soundtracks and the steadiness of Krautrock via Stereolab; the final section lets anticipation build behind a repeated, whisper-sung word: "Flash!
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The sooner it can roll out these products — and potentially leverage boosted customer loyalty from its current rate steadiness to cross-sell them to existing customers — the sooner it will be able to move toward long-term sustainability.
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No doubt the coronavirus scare has contributed to the Biden surge of the past week, as American voters in the Democratic party scanned the available choices for steadiness and experience – and other moderate candidates rallied around his flag.
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He had approval ratings for the single-payer plan on big whiteboards, and he had just been showing us the enormous spike in approval among the public for the national insurance plan and its steadiness over the years.
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That steadiness by the favorites represents an abrupt arrival of order to women's Grand Slam tennis: at Wimbledon last year, only one of the top eight reached the fourth round; at the United States Open, only three did.
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"I know how hard this job is and I know we need steadiness, as well as strength and smarts in it, and I have concluded that he is not qualified to be president of the United States," Clinton said.
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Influenced by such big band drummers as Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, Fontana was admired by Helm, Ringo Starr, Max Weinberg and many others for his power, speed and steadiness, which he honed during his time with the Hayride.
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"Jeb has dealt with crises as the governor of Florida, and he did so with steadiness, and a calmness necessary in a good leader," the former president says in the ad, which begins airing in South Carolina on Wednesday.
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Time stretched out, languishing in the sounds, mocking me with its unflinching steadiness, reminding me that this time and all time were in fact a vast force so far outside my control as to make my own existence laughable.
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While it restricted how much liquor people could buy (163 liters per month by 1948), the Bratt System also made social and binge drinking more joyous and wanton; a counterpoint to the sobriety and steadiness the new law enshrined.
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If Armstrong is merely a name to you, take a look at the real Neil: those broad unfazeable features, the undemanding steadiness of the gaze, and a mouth that is happy, if conditions are favorable, to curve into a smile.
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It seems that by some strange caprice, fate wished to give the husband pusillanimity, absurdity, the foolishness of one destined to serve, and to give his wife the spirit, courage and steadiness of purpose of a man born to rule.
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" A backbeat sets a deliberate pace, only to have the Brooklyn singer interrupt its steadiness, suspending the beat in the moments she recognizes her partner's increasing distance: "Now you take my hand and it's as cold as when you speak.
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"From the day he declared his candidacy 15 months ago through this week's first presidential debate, Trump has demonstrated repeatedly that he lacks the temperament, knowledge, steadiness and honesty that America needs from its presidents," the board wrote in the op-ed.
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" In a news conference on the tarmac of Westchester County Airport, the Democratic presidential nominee said she has been "part of the hard decision to take terrorists off the battlefield," and contrasted her steadiness to what she called Trump's "irresponsible, reckless rhetoric.
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On the practically Hitchcockian "Siberian Nights," a frantic, yet dreamy soundscape that captures the steadiness of the ever-moving train and the frigidity of Russian winters, he depicts a vivid, sexual story about Vladimir Putin:"He was on my mind," explains Hince.
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"I know how hard this job is, and I know that we need steadiness as well as strength and smarts in it, and I have concluded he is not qualified to be president of the United States," Clinton said in a CNN interview on Thursday.
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Instead of Theresa May's steadiness inspiring a return to fundamentals, you would have the spectacle — and it will be a spectacle — of the same Trump team that drop-kicked its policy shop and barely organized a national campaign trying to staff up an administration.
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As Mr. Trump pits his advisers against one another and sows doubt about America's future in Asia, Mr. Wang has emerged as one of Mr. Xi's most influential confidants, one who has brought a steadiness of vision and purpose to China's rivalry with the United States.
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"With all the twists and turns in the Trump administration and the national security establishment and intelligence community over the past two years, at least there has been stability in one way -- the DNI and his principal deputy have quietly remained an island of steadiness," Priess said.
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The steady slicing chords that back up the stern proclamation of a mandarin to the people of Peking regarding Turandot's bloody edict (that all her potential suitors must answer three riddles or pay with their lives) were dispatched with eerie steadiness at a compellingly reined-in tempo.
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But he also did something more important than that, too: In the first 30 minutes of the debate, Buttigieg showed a competency, steadiness and depth of knowledge coupled with personal experience that should help him pass the commander-in-chief test in the eyes of voters.
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At The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 3 Finale in Mexico City on Saturday, Sanchez took a unanimous decision over Marcin Held, a 24-year-old submission specialist and Bellator transplant making his UFC debut, by outworking him with better grappling, herky-jerky stand-up, and Energizer Bunny steadiness.
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Combined with the steadiness of J.A. Happ, who is 6-0 with a 3.483 E.R.A. since coming over from Toronto at the trade deadline, Boone now has three starters to choose from if his club's season, as expected, comes down to the wild-card game on Oct. 3.
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Mr. Mattis is widely seen as a force for steadiness within the Trump administration, and some Republicans who have expressed misgivings about the president's policies and his attitude toward national security matters have looked to his defense secretary as an island of reliability in a sea of unpredictability.
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Steadiness, backed by massive firepower, has been the American approach to the North Korean regime, which makes up for its weakness—the country is a wretchedly impoverished communist society of just 25m people—by being uninterested in the welfare of the general population and scornful of any international norms of behaviour.
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Clinton got the same question on Thursday afternoon and the Democratic nominee also named Merkel as one of her favorite world leaders, calling her "an extraordinary, strong leader during difficult times in Europe" and praising her "steadiness" on the Euro crisis and "bravery" in the face of the refugee crisis.
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Despite Ms. Warren's ascension to the primary's top tier, the steadiness of Mr. Biden's polling and the recent rise of Mr. Buttigieg in Iowa and New Hampshire — along with the dips in Ms. Warren's own polling — suggest not only the limits of her strategy but the limitations of the underlying worldview itself.
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But the book's real action centers on Willa and how, in lending Denise and especially Cheryl some of her steadiness and predictability, she reclaims something of her younger self: a bolder, messier person than the superficial one she'd become, the "cheery and polite and genteel" woman who ended up living near a golf course and wearing expensive clothes.
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But in cities already steeped in the mythology of managers — Whitey Herzog and Tony La Russa led the Cardinals to several World Series titles, and a bronze statue of Bobby Cox stands outside Atlanta's SunTrust Park — Shildt and Snitker almost appear out to prove that steadiness can be just as much a playoff recipe as anything else.
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But in that second-act finale — when Tannhäuser, back at court in Wartburg but disgraced once his venture to Venus' lair has been revealed, resolves to travel to Rome — Mr. Petrenko builds the scene with a steadiness and patience that shows the music's debt to the early 19th century and the grand finales of Rossini and Bellini.
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But the Cardinals (33-47) will have to rely on the steadiness Wainwright showed Monday — when he bounced back to retire pinch hitter Wilmer Flores on a groundout before giving way to Tyler Lyons, who snared Michael Conforto's liner for the final out of the inning — if they are to reach the playoffs for the seventh time in his career.
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"I feel grateful to our crew — many, many of whom have been with us since day one — and who are the people who bring a sense of steadiness and dependability, who are so warm and kind and always quick to say hello and smile at us every time we come to the set and who, even though you don't see them on TV, are in many ways the real and steady heartbeat that keeps this body of work alive and breathing while we, like flailing arms and legs, act like jacka—es and fools in attempt to make someone laugh," he said.
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