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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They call him Dr. Happiness. He is in charge of giving Richard Nixon a fortnightly fix of cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Richard Nixon's Morale Booster | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

...practiced aplomb, Harold Wilson last week took charge of Britain as if he had been swept into power by a landslide. Shortly before 8:30 last Monday night, a black Rover drew up in front of No. 10 Downing Street; the crowd that had gathered outside gave an approving cheer. Pausing on the doorstep, the new Prime Minister impatiently waved aside the applause. "We have a job to do," he said in his flat Yorkshire accent. "We can only do it as one people, and I am going right in to start that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Wilson's First Hundred Hours | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

...fact that the Crimson did not score) was the reaction they brought from a walrus-like B.U. fan with a waxed mustache seated directly behind me. Bringing the bedroom to the Garden, he moaned and bellowed as if near orgasm, "Ah, ah, ah go B.U." I preferred their old cheer because an organ, which used to lead their cheer, cannot spit...

Author: By Richard W. Edifman, | Title: Out in Left Field | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

...Linda's body in the movie's major dramatic moments. In the face of Warner's denial, she insists: "I shot several exorcism scenes and played nearly all the vomit scenes." Added Eileen: "If Linda wins an Oscar, I'll be the first to cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 25, 1974 | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

...rifles and marched south to free its country as American bombers droned overhead. The North Vietnamese issued one general directive, in the form of a poem, part of which follows, "Liberation fighter, spring in Vietnam is ineffably beautiful. Tet is unbelievably epic. Apricot blossoms vie with each other to cheer your feats. Swallows take wing, telling our countrymen north and south of your deeds. Liberation fighter, let off your gun this spring instead of the usual firecrackers. And ornament Vietnam's spring with everlasting beauty." And the American bomber pilots, peering at the tiny figures marching below, may have wondered...

Author: By Dan Swanson, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/20/1974 | See Source »

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