Word: glees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...jumping higher than Bostomans had seen in a long while. Cause: the mambo a dance named (some claim) from a slang word used by Cuban sugar cane workers meaning "shake it." The Boston crowd (1,140 Paid admissions) was shaking it with glee. So were the bright-sleeved musicians on the band stand and their round-faced, sleepy-eyed leader Perez Prado, self-confessed inventor of the mambo. In his dress suit and stiff shirt Prado never even blinked at the deafening brass screeches that threatened to shatter the red neon tubes framing the ceiling. Only 50-odd couples actually...
There would be glory enough for all. Back home in Italy, grave old (80) President Einaudi, immersed in a copy of the Economist, dropped the magazine and leaped out of his chair in glee. "It's like a flower in the buttonhole," glowed Turin's La Stampa. In absentia, Professor Desio, a reserve officer in the Alpini, was promoted from captain to major...
...from Fairfield, Ala., on the edge of Birmingham, has fielded, batted and laughed the long-lackluster New York Giants into a state of combative enterprise. A husky (180 lbs., 5 ft. 11 in), smooth-muscled athlete with a broad, guileless face, he plays baseball with a boy's glee, a pro's sureness and a champion's flair. On the ball diamond, he is in a hurry; he never walks when there is room to run, even if only from bench to field or field to shower room. In the broad domain of centerfield, Mays covers ground...
...Indian press, taking its line from Nehru as usual, was unbounded in its glee...
...baccalaureate service in Memorial Church Sunday afternoon, June 13, will initiate the week. Monday night, seniors will dance at the senior Spread in the Lowell House courtyard; Tuesday will see military commissioning ceremonies and a moonlight cruise. Wednesday will be Class Day, with the Yale baseball game, band and glee club concert, and a college-alumni informal dance...