Word: cheerful
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After years of government repression, activists like el-Erian have a lot to cheer about. The final round of balloting gave the Brotherhood, whose candidates ran as independents, 88 seats in the 454-member parliament, making it the main opposition to President Hosni Mubarak's secular, military-backed regime, which has ruled Egypt for 24 years. The result, a sixfold increase over the group's 15 seats in the current national assembly, came despite clashes between Brotherhood supporters and government police who tried to prevent them from voting. The violence left 12 dead and hundreds injured. And the election raised...
Fittingly foreign-manufactured beer bottles were raised in an ecstatic cheer as the vote totals were announced at the Grimeland-Hadfield campaign party yesterday night...
Where's the Christmas cheer? First, some Evangelical activists fired at major retailers who were opting to say "Happy Holidays" to their shoppers rather than "Merry Christmas," complaining that Christ was being taken out of Christmas. Now, other Evangelicals are taking Christmas Day out of the church with the controversial decision of some influential congregations-led by the Willow Creek Community Church outside Chicago, one of the most prominent megachurches in the U.S.-not to hold services on Christmas Sunday...
...Holiday cheer leaving you bloated? Then try on this treat for size once you are forced to switch to an Atkins diet after the break...
...These same counter-protesters then cheer for a football team that is “predominantly black,” Vincent says...