Word: cheerfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ancient stadium, the noise these days is like feeding time at the zoo. "They expect us to win every game and don't think another team should even touch the puck," says Pilous. "But that's better than the old days, when they'd cheer you because they felt sorry...
...frustrated by a new bankruptcy action or forced to settle for a fraction on the dollar. In Chicago, where personal bankruptcy cases have risen from 1,048 in 1952 to 9,832 last year, the newly bankrupt is likely to be flooded with form letters bearing such chirps of cheer as: "Bankrupt? $25 down for an auto." "Sorry to hear about your bankruptcy. Here is a $10 gift certificate at our jewelry shop. Please drop in.'' ''Stop worrying! Up to $7,000, one-day service. No co-signers. No collateral. Free parking." Responsible credit managers...
Last month, to cheer Matagulay up, the Communists said that they were fixing him a special Christmas dinner. He never got it. On Christmas Eve the Reds held a release ceremony, invited 400 soldiers, peasants, women and children to witness a last act of generosity to their prisoner. Matagulay then was put on a bus and sent back to freedom...
...Monky business, and not quite ready to come out from under the stairs. Nonetheless, some moments were passably funny, like the skit about the fellow who buys an apartment so fully automated that it looks after his emotional needs and sings He's a Jolly Good Fellow to cheer him up, but eventually turns against him. A cannon rolls out of the wall and shoots him dead...
Beginning about Thanksgiving, family quarrels become fiercer, relations with relatives become more strained, tradesmen assume a forced friendliness, and the dispenser of holiday cheer begins to feel then is not an honestly cheery face to be found anywhere...