Word: joyful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, whatever Ordinary People lacks in sophistication is made up for by the book's vitality and feeling. Its ambitious attempt at capturing a person's pain, anger and joy as he seeks to know himself--an exercise which all too often descends into maudlin intellectual wandering. But Guest succeeds in laying out what it's like to open the closet of one's mind, sort out what's there, throw out what doesn't fit and stack up the rest. As Conrad's psychiatrist points...
Doubles matches, which have been an area of concern throughout the season, proved a source of joy for the women in white yesterday...
...stickwomen greeted the final whistle with both sighs of relief and leaps of joy after having defeated one of the toughest foes they will face this year. But they take on the even tougher Tigers on Saturday, when they travel south to face Princeton...
Jeroboams of joy are also bubbling over in Champagne country, where the wine is already pressed and fermenting in the limestone caves. Some experts predict that 1976 will be the best year since 1893. Joseph Dargent, head of the Champagne Growers Association, exults: "The only thing that could change it from a truly remarkable vintage is an earthquake that would topple the barrels and spill the juice." Happily, earthquakes in Champagne are about as common as truffles on trees...
...secret was learning to appreciate the small things that made up their daily existence - a tiny crust of bread, sunrise from a cell window." In sum, the most salable self-help philosophy for the disillusioned '70s seems to be: Minimize pain, concentrate on self, and try to find joy even in horrible circumstances...