Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Down Commodities. There was more cheer in commodity prices. The slip which had started two weeks ago turned into a slide...
There was nothing more to be said. After Mr. Thomas sang I Love You Truly with only one mistake (inserting "cheer" for "tear" in the second line, first stanza), somebody read a poem contributed by tireless California Author Kathleen Norris ("Where have you flown to, bird, in the dawning glory...
...only really remarkable thing about Toplitzky is the almost ferocious vim with which everyone performs; the chorus behaves as if it might tackle anyone in the audience who didn't cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame...
Grey little Jafar Pishevari, the Azerbaijan leader, waited for word of support from Moscow. It never came. Pishevari capitulated, and then fled across the Soviet border with a few followers. Thousands of Azerbaijani lined the roads and hurrahed Gavam's troops with a cheer never raised before on land or sea: "Long live the Security Council !" The Tabriz radio now said: "Being desirous of . . . proving to the world that we want peace . . . we have decided to help the Government in its task. . . . Long live the sovereignty and independence of Persia...
...might have been dully preachy. Director Capra's inventiveness, humor and affection for human beings keep it glowing with life and excitement. Stewart's warm-hearted playing of what might have been a goody-goody role is a constant delight. And if Director Capra's Christmas-cheer ending is slightly hoked up to make it richer and happier than life, that is the way many a good fable...