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Realtors and tour-group operators had less cause for cheer. Rental Agent Donald Roberts heard the news on his radio and thought, "Oh no, there goes everything." The owner of an Olympic accommodations service, Roberts had recently received reservations for a tour group of 1,200 from Yugoslavia and for 22 members of the Hungarian track-and-field team. Neither group had supplied a deposit, a condition normally required by listing agents and the many private home owners in Los Angeles who put their houses up for rent during the Games. Prospective landlords, however, cannot be quite as demanding...
Washington, which often seems to substitute a box score for a mind, has trouble realizing that much weight is also given in the presidency to optimism good cheer, obvious enjoyment of the job,grace,personal kindness,decisiveness,boldness,individuality and other rather misty elements. They add up to leadership, which is always imperfect but nevertheless creates a national momentum and vitality...
...song on Broadway is an anthem of optimism, for those happy to leave the past behind. "Now." The word pulsates, over and over, to the rhythm of Marvin Hamlisch 's brassy tune. From MacLaine it reverberates to the back of the theater as a boast, a cheer and, in her mind, a Zen-like prayer to live by: let the bygone be bygone, savor the present, and allow the future to take care of itself...
...factory scenes lack excitement or a spirit, despite the fact that the airplanes created there played a major role in the war. When Eisenhower's announcement of the invasion of Normandy is broadcast to the factory workers, there is only a weak, forced sense of enthusiasm. The workers simply cheer for several seconds, then resume drilling metal with unconvincing looks of fervor...
...definitely felt worse this race than [after] any I'd ever done before," Henderson said, adding. "The biggest thrill came when I turned and waved to the crowd outside of the Harvard Club on Commonwealth Ave I got a huge cheer...