Word: cheerful
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This week's "Cheer of the Week" has been brought to us by David Halberstam '55. In regard to his participation in a forum at the Kennedy School on the changing American presidency last week, Halberstam commented. "It's an honor to be seated with the professors (J.K. Galbraith and Richard Neustadt) who gave me C's when I was an undergraduate...
...keeping with the mad-tea-party spirit, the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy plays Alice with a kind of Jabberwocky joy. But it is Hendricks, in the bravura role that she premiered, who stirs audiences to stand up and cheer at every performance. She has a pure but commanding voice that readily conquers Del Tredici's difficult but dazzling octave jumps, enormous range and unbelievable strings of high notes. Alice lovers can look forward to a planned recording of Final Alice with Hendricks - and, despite the title, to at least one more Alice from Del Tredici...
...hard to decide the lucky recipient of this week's "Cheer of the Week," that I chose a winner and two honorable mentions. The honorable mentions were, of course, satires on those Colgate toothpaste commercials. More printable was this week's winner, "Rip an arm off. Rip a leg off. We love football...
Well, look who gave asylum to the Nicaraguan guerrillas: the new owners of the Panama Canal. Yes, the people of Nicaragua cheer the guerrillas, but that is only because the devil they have is the only problem they...
...transistor radios straining to hear the outcome of the ever-more-important ball games in New York. New York went on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 behind Ron Guidry's 24th win, and not surprisingly, the tight defensive play of the Red Sox didn't cheer anyone up. They are still second best. And there are three games left in the season...