Word: joyful
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Kobe Bryant’s career was a disaster waiting to happen: He’s got dashing good looks, a whole lot of talent and a terrible ineptitude for discretion. The pride and joy of the Lakers was just too busy having fun to realize that the media was committed to following his life on—and off—the court...
...oriented souls who must have a goal to work toward even in their recreation time might be interested in the open regatta—the rower’s term for a race—that will take place on the Charles River in the spring. Apart from the joy of learning to row, the novice regatta offers an even greater incentive: “First prize is a cookie,” says Salverson...
...Boston Herald calls the design “risk-taking.” The Boston Globe calls it “aggressively dull, blocky, and abstract” with nothing to indicate the “joy of human habitation.” The New York Times calls it a “distinctive example of progressive contextualism.” Anupam Mishra, a second-year HBS student, calls it “the ugliest thing since Canaday...
...increase in pension payments is offset by a fall in unemployment benefits. The government has made some genuinely popular moves beyond putting more police on the streets. In September, it passed a 3% cut in income tax, which only about half of French households earn enough to pay. But joy was muted - the announcement was swiftly followed by rises in local taxes and taxes on diesel fuel and cigarettes. "People feel it's just a game: what the government gives with one hand, it takes with the other," says Elie Cohen, an economist and professor at Sciences Po, a Paris...
Soon the main event begins and the arrival of the evening’s first skewer brings as much joy as the birth of a new child. The signature dish is beef sirloin, crisp on the outside, with a rich, chewy center. Most of the meat is at its best when served rare or medium rare, but each skewer can be carved at different points according to how well done the diner prefers their food. Chicken breast wrapped in bacon has a strangely similar taste: each mouthful is crunchy and salty on the outside, while the bacon fat prevents...