Word: cheer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they've got two cards of a hefty betting pool filled anyway. Head for the big N.F.L. pregame monster rally at the Convention Center. Then on to Pat O'Brien's, where they serve a drink called the Hurricane. Note the immediate lowering of atmospheric pressure. Try a cheer: "Go, Pittsburgh!" "Joe Billy, the Steelers are a lock...
Whatever the motive, Sotheby's decision brought cheer to the art community. "I welcome it," said Manhattan dealer Andre Emmerich, "because it will deflate the hyperinflationary atmosphere." Though the announcement may help restore buyer confidence that bids are not being manipulated, few dealers expect that prices will drop. "One way or another, the prices are going to go up," says Feigen. "But I'd rather it be natural than artificial...
...show it: TBS's audience in December was the highest in its history. The creation of TNT now seems like a marketing masterstroke. "They are like two brands put out by the same manufacturer," says Gerry Hogan, president of Turner Entertainment. "Like Procter & Gamble producing both Tide and Cheer...
...rape and beating of a jogger in Central Park. The story was horrible enough on its own. But it was made more poignant by the larger-than-life goodness of the heroine. "All anyone could remember about her," reported the New York Daily News, was her "grace, cheer and success." She was young, white, brilliant, a rapidly rising banker. And despite being overwhelmed by a "wolf pack," she put up a "terrific fight...
...have a theory as to why. It's 'cause nothing happened in the good ol' USA this holiday season. Sure, by invading Panama, our faithful president tried to stir up some yuletide cheer. But that just didn't cut the turkey. There was a revolution going on in Rumania! They were electing a playwright president in Czechoslovakia! They were dancing in the streets in East Germany! And it was boring as hell back home...