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Word: cheerful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last fortnight 66,000 Britons went to Wembley Stadium in suburban London to see England play Scotland at Rugger. The crowd gave a great cheer at the entrance of the Russian military mission to Britain. Also present was King Peter of Yugoslavia, now an Oxford student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Lift Not Working | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

...Cheer up. The walls have cars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 1/30/1942 | See Source »

...Christmas Eve they had a party in the hotel auditorium for the 15 little Nazi children in the party. (Some of the children were born in the U.S., are technically U.S. citizens.) It was a subdued affair, burdened with heavy Teutonic cheer. Kris Kringle appeared, and distributed gifts. They sang Christmas carols in solemn, piping voices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. At War, ENEMY ALIENS: Christmas at The White | 1/5/1942 | See Source »

...Texas, where poinsettias splashed bright red cheer over gardens, city streets would be hung with colored lights shining like strands of beads against the darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLIDAYS: Christmas: 1941 | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

...Naval Academy and its guests broke into a thunderous cheer- an unprecedented demonstration in honor of Ensign Kidd and his father, a rear admiral who commanded a division of the Pacific Fleet, was killed at Pearl Harbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: June in December | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

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