Word: joys
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...then a French colony all the way back in 1946. There was more to come: for Vietnamese, the "re-education" camps, the flight of the boat people, the gradual softening of a harsh communist regime. For Americans, the new sensation of total, undisguisable defeat. But amid all the joy, bitterness, fear and misery, the overwhelming sentiment of Americans, and even of some Vietnamese, was probably the one voiced by Kenneth Moorefield. The war had dominated his entire adult life: he had studied its strategy as a West Point cadet, fought in it as an infantry officer from...
...thesis joy was short-lived. Next thing Iknew, I was printing out resumes and getting readyto start kissing some as. There's a huge irony tothe whole "job search" thing, I think. Everyone isrunning around desperately trying to get a job,shoving other people out of the way to get the jobfirst, baldly lying to prospective employers abouttheir interests, experience and personal hygiene.When I see all those morons dashing around fromlittle consulting prep session to littleconsulting prep session, it looks like they'retrying to get laid, or something. The last thingI'd imagine these people are after is somethingthat will...
...Mandel left us last week, listening to the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the "Ode to Joy...
...every professional sport today, the increasing significance of success has caused athletes and spectators to lose site of the joy of sports, and in many instances, anything--moral or immoral--becomes acceptable in the name of success...
...bronze statue in front of Chicago's United Center came to life Friday night. Before his name was announced, before his signature was lasered onto the floor, the Bulls' new shooting guard, No. 45, Michael Jordan, was greeted by a roar of joy that filled every inch of the new arena and lasted a coincidental 45 seconds. Even the members of the Orlando Magic, the best team in the N.B.A., looked awestruck as Jordan took the floor in Chicago for the first time in almost two years. A crowd of 24,247 and a media contingent of 450 were...