Word: joying
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There is a deeply human compulsion to gather and to celebrate; in our more or less secular society, it has insufficient outlet. At Harvard, where we are frequently trapped by our self-involvement, the problem is particularly acute. Good parties and concerts sometimes crystallize into a sort of communal joy, but the phenomenon is rare. On St. Patrick’s Day, though, the various greens brightening the Yard made it feel as though we’d overcome a little of our self-involvement. On St. Patrick’s Day, we become a high school history book writer?...
...indie snob would probably begin a description of California-based indie quartet Xiu Xiu by rattling off phrases like “constructive dissonance” or “post-punk a la Joy Division” or “they got their name from a Chinese art film.” But none of that is really important...
...love him to pieces,” Allard said of her son, citing the “unconditional love, joy, and positive experiences” that came from Ben’s birth...
Ideal Significant Other: Shes like the Sun Shining Bright/ My Romantic moonlight/ My rainbow after the rain/She’s the joy after the pain/She’s my lover she’s my own/ She’s the strength when I’m not strong/ She’s my comforter and friend/I’m tellin’ you she’s that peace within...
...could run for ten years [in a format like that],” Mallozzi notes with a quiet joy, both for the potential shelf-life of the film and for the good work...