Word: cheerful
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Like legions of baby boomers who have gone about as far as they can in their profession--or will soon reach that uncomfortable turning point--Gossage is after something simple: validation of a career, and life, well spent. He wants one last cheer, and his high-profile quest throws valuable light on some common nagging questions. Are up-and-comers out to steal our thunder? When we're not recognized for our achievements, does it pay to get angry? Am I living in the past when I still have much to offer and should be looking ahead? When...
...trickiest feat is balancing two distinct storylines: a cop movie (the police are the good guys and the drama is behind the barricades) and a heist movie (the robbers are the good guys and the fun is in seeing them pull off their convoluted plot). It is hard to cheer for both sides at once, but the movie makes it possible (no telling who wins in the end, though) by directing all our antipathy towards another, separate villain (who happens to have Nazi ties...
...with bubble gum or if there was a pun that we were all missing,” wrote Kirkland resident Jayne F. Wolfson ’08 in an e-mail. “When it came down to the final vote, all of the guys cheered for the bubblegum shirt. We then realized that it must be some sort of sexual joke.” Rebutting the suggestion that friends of designer John K. Minervini ’07 had a hand in his win, Minervini deadpanned, “I was in China all last year...
...cadets. But Williams is comfortable practicing with a male cadet. The exercise requires the cadets to run back and forth with a fellow cadet piggy-backed or in a fireman’s hold over their shoulder.One female cadet struggles to reach the finish line, and the waiting men cheer encouragement. There’s plenty of laughter, but, considering how the cadets are holding each other, none of it is especially awkward. Only one female cadet grins self-consciously as her male partner cradles her against his chest with competent arms.A DUAL LIFE One thing conspicuously missing from these...
...true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me...” They end with, “So help me God,” and the cadets cheer...