Word: cheerfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...like this." But then after the trembles wore off, Navy got quivers of anticipation. Hardin escorted Felix Mc-Knight, chairman of the Cotton Bowl selection committee, into the dressing room. "Men," said Hardin, "we've been invited to the Cotton Bowl. Do you want to go?" A roaring cheer rattled the lockers. "Good!" said McKnight. "We've got a game." And what a game. Navy's opponent: No. 1-ranked Texas...
Then she too expired, peering into her glass and lamely saying, "It certainly makes you want to cheer." In the touching silence, her husband exclaimed: "Let's drink to the roaring foothills and the hell with the hymn...
...Jackie's side throughout the week was Bobby Kennedy. Even before Jackie returned from Dallas, Bobby tried to encourage others, went to his Justice Department office where he kept repeating: "Cheer up. Cheer up." It was Bobby who assigned to his brother-in-law, Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver, the job of seeing to it that all of Jackie's many requests were fulfilled...
Only a cow college could boast a cheer like that, and only the University of California could boast a cow college like Davis. Northernmost of Cal's nine campuses, Davis is the M.I.T. of California agriculture...
Aber No Sweat. As a result, Anglicisms are now weirdly lodged in most major languages. Russian futbol fans cheer a fourvard's goal, jeer an offside penalty. Western-vowed stilyagi (Teddy boys) call themselves Tom, Dick or Harry, and breakfast on corn flakes...