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...whose wife (crucified next to him), says me too. Eric Idle has a few good bits as various incorrigibly sunny prisoners. "See," he tells Graham Chapman's Brian as their crosses are planted, "not so bad when you're up." Idle tops this with the immortal music-hall cheerer-upper, "The Bright Side of Life," which has since become a rally song for English footballers. Words to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesus Christ Movie Star | 2/29/2004 | See Source »

...Girl Friend." Columnist Ernie Pyle discovered the Stevensons a few weeks ago, when he marveled at 25 Red Cross clubs-with lodgings, game rooms, snack bars, movies-which Bill had managed to set up in North Africa. And he wrote of Bumpy: "She is a sort of roving delegate, cheerer-upper, smoother-over and finder-outer for the whole Red Cross of Africa and half the Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill & Bumpy | 7/26/1943 | See Source »

...there must be even more than this submergence of personality in the common effort. Timing must be improved; many yells last Saturday were about as well-timed as a Chamberlain diplomatic move. Respect must be had for the sensibilities of a Harvard cheerer. It must be realized that he is most likely to become suddenly absorbed in the H.A.A. News if called upon to compete with the Army band. Once he was coerced into a cheer while his own band was playing. This was too much. Result was complete frustration for both leaders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHEERING BY THE CHARLES | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...Wild Bill") Donovan; Representative John John Quillin Tilson of Connecticut; George Akerson (secretary) ; also fishing rods, flies, the acceptance speech (for further reworking) and a batch of "crank" letters. The latter amuse the Nominee. One man begged a new set of false teeth, which reminded the Nominee of a cheerer at the Hoover reception last month in Evanston, Ill., who lost his "plate" at the height of the excitement and had to scramble for it in full view of all. To avoid ostentation and accidents, the vacation motorcade was strung out in pairs of cars or singly. The five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Advance Agent | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

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