Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hospital tour to cheer bedridden G.I.s, Cinemactress Rita Hayworth arrived at the Army's Madigan General Hospital, near Tacoma, where one orthopedic patient in a traction harness demanded a pair of socks to cover his naked feet before the noted visitor arrived. At the Bremerton Naval Hospital, a sailor achieved fame of sorts in his ward when he saw Rita and asked: "Who's that babe...
Bannerline (MGM) is a limp little melodrama about a brash cub reporter (Keefe Brasselle) who, to cheer up the dying days of an idealistic teacher (Lionel Barrymore), bestirs a town to clean up its gangster-ridden government. Cast inevitably as a crotchety but lovable tyrant, Actor Barrymore gets a chance to play a deathbed scene which, running intermittently through the whole picture, must be the longest on record...
...pass, Johnny Mize walked and Outfielder Hank Bauer punched out a long triple that put the Yankees ahead, 4-1. In his final turn at bat,† Joe blasted another double, then was out trying to take third on a bunt. It was a sloppy play and nothing to cheer about, but as DiMaggio jogged from the field, the crowd, sensing that they might be seeing Joe in action for the last time, rose to its feet and gave him a rousing ovation...
...Three cheers (without cheer-leaders) for Mr. Sayre's proposal to do away with Harvard football and put soccer in its place...
...Give McLeod cheer for en-Dorrance," the dapper Disciple admitted, "but Sebald facts are that the Fratt boys from Cayuga's Walters are plenty Duff...