Word: joys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...something in a Milk Dud, please") and popcorn that comes in huge buckets ("I don't need that much roofing insulation"). His musings on childhood are especially evocative, whether conveying a five-year-old's restlessness at being dragged along to the bank by his mother or joy at finding an empty refrigerator carton. "When you're a kid," says Seinfeld, "that's the closest you're gonna come to havin' your own apartment...
...kind of hot Indiana hot weather that sends the family dog scrooching under the pickup truck to enjoy the shade. But in South Bend, on the Notre Dame and St. Mary's College campuses, heroic athletes from 70 countries were running and jumping and laughing from the sheer joy of it all. No, these were not the Pan American Games, which were to start a few days later, downstate at Indianapolis. The competitors there, everyone knew, would run faster and jump higher. But not happier; world happiness records were being set here at the Seventh International Summer Special Olympics...
...that of George Kelsey of New Jersey, who cannot push with his arms and so maneuvers his wheelchair by reversing it and shoving it along backward, with his left toe, through the 30-meter slalom course. His face is twisted with effort, but he too is laughing with joy as he finishes...
Genentech Inc. has been purchasing a collection of recorded books for its commuting employees. Having a book read aloud while driving has become an addiction and a joy...
...ridges of his skull. At the finish, some color has returned to his face. "There is no ego now," he says. "For the rest of my life I hope to live with grace, make the best use of my talents and share them with others. That's the greatest joy of a musician...