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Word: cheerful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Handsome Dan VIII takes the field, he will carry a long tradition of Eli mascot on his broad back. Yet even now, Eli cheer leaders are said to be predicting his early demise. It is said that he is developing a serious set of ulcers

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Handsome Dan Makes Debut In Today's Contest | 11/22/1952 | See Source »

Outside the courtroom, thousands of bright-eyed housewives stood waiting in a drizzle of rain. When the verdict was announced, they broke into an ear-splitting cheer. "Bravo, Yvonne! Bravo!" The drenching rain trickled down their husbands' coat collars, and the husbands of France shivered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Not Guilty | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

College Try. In Chapel Hill, N.C., after grimly watching his school's football team drop three games in a row, University of North Carolina Cheer Leader Harry Benton Thorp turned in his megaphone, reported to the coach as a team candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 17, 1952 | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

...haste and Joy over the fact that now I too would be on hand to cheer for the team, I hardly noticed the price that my acquaintance (he is no longer a friend) had me write on the cheek. Not until later did I fully realize that I had paid eight dollars per ticket...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT PRICE TICKETS? | 11/17/1952 | See Source »

...almost every Democratic rally, the master of ceremonies introduces the party nominees for Governor, U.S. Senator, Lieutenant Governor, State Auditor, Secretary of State, and any other candidate who happens to be on the platform at the time. Each takes a bow, waves, and receives a perfunctory cheer for his efforts. This, at least, is the case until the speaker introduces the Commonwealth's Attorney General, Francis E. Kelly. And then come the boos and hisses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For Attorney General: Fingold | 10/27/1952 | See Source »

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