Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like runners passing a baton, Harris handed off the public narration to Steve Nesbitt, the communicator at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. At the cape, his voice was lost amid the cheers of some 1,000 spectators watching on bleachers some four miles from Pad 39-B. Even at that distance, they could feel the power of the blast-off, which elicits an almost instinctive elation. A graceful sculpture arising from an awesome explosion: it was just as it was supposed to look. Among the relieved viewers were relatives of most of Challenger's crew, including Christa's parents...
...Crimson women, swimming is not an individual sport. "If someone is down, there are eight people there to cheer her up," Wilson said. "It's like a second family...
...Lesotho people greeted the news with undisguised glee. Crowds jammed the main street of Maseru to cheer the soldiers. Outside the city, celebrators joyously tore down a highway sign bearing Jonathan's name. The news was just as warmly received in South Africa, which allowed three freight trains carrying vital food and gasoline to pass into Lesotho for the first time in three weeks...
...birthday coming up next week, to play the old man in winter and affect an air of elegant fatigue. He could, in presenting his fifth State of the Union address, simply brandish the record of his Administration, then settle in before the fireplace and wait for the world to cheer...
...state of the union is strong, and America is on the move, Reagan will insist. From the carefully crafted lines he has prepared, one of his favored themes emerges: give the people credit for the past five successful years. Cheer the family, the moms and pops who tended their kids, worked hard at their jobs, risked their savings in new ventures and honored their traditions. Those people got America moving, and it is high time to reduce the federal budget and "leave the family budget alone...