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Word: cheerful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Standing on a platform alongside the 13th century cathedral of Bourges, the towering, droop-shouldered figure called out the single word, "Algeria!" Then he paused and peered down at the hundreds gathered in the square before him. The crowd had come to cheer Charles de Gaulle's progress on his automobile pilgrimage to Orléans to celebrate the 530th anniversary of the liberation of that city from the English by Joan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Heady Scent | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

With hopes of Gerry Emmet's being able to pitch later this spring dwindling, a good performance by Cook this afternoon would give the team something to cheer about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine to Face Crusaders In Try for Seventh Win | 5/8/1959 | See Source »

...haunted his dressing room at the stadium, a front-row seat when he sang "Why not take all of me?" and his suite at his hotel. But bodyguards were always outside to intimidate rubbernecks. When Frankie flew into Sydney, some 1,000 fans turned out to cheer; when he left last week, there were nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD ABROAD: Solitude, Sweet Solitude | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

During the first period, the underdog Crusader team gave its supporters plenty to cheer about. While their defense was able to stop the varsity each time it brought the ball into Holy Cross territory, their attacks managed to score twice against Crimson goalies Chris Stone and Nat Howe...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: Lacrosse Team Wins, 8-6 | 4/16/1959 | See Source »

...head west, find Jesse James and keep him alive at all costs. "B-b-but." Hope stammers, "I'm liable to get killed." To which the boss bellows a retort that is just as funny now as it was when Aristophanes was scratching the wax: "Stop trying to cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures: The New Pictures | 4/13/1959 | See Source »

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