Word: cheerful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Anxious or depressed? This won't cheer you. Adults troubled by anxiety or depression may be twice as likely as their calm, happy peers to develop HYPERTENSION later in life...
...music we produce and the cheers we lead (contrary to Mr. McEvoy's statement, the Band did cheer, "That's all right, that's okay...we won't hire you!") are sorely tested by the sheer size and poor acoustics of the Fleet Center--a challenge faced at any game where the most ardent fans are seated hundreds of feet away...
...itself a kind of cosmic team spirit. So it's appropriate that the movie come back into theaters to give kids of all ages the communal kick of a big-screen experience. Some early viewers have applauded the new material; others (the true believers) have booed it. But all cheer when the Millennium Falcon zaps into hyperspace; it is a video game a thousand people can play at once, and a time machine into movie memory. Who wouldn't enjoy being in a huge theater with a familiar friend from long ago and far, far away...
...when the BU taunt of "Harvard sucks" thundered throughout the cavernous FleetCenter, there was no response from the Harvard side--not even the last resort cheer of, "That's all right, that's okay, you're gonna work for us someday...
...there's no Santa Claus, but it turns out there is that other much-wished-for bringer of good cheer, the anonymous benefactor. Over the past 15 years, CHARLES FEENEY has secretly given away $600 million and put an additional $3.5 billion into his two charities so that it can be proffered later. Only now has he confessed to his good deeds. He did it because he's sold the chain of duty-free shops that made all the money, and is facing a lawsuit in which his munificence would be revealed anyway. So furtive has Feeney been about...