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...beautiful day and a victory over Yale weren't enough, tri-captain Mel Embree gave the two dozen fans present at the stadium even more to cheer about, leaping 7 ft. 2 in. to qualify for upcoming Olympic trials...
...like the good old times. Before him, in the grand ballroom of Pittsburgh's Hilton Hotel, nearly 2,000 delegates to the annual Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convention exuberantly chanted: "We want Humphrey! We want Humphrey!" Four times during his speech he brought the crowd to its feet to cheer and applaud. The din even briefly drowned out his spirited attack on both the Ford Administration and on Democratic presidential candidates who have tried to make Washington an election issue. Said he: "The issue is not Washington, not Big Government, but the people in the Government. When...
...certain Chekhovian poignance into the humorous social observation. A tea party is being thrown for Colin (Richard Briers) out of sympathy. His fiancee of 14 months has just drowned. Colin's pal Diana (Pat Heywood) gets the group together, feeling that Colin's "friends" ought to cheer him up, even though none of them has seen him for three years. The tea is a witches' brew. When Colin arrives, it is clear that he is inconsolable, in the sense that grief is incomprehensible...
...Cheer up," the bearded man said. "Everyone makes mistakes...
What is it about this rather innocent contraption that can lead crowds to cheer its defeat or induce lightweight oarsman Bill Chapman to respond to its mere mention with a vehement "I hate fuckin' ergs...