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Word: cheerfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: I Feel Awful Humble | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Students: Hail to Thee-- Er ... Da Di Da | 12/13/1963 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Family in Mourning | 12/6/1963 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Cow College Conversion | 11/29/1963 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Languages: Parlez-Vous Franglais? | 11/29/1963 | See Source »

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