Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...private sector lags far behind its more accessible public cousin, and the many inroads into it today just attack the tip of the iceberg. It is a rare occurence when private companies or corporations are hauled into court. Exceptions like Lockheed and AT&T of several years back cheer the little consumer but remain rarities...
Despite the crowd's pulsing cheer of "Harvard! Harvard!," the Crimson power play failed to convert with five minutes remaining. Seconds later, Tate, who had another stellar night in the nets steering aside 17 Eli shots, denied a Field stuff to send the contest into overtime...
...stay longer at Buckeye, Scott replied: "I don't think you can ask any more from this court, and it won't give any more." For most of the 100 spectators packed into the court and the 300 demonstrators outside, this Louisiana compromise was not much to cheer about...
...once the government in Rome appeared to have acted swiftly and effectively. But the lightning raid on Trani prison was about the only message of holiday cheer for Italy's beleaguered Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani. The satisfaction turned out to be sadly short-lived. Just two days after the success, terrorists struck again, this time outside prison walls in Rome. Two teenagers, posing as delivery boys, gunned down Carabinieri General Enrico Galvaligi, 61, as he and his wife returned home from New Year's Eve Mass. The slain general had been in charge of external security for Italian...
Black folks cheer his music; rednecks stomp and holler. He's a pop sensation, from The Bronx to the Hollywood Bowl, and a wonderful human being to boot. So where's the dramatic tension? It comes from an unlikely source: the 1925 Samson Raphaelson play and the Al Jolson movie version that ushered in the talkies. There is no Mammy in the new Jazz Singer; there's not even a momma. But the plot is the same: a young Orthodox cantor wants to become a singing star, straining to break the shackles of tradition even...