Word: joys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York Yankees won the World Series. The Red Sox had not had a chance, as usual, but this time, instead of turning off the television and avoiding the newspapers, I had to congratulate the crazed New Yorkers screaming in the dorm. I did find some small happiness in their joy--after all, they are my friends--but really! The Yankees? How could I ever in good conscience be truly pleased that they won the World Series...
...what was valuable. At Ella's death the radio played the songs she graced, like Cole Porter's In the Still of the Night, and for a while a voice filled the air that hit every note on the note, sang words that meant something and infused heartbreak with joy...
Disney brought joy to my childhood. I am grateful for that. Now the company's standing up to China's reactionary position on the film Kundun [BUSINESS, Dec. 9] dignifies my everyday life. There is no higher satisfaction than seeing a company make money by following its ideals. MARIA GLOVER Las Vegas...
Scene II: Cruella's office. On the wall is a large plaque, saying "To Cruella P. Joy, for Outstanding Productivity, 1988," and on her desk is a stuffed toddler--Maria's little sister, who was caught several years ago trying to eat the plastic contents of a Mattel refrigerator. Cruella cackles wildly at the raggedy mob. "Fools! Santa isn't here. He doesn't even know you exist--that's the beauty of subcontracting...
...found, and knock timidly on the boardroom door. But alas, they find only a group of identical pudding-faced men in pinstriped suits, sitting around an oval table. One of the executives rises and smiles warmly at the kids. "We heard about the personnel problems down at Pure Joy, and do we have a big surprise for you--Cruella will be going on a week-long mandatory executive sensitivity-training program at our corporate retreat in Belize...