Word: jovialness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...other sisters chuckle when Saglimbeni recounts her saucy retort. But many of their loved ones feel less jovial about the women's decision to take the veil. "For those who are called, there is a real falling in love. You are filled with a joy and desire to be with God," says Sister Mary Gabriel Devlin, 32, vocation director at Sisters of Life. "Their families are not experiencing this, so it can be hard for them to understand." The sense of alienation can be even greater when women choose an order that isolates them from their families and others...
...election night, Karl Rove sounded jovial, assuring Sean Hannity's radio audience that Republicans would defy the polls and hang on to both the House and Senate. Less than three hours later, President George W. Bush was watching returns on TV in his private study with the First Lady and a few friends and aides. He leaned over as a blue riptide swamped Republican after Republican. "Looks like a rout!" he said...
...effort I have devoted to rowing during my Harvard career, my story unsurprisingly has Newell boathouse as stage. Yet, the tale transpires in circumstances far different from my September-through-June routine. Summer rowing, like all things associated with summer, is a bit less intense, a bit more jovial, and a great deal more fun than its spring, fall, or winter distillations. The boathouse is warmer, the sun brighter, and the river livelier than during the academic year. And they all make the sport much more pleasant...
After a perfect season last year, the Harvard women’s swimming and diving team is leaving Boston this year a little less jovial. After beating out long-time rival Princeton last year to win the Ivy championship, the Crimson was ready to bring home another trophy, but was thwarted once again by the strength of the Tiger squad. Harvard lost to Princeton, 1,580 points to 1,445. “I’m really proud of us for fighting,” sophomore Lindsay Hart said. “It was incredibly difficult to be down...
...politics. "It's the duty of the President of Sicily to meet with all Sicilians," he told Time. "Over the years, I've probably met 50% of the citizens of this region, personally - and half of those I've kissed!" But according to Sicilian prosecutors, not all of the jovial pol's human contacts have been so innocent. The former radiologist is on trial for charges of allegedly aiding the Mafia. Investigators say the regional President tipped off an acquaintance that his conversations were being bugged by police in an ongoing probe into the network providing insider tips to Cosa...