Word: joyousness
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...however much he tried to school himself in foreign masters of despair -- Mishima, say, or Celine -- Miller could not help remaining a fearlessly joyous soul, "100% American," as he put it, right down to his repudiation of America. No one ever embraced life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness more lustily. An Emersonic boom was his, and Whitmanic energy. Like Emerson, he saw the Greek roots in enthusiasm -- the word means divine possession -- and knew that the poet "speaks adequately only when he speaks somewhat wildly . . . Not with intellect alone, but with intellect inebriated by nectar." And like Whitman...
...Thanksgiving would be discussed not only as a feast day for whites but as a less joyous occasion for Native Americans...
...FATS WALLER PIANO SOLOS (Bluebird). There has never been a more joyous jazzman than this two-fisted stride pianist, whose artistry is brilliantly captured here...
Davis and Sarandon certainly have a knack for playing this relationship. Davis emerges from repression to self-confidence with a joyous air of self- astonishment, while Sarandon takes a trip in the opposite direction. At the beginning, she's all cool confidence, the practical brains of their jerry- built organization. By the end, life has taught her a thing or two about just how provisional...
With all these aches and pains, Ryan's fate was predictable: he was carried from the field. But the only injury was to the Blue Jays; Ryan's joyous teammates hoisted him to their shoulders after he pitched his seventh no- hitter, a time-warp classic that even the self-effacing Texan described as "my most overpowering night." Only two Blue Jays reached first base on walks; only four hitters managed to loft fly balls to the outfield. The scorecard for the game looked like a bowl of Special K, the letter baseball uses to symbolize each of Ryan...