Word: cheered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Terry O'Quinn as the stepfather carries the burden of this suspense expertly, equally convincing in all his character's twisted levels of reality. His abrupt facial shifts from genial daddy to iron-jawed psycho are scary as hell--the expressions of contained violence, forced cheer, and wistful longing that flicker through this dude's eyes would shame many a Max Factor model. This guy really wants a happy family, and you see it in his face as he pitifully watches happy neighbors prancing around their lawns. Gotta love his end, it's just his means that send Oedipal chills...
Triumphantly, Skipper Dennis Conner finishes his three-year quest and brings home the America's Cup, brimming with Aussie good cheer...
...first game he missed was the opening game of the Beanpot. Over 14,000 people were on hand to watch and cheer as Harvard dropped a 5-4 overtime contest to Northeastern...
...played between the Georgetown Hoyas and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Even if you know what a hoya or a tarheel is, the only sensible strategy is to forget it. (For those overwhelmed by a need to know, hoya is short for Hoya saxa!, a garbled Greek and Latin cheer meaning "What rocks!," and tarheel originated during the Civil War as a disparaging term for folks from the Carolina pine forests.) Few knew what the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons were when a pro basketball team played under that name. (They were players owned by Fred Zollner, who also happened...
Best band and crowd cheer: A perennial favorite: "Hey RPI, you're just a bunch of MIT rejects...and MIT sucks!" Another: "Hey Schwalb, you're not a goalie, you're a Q-Tip!" isn't so funny anymore. The Yale netminder recorded 38 saves in Yale's triumph over Harvard Tuesday...