Word: joyousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dead for now and forever in this century," said a joyous Phyllis Schlafly, the amendment's leading foe, at a press conference in Washington. There was no conciliatory gesture to ERA backers, whom she termed "con men" and "vicious people...
Twenty years a baseball writer for The New Yorker, Angell first focused on the memorable pitching, hitting and fielding that took place in the park. These joyous narratives--compiled in two previous books. The Summer Game and Five Seasons--were darkened only by the anguish of a slumping player or a pennant-hungry...
...feel they must make career decisions immediately or be left out. This element of panic is unhealthy. They're making premature decisions." Northwestern Associate Provost John Margolis wishes for "a bit more willingness to try out unconventional ideas. These students are far less frivolous. They are also less joyous...
When, at the end of our semester it was time to leave, the wheels of our Finnair jet lifted from the runway of Moscow's Sheremetivo airport, and our group burst into thunderous applause and joyous cheers. Our euphoric outburst was a natural expression of our relief at leaving the frustrations of Soviet life behind and finally heading home. For some of us, it was also an expression of thanksgiving for the degree of liberty that American can democracy, despite serious faults, has managed to protect...
...faith. He concludes that "the atheists are right. There is no justice, no Judge." But one dark mystery is supplanted by another. His lost child appears and asks him to join her after Rosh Hashana. He resumes his duties and then dies with a message: "One should always be joyous...