Word: cheerful
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...evolution skeptics have reason to cheer as well, because the celebration of Darwin’s work among scientists and in the media will likely reignite the debate over whether evolution or creationism should be taught in schools. Creationists will point out that the Darwin love-fest among scientists amounts to little more than devotion to a religious leader, reinforcing the views of the nearly half of Americans who don’t believe in evolution anyway. The display in the Science Center prepared by the UK-based Darwin 200 in February seemed to anticipate this debate...
...pampering was too obscure: luxe hotels (Welcome to the Parker), fashion (The Rachel Zoe Project), hairdressing (Blow Out), real estate (Million Dollar Listing), upscale gyms (Work Out), home dcor (Top Design), even exclusive-travel-booking (First Class All the Way). Whether you snark at the housewives or cheer for Top Chef's hopeful restaurateurs, there's always a window-shopping appeal: the aspirational lure of those spa treatments and seared foie gras...
...down” is. It doesn’t make sense, and I refuse to believe otherwise. I also have little pep. Like almost everyone else at this school, I enjoy two things: G-chat and complaining. Usually, both at the same time. But watching these other schools cheer, I kind of wished more Harvard people were there. There I was, wearing the Harvard sweatshirt that I bought during pre-frosh weekend, excited by the Leverett 80’s dance and the Scrabble I played with my host. For the first time since then, I was wearing...
...someone noticed that the show had run 20 minutes short. (Implausible but true.) Cued from the wings, Lewis shouted to the group, "Another 20 times!" Some of the stars danced in couples; others wandered offstage. As the tone grew tenser, Jer announced "We're showing Three Stooges shorts to cheer up the losers." He grabbed the baton from musical director Lionel Newman and led the orchestra, ad-libbing, "We may get a bar mitzvah out of this!" The Pantages Theatre audience was already heading for the exits. (Read "How to Fix the Oscars...
...want women to feel a responsibility to go to a game, even if it’s cold out and they don’t want to cross the bridge,” Delany-Smith said. “Just go to the game, paint your face, and cheer them on.” Speakers said the lackluster attendance reflected broader issues discouraging participation in women’s sports, which they said suffer from a false comparison to male athletics, leading to lack of female athlete role models. Panelist Wendy Healy, general manager of recreation at Harvard, said female...