Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...York Daily News Reporter Bruce Drake took a detour to What Cheer, Iowa (pop. 860), to find one of those friendly, folksy, salt-of-the-earth farmers whom journalists covering the state's political caucuses last week seemed to dote on. Shortly after he pulled into town, Drake spotted a suitably rustic fellow walking out of a seed store toward a pickup truck. The farmer listened politely to the reporter's request for some colorful quotes on President Carter's Soviet grain embargo and without hesitating asked, "Can I go off the record with you?" Says Drake...
...almost an hour; I keep forgetting to hit ")" or "(" or ";". Frustration grows, but suddenly my head clears, revived by a cherry, bold voice behind me saying gosh, gee, the wait isn't as bad as last year. It is Bill Bossert himself, here to check out the scene and cheer us up. Minutes after he leaves the room The Machine crashes again, and, having failed to perform the holy ritual of "writing the programs into a file" I suffer heavy casualties. Everything is lost. A freshman materializes at my elbow and says he has my terminal for the next hour...
...euphemism like saying Grandpa has "passed away." But she doesn't see it this way. "The fucking machine, if it wasn't already dead, I'd kill it." Yes, yes, I know what she means but my head is down on the keyboard waiting for the half-hearted cheer and agitated, pathetic energy that greets The Machine's rebirth. A terminal watcher walks by and says 'I think we have a casualty," and I wonder he is referring to me or the terminal, whose plug I just undid when I crossed my legs. I make a mental note never...
Silence, and then a lukewarm cheer for Ron, because he looked so shocked, so hurt...
...will be the Front's main rival in the February elections. The raucous demonstration was both a sign of the guerrillas' broad-based popular support and a reminder of the volatile emotions that still threaten the fragile truce. "Zimbabwe out of the gun," rang an aggressive cheer...