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Word: cheered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...incident typified the rousing reception accorded the Pope during the first phase of his twelve-day Latin American tour. The exchange, however, underscored a more important matter: John Paul was not just a barnstorming superstar generating good cheer, but a taskmaster issuing challenge upon challenge. When chants broke out in the stadium proclaiming the Pope to be Venezuela's friend, he ad-libbed, "Yes, I am your friend. Yes, I am a demanding friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Si to a Demanding Friend | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...about those who attend Harvard. First, it shows that those at Harvard are a little behind the times in terms of their knowledge about the country's leading technological universities. Second, it shows that for some reason Harvard fans don't think enough of their own hockey team to cheer for them, but instead that they settle for cheering against the opposing team, the team's school, and the school's students. And third, as I wrote in a letter to Derek Bok, it appears that Harvard students have some funny ideas about the superiority of a Harvard degree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Etiquette | 2/5/1985 | See Source »

...uncanny," says Shearson Lehman's Furniss. That rule of thumb has been right in 16 of the past 18 years. So when the San Francisco 49ers of the original N.F.L. trounced the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX on Jan. 20, Wall Street knew it had something to cheer about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Super Bowl Rally | 2/4/1985 | See Source »

...began when one student drew a large clown to cheer up an exam-wary friend, one Briggs artist said, explaining, "Everyone started drawing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Briggs Residents' Zoo Mural Makes Cabot Officials Roar | 1/18/1985 | See Source »

Ralph: Be of good cheer, Wanda. Your doting husband understands and accepts your ideological commitment to grimness. But surely even a fearless feminist needn't be a sourpuss in the privacy of her own home. Now how about a nice industrial-strength smile? I can assure you that the Bureau of Feminist Rectitude will never hear about it from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Is Smiling Dangerous to Women? | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

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