Word: joyful
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...that they could be real—people can’t be that dumb or embarrassing—when it came down to it, I was deriving enjoyment from the misery (or in the case of guys who were not the father, the immense joy) of others...
Saddam's fall brought joy to most Iraqis, but Yasser had additional reasons to celebrate. A few days after the regime's fall, Sheherezad gave birth to twin girls: Tabarek and Aya. There were complications. The babies were premature, and Tabarek was weak. Much of the pediatric hospital's life-support equipment was lost to the looting mobs that rampaged through Baghdad after the collapse of the old regime, so doctors had to rely on one old, malfunctioning incubator. Tabarek later developed learning difficulties that, her doctors believe, resulted in part from poor postnatal attention...
After weeks of furious debate about T-shirt designs, trash-talking on open lists, and age-old rituals performed to the housing gods, Housing Day finally arrived yesterday, complete with early morning wake-up calls, face paint, and screaming mascots. And just as freshmen reaction ranged from joy to tears, upperclassmen showed their House spirit in a variety of ways, from a moonbounce to a Beirut tournament. Mather House, long famed for its Housing Day fervor, gathered its army of over 100 residents to storm the Yard at 7 a.m. start, according to spirited Matherite Troy C. Murrell...
After weeks of trash-talking on open lists, furious debate about T-shirt designs, and age-old rituals dedicated to the housing gods, Housing Day arrived, a madhouse of early-morning wake-up calls, face paint, and screaming mascots. And just as freshmen reaction ranged yesterday from joy to tears, upperclassmen showed their House spirit in a variety of ways, from a moonbounce to a Beirut tournament. Mather House, long famed for its Housing Day fervor, gathered its army of over 100 residents to storm the Yard at 7 a.m., according to spirited Matherite Troy C. Murrell...
...Airbus had brought its problematic pride and joy to New York, part of a 12-day "route-proving" tour and I was along for the press preview. After a series of accelerated altitude climbs to get to an airspace directed by JFK airport flight control, the A380 cruised at 39,000 ft. At full capacity, holding 519 people, the plane would be 569 metric tons or 1.3 million lbs. And, in mid-flight, the wings would tilt up 12 feet to hold the load - looking not unlike the downward sweeping motion of a bird...