Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thatcher, ironically, found little to cheer in Labor's debacle. Conservative Candidate Robert Hughes, 31, received only 5.5% of the vote in Bermondsey. More important, Simon Hughes' stunning victory last week suggested that the Social Democratic/Liberal alliance, which poses a greater threat than a Labor Party veering too far to the left, may be regaining momentum. Since last summer, Thatcher, 56, has been basking in the glow of Britain's victory over Argentina in the Falklands war. In addition, she has benefited from some long-awaited improvements in the economy, and recent polls show her holding...
When national champ Kenton Jernigan took the court against Eli Will Carlin. Yale fans found something to cheer about as Carlin won the first game, 15-13, holding off a jernigan come back from 11-5. But Jernigan was just warning up. "I wasn't really into the match at first so I dropped a game," he said. "And he's a good player...
...just when we think we cannot take another step, the guitar plays a final cadence, and the music stops. Dancers alternately cheer and slump to the floor, warriors spent by the victory in the fray...
Even the gloomiest figures, though, now offer some paradoxical cheer. The fourth-quarter dive in G.N.P. resulted largely from a cleanout of inventories of unsold goods, especially cars. That puts business in a position to raise production sharply and rehire workers once final sales turn up, as auto sales already have. Housing starts last year, at 1,061,000, were the fewest since 1946. But the monthly rate, even after a December setback, has jumped 43% from its October 1981 low. Further increases are likely because of a sharp drop in mortgage interest rates that also was the primary force...
...city, which once manufactured everything from pickup trucks to Corvettes and provided jobs for 10,000, now employs only 1,400. Chrysler Corp. closed its truck plant in nearby Fenton, throwing 4,300 people onto the street. There are some signs, however, that St. Louis may have more to cheer about next year than the World Series-winning Cardinals: Chrysler is adding a new shift of 1,700 to its Fenton auto assembly plant, anticipating a brisk demand for its new line of G24 sports cars...