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Word: cheerful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Momentary cheer was afforded to Varsity rooters by the game performance of Walt Bullard, who stayed the Blue tide temporarily in the 220-yard free-style. The vet Freshman's first here in 2:16.0 set a new Yardling record with the five points. But the Bulldog clung right to the Crimson fetlock with second and third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blue Weekend Sees Three Varsities | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...delighted as usual both with his mother's pride & pleasure and her occasional sharpness of tongue. She was waiting expectantly to hear his radio speech from Mexico-once she had confided: "I'm not a giggly woman, but I can't help smiling when people cheer at the mention of Harry's name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: How Are You, Mamma? | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...knows "it would be easy to go to Hollywood and make a lot of money and buy an automobile and a suburban home. But for what? Anybody can be comfortable." (Not so averse to Broadway money, he danced in As Thousands Cheer and Keep off the Grass.) Says he: "I don't know what other way I'd want to spend my life. If I couldn't dance, I wouldn't want to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Something a Man Can Do | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

Murmurs of protest increased hourly as the distillery repeated the renowned six-da cheer, but substituted "crofts" for the crucial "Fight!" Driven desperate by repetition of the blurb, one brass artist began a substitute commercial featuring the theme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slogan War Looms as Band Members Attack Hucksters | 3/1/1947 | See Source »

...Purdue, the newly erected grandstands went down with 4,500 hands aboard when a swollen basketball crowd rose suddenly to cheer the home team's unexpected first half lead over favored Wisconsin...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 2/26/1947 | See Source »

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