Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After suffering through a long winter without baseball, you should have to cheer your team...
...good life is not what it used to be. Rolls-Royce and Mercedes automobiles are appearing in used-car lots. In boom times, the skies over Houston during rush hour were filled with helicopters ferrying executives; today the choppers are a rare sight. Last week, in an effort to cheer its customers, the tony La Colombe d'Or restaurant offered a four-course lunch pegged to the price of a barrel...
...European countries are poised for a quick takeoff. "There should be no major downside risks for Europe, since they are not significant producers of oil," observes Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Ford. Europeans, who have historically paid higher gasoline prices than have Americans, cheer the oil slide as if it were a sporting event with the home team winning. OIL REACHES PREHISTORIC PRICES, exulted Spain's financial daily Cinco Dias...
...properly luminous finale for a man whose energy could light a city block. Born on New York City's Lower East Side, Cagney was the son of a hard- drinking bartender who was frequently absent from home. He was raised mostly by a strong mother who could cheer him on in a barefisted street brawl but stood resolutely in his way when he toyed with the idea of a professional fight career. She made no objections, however, when Cagney fast-talked his way into a $35-a-week vaudeville dancing job when...
Sporting a shamrock in his lapel, Ronald Reagan was about to get his hair cut in the White House basement when he took time to talk to Washington Contributing Editor Hugh Sidey. As the subject turned to Nicaragua, the President's St. Patrick's Day cheer evaporated and he became unusually intense and passionate. Excerpts from the interview...