Word: joyousness
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...with Dr. E. H. Ferdinand Porsche, racing-car expert entrusted with directing the manufacture of the Volkswagen, then took a spin in one. The Volkswagen is supposed to run 60,000 miles without mechanical repairs. Its motor, located in the rear, will develop 24 horsepower, will send it 35 joyous miles on a 60-cent gallon of fuel...
...solemn in this joyous week, Netherlanders were rocking with laughter in their cafés at Dutch wags who thought up elaborate jokes like this: A man keeps his hat on as others take theirs off to toast Princess Beatrix, then, just as people begin to give him angry looks, takes off his hat and reveals he is wearing a "baby" hat underneath exactly resembling its "parent...
...Other joyous spectators poured onto the field and held a snake dance, led by the hand, while red flares, held by cheerleaders, illuminated the scene. Cheering and laughing, the crowd swept ontor of the packed stadium, across the Lars Anderson Bridge, and into the Square. There they tied up traffic for 15 minutes as the band played several selections...
...thick-accented Imam, Sam Rafilowich, son of an Imam in a Polish village, is a Polish Tartar, who arrived in the U. S. 29 years ago. Most of his habitual worshippers are also Tartars, descendants of Tamerlane's hordes who entered Russia 600 years ago. But at the joyous feast which ends Ramadan Dec. 5, 300 Moslems - Arab, Syrian, Egyptian, Turkish, East Indian - are expected to gather in the mosque from all parts...
...Proud to be Americans!" Members of the Chinese Government, which clearly stood to gain most by the implications of President Roosevelt's new foreign policy, blandly expressed themselves as "much gratified" last week but unrestrained were the joyous whoops of U. S. citizens resident in China...