Word: joy
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Peace of a sort settled upon the Asian kingdom of Laos. An uneasy cessation of actual shooting, it stirred in Washington an audible whew of relief. But it was relief without joy-for the cease-fire in Laos came as a cold war defeat for the U.S. A 14-nation peace conference, scheduled to convene in Geneva in mid-May, will doubtless declare Laos "neutral." But Western experts, with discouraging unanimity, agree that such a Laos-with a Communist sympathizer at the head of the government, with Communists in posts of governmental power, and with Communist troops already holding half...
...main street, schools were closed, and one overenthusiastic patriot suggested renaming Derry "Space-town, U.S.A." In Washington President Kennedy announced that the astronaut would get NASA's Distinguished Service Medal. When Shepard's handsome wife Louise heard what her husband had achieved, she beamed with pride and joy. "This is just a baby step," she said, "compared to what we will...
...escape the fact that they need activity." From the intent look of her kids, who confine their whoops and hollers entirely to the playground, she seems to have the problem in hand. Whitby is well launched in a pursuit not always found in U.S. schools: "introducing the joy of learning to children at an early...
...Masters in the hope that he may be permitted to screen it in the other Houses. Hopefully he will have success. Seeing Messrs. Nathan, Seltzer, Aaron, et al. prancing over Fresh Pond hill in the Dance of Death as the dusk of sunset closes in, is a vision of joy...
...fact yearn to read. But Johnny can't read at 4½ because "research shows" that "reading readiness" comes at 6½. Even when he gets the chance, it may not be worth it. The fatuous "basal reader" with its Oh-Oh-Sue-said trivia destroys all joy in words. Mayer calls this "the most serious single criticism that can be made of the schools...