Word: exultancy
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...they manage in the face of our constant harassment? By saying as little as possible. Don't exult too much after a win. Don't admit to despondence after a loss. Don't be too colorful. Don't give them the satisfaction...
Excessive psychological introspection should carry a warning label. Why must we give reasons for everything we do? Living behind a pierced veil of puritanism, the British exult in caprice--in drinking, raving etc.--without feeling a need for self-examination. Such caprice is not harmless, though. The soccer hooligans of the 1980s indulged in violence because it was spontaneous and liberating, an escape from the doldrums of economic necessities (at the occasional cost of an eyeball). Yet if reasons for every act have to be given, or at least deciphered, no one can have such flushes of energy. Life becomes...
...tone as well as her careful musical phrasing was more than able to compensate for her occasional lack of projection Susanna's most memorable aria, coming late in the fourth act ("Giunse alfin il momento che godro senza affanno"--"At last the moment is near when carefree I shall exult") was quite beautiful and an exercise in difficult stage acting as well. Nelman's Figaro was an equally dashing figure with a formidable presence...
...Iran-contra. Although last week's vote against Tower ran strictly along party lines, Gorey hastens to point out that the flap is not as partisan as it may seem. "Senators are co-workers who see one another daily, travel together and become friends," Gorey explains. "Senators do not exult in the fall of a colleague." Nor, contrary to popular opinion, do journalists such as Gorey. "No one finds joy in the misfortune of politicians. Members of Congress are pretty much like the rest of us," he says, "but less fortunate in one respect. Most of us are not compelled...
...game began in 17-degree temperatures and a wind-chill factor of minus-26, leading the scoreboard to exult "Bearrrrrr Weather" between warnings to the 64,830 fans to watch for signs of frostbite...