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Word: cheered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these last days before the Christmas holidays find you broke, frantically tearing around in search of gifts to bring home or, even worse, desperately scouring bulletin boards for cheap rides to Des Moines, cheer up. You're in exactly the same position as a century of Harvard predecessors. But enterprising Harvard Square tradesmen have always been willing to ease the students' plight with their cornucopia of wares--all in hope of augmenting their own Christmas bounties. Here's a sampling of vintage ads--the best of their years--from holiday seasons past...

Author: By Mary Humes and Rebecca J. Joseph, S | Title: Raccoon Coats to Atari Games: A Century's Worth of Shopping | 12/16/1982 | See Source »

...these bleak economic times, it seems good common sense--and seasonal cheer--to allocate such monies for a scholarship fund which is badly in need of replenishing. The students of Massachusetts ought to raise high their returnable beer bottles to Atkins and his colleagues who supported the amendment, and hope that Governor King will join in the toast...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Educating Drinkers | 12/9/1982 | See Source »

This paradise of Christmas cheer started about 12 years ago in one room of the old house on the property of the Highlands tree nursery. "We used to just sell ribbons and candles, just little things to go with the trees," Jean Lock, who runs the shop and nursery with her husband says. Soon the operation spread into seven full rooms of the house. "With a staple gun and a can of gold spray paint, you can really make the inside sparkle," says Lock, describing the shop's current decor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Just Little Things to Go With the Trees' | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...loaf, for example, garnered high critical honors for his moving rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Neil Young's version of "Silent Night"--complete with a gut-wrenching, distorted guitar solo--also hit the mark, proving that this hard-bitten rocker has a little bit of holiday cheer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Roll Over Jingle Bells | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

...going for a concentrated barrage of holiday cheer, featuring a night of prime time this Saturday devoted entirely to seasonal specials. Beginning with two animated shows. "The Swiss Christmas Special," and the "Chipmunks' Christmas Special." NBC's evening-long ex travaganza also includes...

Author: By Gilbert Fuchsberg, | Title: Rudolph, E. T., and Johnny Cash | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

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