Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Control man pushes button and 20th takes first right turn, missing Old 19th by inches. Crowd breathes sigh of relief. Gamins boo, suddenly spot me. I duck behind peppermint striped door. Shapely young thing almost dressed in red asks me sweetly if I want to see Santa Claus. Gamins cheer from doorway. Little girl cries. I smile weakly...
...unaccountably silent. The Saturday before, up in Nick's home territory, Villanova had taken a 20-13 defeat from Boston College. This time, the iron man himself had not snapped back. Moody and morose, he sat staring straight ahead in the plane, deaf to all efforts to cheer...
...cheer dint of his own personality and wit, Father Feeney has won support and attention with sentiments that have been laughed at when voiced by others. He is training his students, he claims, to carry his doctrine "to every common and public square in greater Boston...
...assignments consisted of writing case reports on hypothetical business firms. The haggard six hundred rushed through the day comparing notes, writing, but had to save a little energy for the final sprint to Morris Hall. Second-year men queued up to cheer the panting runners at the last 40 yards...
...figures of his heroes, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto. For the papers and people of Britain, a picture of the party also provided a reassuring view of King George VI, the first one since his recent lung operation. It was, said the Daily Mirror, "a picture that will cheer the heart of the nation...