Word: cheerfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Alte Hofburg, the palatial residence of Austrian President Dr. Adolf Scharf. Khrushchev, grinning his cordial peasant best, had not done nearly so well; the Soviet leader drew fewer than 50.000 during his ceremonial motorcade to visit Scharf. Along the way, low whistles (the Viennese version of the Bronx cheer) punctuated thin, tired applause. But Khrushchev seemed not to notice, expressed his hope that "the good atmosphere of peace-loving and neutral Austria will favorably influence the results of our forthcoming meeting...
Except for the warming gleam in Jacqueline Kennedy's eye, it was a chilly, depressing week in Paris. Day followed day of lowering clouds and slanting rain. Though large crowds gamely lined the boulevards to cheer the closed limousines that splashed by. Parisians were preoccupied by their own multitudinous problems-Algeria, the restive French army, the treason of the generals which led to April's clumsy insurrection in Algiers...
...world got ready for its first look at the new world's newest wonder, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and his glamorous wife. In Paris, Vienna and London, most were ready to cheer. Yet undeniably, the image projected by John Kennedy at his inauguration, when most of Europe viewed him as the bright new hope of earth, has dimmed a little...
Even with the help of an interpreter, the Vietnamese understood very little of what L.B.J. was saying, but they seemed to be enjoying it thoroughly. A spontaneous cheer went up-a rare event among the normally undemonstrative Vietnamese. Looking on in wonderment was General Le Van Ty, commander in chief of South Viet Nam's army. "C'est magnifique!" he murmured. "C'est la démocratic...
...another the blows landed, and even such Kennedy enthusiasts as Columnist Walter Lippmann winced as they found flaws in their onetime hero; the background editorial music, so bright and lilting at inauguration time, turned dissonant and harsh. Columnist Doris Fleeson, a onetime Stevensonian who had been willing enough to cheer for the President, now decided that "golden boy" had responded to adversity with "something less than the grace expected...