Word: cheer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Salute and a Cheer...
...enough is enough. You yourselves were among the first to speculate that praise may ruin Dick Cavett. Why contribute to some rah-rah press campaign that just may cheer Dick off the air? You have brought him to the apex; is it downhill from here...
...danced with Julie Eisenhower and with Pat, who in a rare moment of public affection kissed him warmly on the cheek. He also danced with Lynda Robb until her husband cut in. When Eddie's father, Howard Cox, drew Mamie Eisenhower onto the floor for a dance, a cheer erupted from the crowd, as it had for the President's first step. Then Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cox, still dressed in their full wedding costumes, left in a limousine from the North Portico for their honeymoon. The band played Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye...
...stickers (SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU), posters, buttons (THE MESSIAH is THE MESSAGE) and, inevitably, a Jesus-People wristwatch. Some followers are affecting a Christ couture: white pants and tunics, Mexican-peasant style. There are de rigueur catch phrases: endless "Praise Gods" and "Bless Yous." There is even a "Jesus cheer"?"Give me a J, give me an E . . ." Rapidly catching on is the Jesus-People "sign," a raised arm with clenched fist, the index finger pointed heavenward, to indicate Jesus as the "one way" to salvation. "If it is a fad," says Evangelist Billy Graham, "I welcome...
...Chicago's Grant Park bandshell, Street Evangelist Arthur Blessitt last month warmed up a crowd of nearly 1,000 with a lusty Jesus cheer, then led them off on a parade through the Loop, gathering people as they went. "Chicago police, we love you!" they shouted to cops along the route. "Jesus loves you!" Blessitt also passed a box through the crowd, asking for a special contribution: drugs. The box came back filled with marijuana, pills and LSD; it was turned over to the flabbergasted cops. This month, Blessitt is really testing Jesus' power. He is in New York City...