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“What’s the alternative?” the ad asks, “lightening up and being fun?”

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Mockery gives us a way to express our sorrow at what is happening to the American value of peaceful coexistence, while lightening the mood.

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The "silliness" of the formulation was "lightening the subject matter of this trial," he told Judge Cannon.

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Girls and women with darker skin tones are called derogatory names and face discrimination; and skin lightening products make for big business, earning billions of dollars in profits.

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The cause of the blaze remains unknown, though lightening has been ruled out.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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