Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Marines are understandably frustrated at their orders to take only defensive actions. "We were trained to be attack troops," says Lance Corporal John Zurakowski, 19, "but all we do here is get attacked." They cheer the Reagan Administration's decision to send over the New Jersey and other offshore firepower, but they clearly itch to settle matters themselves. Last fall, when Marines in Beirut were not allowed to carry loaded weapons, the company mess tent was decorated with a sign reading THE CAN'T SHOOT BACK SALOON. After they were finally allowed to arm themselves last spring...
Last month Craft won her case against the network and many commentators rushed to cheer the fact that finally stations could not hire and fire on the basis of looks. But this is not why she won the case, and that should not be its legacy, Craft won because the station asked her to do things that went beyond her job. It should not be interpreted as restricting a station's ability to make personal decisions based on appearance...
...Harvard Students and Alcohol (Each response is on a 100% scale.) Reasons for Drinking Males Females '77 '81 '77 '81 Just to be sociable 56.9 57.9 54.2 49.2 Forget problems 11.5 13.5 11.7 11.0 Relax, relieve tension 58.5 54.0 52.4 48.1 Colebrats occasions 87.1 76.2 86.4 78.1 Cheer up 12.9 23.0 16.0 21.7 Get drunk...
...White House with the President. And to set the record straight, she said that Ursula Meese, wife of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, had been the Easter Bunny at the egg roll. So she had; Honegger's turn as a bunny was in a staff picture taken to cheer Press Secretary James Brady after he was shot during the assassination attempt on Reagan...
...farm, against the wall at the back of the barn," says Bourne, who comes from the sweet-sounding town of Netherhill. "It can be a simple or a complicated game, eh?" Yes, whichever you want it to be. "Well, I think most Canadians want it to be simple. Cheer the good plays, boo the bad. Worry about who wins later...