Word: joyousness
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...successive days. Humphrey talked in folksy terms about his own political status and the Viet Nam negotiations. Kennedy demanded a foreign policy of "no more Viet Nams," jabbed at Humphrey's "politics of joy" slogan by saying that, considering poverty and other problems, the U.S. "is not a joyous and happy country." Humphrey seemed to get a slightly warmer reception than Kennedy, but the U.A.W. is officially remaining neutral. At week's end in Omaha, Humphrey and Kennedy again shared an audience-Democratic notables at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner-and again McCarthy was elsewhere. It seemed...
...began to dance toward the altar, her arms gracefully beckoning the 1,400 Protestants and Roman Catholics in attendance to join her in worship. By the altar, she performed a symbolic offertory. Later, she danced a joyous finale entitled God Is Light, then twirled daintily back up the aisle and slipped out of the church door...
...Christian" [April 12]. Why is it that so many so-called secular powers can express so beautifully truths that the church so often deadens or categorizes into meaninglessness? To me it shows both the sad fact that the church often fails to see how big God is and the joyous truth that God really does work in all people...
...fans the winter just past was less joyous than it rightfully should have been. At first the rubbery chicken and mashed peas of the banquet circuit tasted like squab and asparagus hollandaise, but Jim Lonborg's skiing injury and Tony Conigliaro's non-recovery from last year's beaning ruined the flavor...
...students had to go through the gradual reconciliation this girl did. For some the return was swift and joyous. One boy said, "I walked up the steps to my room and pushed open the door. All my roommates were there slapping me on the back and saying, 'Hey, man.' Right then all the old ghosts were swept away. Before, the people I had known in high school were much realer to me than my college friends. But from then on, the characters in my dreams were the same people I saw walking around in the daytime...