Word: cheerful
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...self-involved. Traveling in chartered jets, surrounded by hangers- on, coddled by agents, they have more in common with CEOs than ordinary Joes. But the distance between athletes and the people who pay to see them may be increasing out of necessity. Some fans who were once happy to cheer for the home team have now turned every contest into a hatefest. Opposing players must be verbally eviscerated, their personal problems made fodder for derision. Home-team players who don't measure up aren't spared either. And the fans are hardly discouraged by arena managers happy to sell them...
...Dunst won’t be the only one “bringing it on” this season—the Crimson Dance Team shimmied, twirled and high kicked their way into first place in a national video competition, landing a subsidized trip to the Chick-fil-A Cheer and Dance Collegiate Championship in April...
Cheng cites the talent level on the team as a main factor of their stellar results so far. The current 16-member team contains an eclectic range of dance backgrounds: Broadway, ballet, hip-hop, jazz and cheer...
...ambitious goal that will depend on finding new revenue sources. Secondary mining of phosphate deposits may be possible, but delayed trials have never gone ahead. To make matters worse, the government was last week told that the island's neglected mooring facilities require substantial repair. The only economic cheer comes from the asylum-seeker processing center set up by Australia, which has the island's hotel fully booked with staff and migration officials. Criticized in Australia, the center is supported by the Nauruan government, which this year received $A22.5m in funding from Canberra. The center serves three meals...
Fifteen people played on each team, and IM points were awarded to winning teams. Several times throughout the tournament, organizers of the event threw t-shirts into the crowd, and some faculty members even showed up to cheer on their Houses...