Word: cheerful
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...walked into Om was a silky sheet of water flowing down the reception wall. My friend touched it, and expressed amazement at the consistent flow of the yellow-lit ripples. He’s a math concentrator.The second thing I noticed was the publicist. Welcoming us with the cheer of a Mercedes dealer, she told us to enjoy the food, drink and décor and asked me if I thought this was what “the kids” were “cool with.” I replied that yes, it was.And indeed, it is?...
...proved particularly haunting, as dancers moved between statuesque poses and convulsive shuddering to a medley of hip-hop. But the event’s energy was arrested yet again by a prolonged intermission, at which point some of the audience left. With a smaller crowd to cheer the dancers on, and feelings of restlessness to combat, the second act could not match the vitality of the first. The dancers nevertheless displayed impressive talent. The performers in “Spirit, Rhythm, and Soul,” choreographed by Liz C. Michaud ’09, moved gracefully to the music...
...then Rumsfeld spoiled the ploy. Instead of just keeping quiet and running things as he had before, he greeted the Rice leak with a loud Bronx cheer and suggested to foreign reporters that it wouldn't change much of anything at all, which of course was true. A White House official, tongue in cheek, explained Rumsfeld's remarks by saying, "The Secretary's charm offensive is well known...
...search. This is the unanimous declaration by the presidents of the eleven graduate and professional school student governments and the Harvard Graduate Council. Previous presidential searches at Harvard have been informed by consulting students in the graduate and professional schools. These efforts are commendable, and there is much to cheer about in looking forward to wide consultation of the student body by the coming presidential search committee, in addition to specific student involvement in the search’s student advisory board. However, the search process can be further strengthened by the presence of at least one graduate or professional...
...monarchy is self-evidently nonsensical. How can one person picked by the lottery of birth possibly embody a whole nation? What can a constitutional monarch like Elizabeth II, prohibited from exercising any real power, actually do to justify her country's steady devotion - the crowds who line up to cheer when she passes, her face on each coin and bill and postage stamp, a national anthem that beseeches God to save her? What does she really do to earn something for which respect is way too small a word...