Word: joyful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Added her mother: "It is very difficult. Of what joy are the songs of cuckoos and nightingales when one's friends are silent and their faces are stiff with scorn...
...general, the way the Democratic nominees and platform have been received throughout the South. In John Sparkman's Alabama and in North Carolina, there is no serious Democratic resistance, but the enthusiasm is limited. In Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, party leaders accept the ticket, but with little joy...
...brought rambunctious Rebel Aneurin Bevan, that old advocate of fewer arms, to his feet demanding to know just how much rearmament would be cut. "I am not poaching upon the ground which my right honorable friend, the Prime Minister, is to cover at length tomorrow," retorted Butler. To the joy of the critics on the Opposition benches and the dismay of the performer's friends on the government benches, it became clear that Rab Butler had really nothing new to say. The Laborites jeered and badgered him with questions plump and juicy as an overripe tomato. But this time...
...France's Jean Boiteux, who beat out Ford Konno in the 400-meter free-style swimming final, setting an Olympic record of 4 min. 30.7 sec. and inspiring his excited father to plunge for joy, beret and all, into the pool...
...Roger Putnam telephoned Feinsinger to find out how things were going, Feinsinger abruptly told Putnam that his question was improper (although Putnam was supposed to be working on the same case). During one last grueling session of the board, Feinsinger fainted dead away. The steelworkers themselves almost fainted with joy when they saw the results. The WSB, over the objections of its six industry members, recommended a wage package totaling 26. if an hour, and-to the astonishment of everyone, including the steelworkers-went beyond its wage function to recommend a union shop...