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Word: cheerful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gibbons came in with something for the Bruins to cheer about, but it was all the more apparent that Hal Ulen had completely outmaneuvered Coach Leo Barry of the visitors. In Gibbons, Barry has a man capable of trimming Soltysiak in the butterfly event. In Schaper he had a man who could have won the medley, swimming the free-style leg in place of Porritt. Better Barry strategy would have used these men up before the relay...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: Ulenmen Make Short Work of Bruin Mermen, Winning 42-33 | 1/19/1940 | See Source »

Most impressive reader is the last, for sixth-graders. The story most likely to make readers cheer is one about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Democracy Readers | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

Last week, singing Sieglinde opposite such champions as Kirsten Flagstad, Kerstin Thorborg and Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel made her official Metropolitan debut. Manhattan's debutasters trooped in droves to hear her, stayed to cheer, for they heard one of the finest heavyweight Wagnerian soprano voices to turn up at the Metropolitan since Kirsten Flagstad's debut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Debutantes | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

...West Pointers were rangy and deceptively smooth, showing Wes Fesler's men some really aggressive defensive tactics and uncanny marksmanship. A full house had opportunities to cheer for about five minutes as the young Crimson five battled the Army on even terms...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: CADET FIVE SCUTTLES CRIMSON SQUAD, 45-34 | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

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