Word: delightedly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Reeves describes this kind of thing with a New Yorker's kind of perverse delight, but after a few stories like that hinterlanders begin to feel both scared and bored. And the other parts of the book that deal with the machinations of Bob Strauss, Democratic National Chairman, or other political figures are pedestrian. One trouble with this book--the big trouble with it--is that most of this stuff has been reproted before. There's just not anything new that a faithful reader of The New York Times, or even Time or Newsweek, doesn't already know...
Fell's use of Ogam is convenient; as Goddard notes, "It is an epigrapher's delight." Ogam, which consists of clusters of vertical parallel lines positioned above or below a horizontal median, is easily made ambiguous by weathering. In addition, most of Fell's supposed Ogam inscriptions are written without vowels. Goddard says this makes it easy for Fell to read anything he wants...
When moving day arrived, OV (for Orbiter Vehicle) 101, christened Enterprise to the delight of thousands of Star Trek fans, was jacked up and loaded onto its transporter. Then in predawn darkness, officials gave the signal to start. Led by vehicles from the Los Angeles County sheriffs office (including a bomb-squad truck), accompanied by an extra tractor and back-up generator, and followed by two busloads of blue-vested Rockwell "handlers," who took turns walking alongside the craft, the convoy set out at a stately 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) per hour for Edwards...
...made some close and enduring friendships on our '53 squad," commented Richardson, his eyes twinkling with delight while discussing former teammate Dick Clasby, whose son Mike is now a sophomore winger. As he contemplated the team photo in his office, Richardson recalled the nomadic existence of a team without a rink that road the MBTA to practice...
...folders piled on his Byerly Hall desk. And for a moment, you might wonder if Brad Richardson was thinking of asking Brian Petrovek to trade places with him this Monday night at the Garden. You could sense that he was once again hearing the crowd buzz and roar with delight for his kick-save of a slapper from the point. Beanpot fever will do that...