Word: rousingness
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The College Pride of Springfield came out on fire. Before the match even began, the squad's rousing chants could be heard echoing through the halls. In contrast, the Crimson appeared to be flat and unemotional. But this lack of enthusiasm would not persist.
Odds are that Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.) did not go home that night to tell his wife that he'd be back at the Institute of Politics anytime soon. Odds are that he did not change his mind on the Senate bill S. 1394 restricting legal immigration. Odds...
Just before he is to go on, Pat peeks through a narrow door in the balcony, the veteran thespian appraising his audience. He walks to a holding room across the hall. From downstairs, the music of Pat's rousing fight song, with the refrain "Go, Pat, go!" fills the small...
Even more disturbing are episodes of Biblical patriarchs suddenly bursting into song for no apparent reason. The forced musical numbers do little to enhance the production except provide unintended comic relief: Chirkov turns the long list of Adam's descendants into a rousing chorus, with the shouted refrain, "And then...
The Fugees' name is short for "refugees": two of the members, Wyclef Jean and Prakazrel Michel, have family roots in Haiti; the third, Lauryn Hill, is a native of New Jersey but considers herself "Haitian by association." The band's winning new album The Score draws liberally from the music...