Word: cheerlessness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...suggest that there is nothing so cheerless to the male body of spectators than male cheerleaders going through their lethargic routine. These young men may be doing their best, but there is nothing so inspiring as a young lady enclosed in tight sweater and short skirt, leaping high into the air with the end of a cheer on her lips--and the eyes of the spectators following her every motion...
...inner antagonist snorted. "Against Cornell, Army, Princeton, etc., and etc., you are going to have a pretty cheerless afternoon waving the dear old flag. How much better to view the game as an exhibition of magnificent skills, in a setting of glorious pageantry. A change of attitude will do wonders for your stomach lining...