Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson matmen may have to wait for Santa Claus to come before they can have something to cheer about this year...
This childish and witless retort was inspired last weekend by an equally tasteless cheer ("Harvard sucks"), and while both cheer probably contain some measure of truth, the explicit elitism makes the Crimson response far more offensive. In that self-satisfying chant, students and alumni--the most enthusiastic of whom were doubtless drawn from waiting lists--showed what is worst about Harvard...
...cheer seemed immature when introduced at the Cornell game this fall, and by halftime of the Yale game, it was best described by another cheer used by both sides: boring...
...kill, Ali ended the fight with a sharp left and a powerful right to the head that dropped Foreman to the floor for the first and last knockdown of the fight. Moments later, Foreman was counted out and Ali's handlers and fans stormed the ring to cheer the new champion. Foreman later claimed it was a quick count, but a review of the video tape showed that Referee Zack Clayton had reached 10 before Foreman was on his feet...
...work most of the year. When a job is finished, they look for more work, wait in line. When a building's almost done, and construction is light in the area, they start to say to each other, "Tuck your money in the bank, boys," and try to cheer each other up by saying, "Hey, what of it? I was lookin' for a job when I found this one, right...