Word: cheer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even in old age he looked impressive, with his 6-ft. 200-lb. frame and his graying hair dyed black. When he returned home last year in response to his countrymen's desperate summons, his appearance triggered a paroxysm of jubilation. Hundreds of thousands turned out to cheer him, but more than 100 were killed as rightist and leftist Peronistas ended up fighting each other. The violence was symbolic of Perón's last reign: he was too old and too ill to solve Argentina's festering problems...
...leaders. Spotting friendly crowds, the President, disregarding both his phlebitis and the usual dictates of protocol, decided to walk instead of ride the two long blocks to the Royal Palace and shake hands with the people who lined the way. A tourist couple from Georgia gave a word of cheer from home-"God bless you. We are for you"-and the President lingered to find out that they lived near the Okefenokee Swamp. "I know where it is," he told them, adding: "Dry it out." The royal band, which had expected the President to arrive by limousine, was nonplused when...
Michael Levin's Tybalt lacks sufficient fire until he gets to the duel with Romeo, which is fast, furious and fanatical. A cheer for Patrick Crean, who has coached every trace of timidity and amateurism out of all the fencers...
...Study Sex Discrimination in Kalamazoo Public Schools also found the proposals wanting but was "not surprised. Most institutions, including HEW and the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), are controlled by males." Kay Hutchcraft, program coordinator of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, offered a rare but cautious cheer for the new policy: it will mean "more participation for more women...
...When the train reached Alexandria, Nixon got a reception even more boisterous and friendly than the one he had experienced in Cairo. A million or more people crammed the sidewalks, perched on the sea walls and crowded the balconies of the sprawling, seedy old Mediterranean city to cheer as the President passed by on his ten-mile motorcade. Lines of policemen on motorcycles flanked the presidential limousine, and four Jeeps full of troops armed with automatic rifles followed the Secret Service car in the procession...