Word: cheerful
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...ardent of these don't really care very much about science, and an argument in which one party stands immovable on Scripture and the other immobile on the periodic table doesn't get anyone very far. Most Americans occupy the middle ground: we want it all. We want to cheer on science's strides and still humble ourselves on the Sabbath. We want access to both MRIs and miracles. We want debates about issues like stem cells without conceding that the positions are so intrinsically inimical as to make discussion fruitless. And to balance formidable standard bearers like Dawkins...
...flare with your hands,” said Louis K. Kang ’09. The next dance style on the music playlist was Raas, in which dancers hold striped sticks, clacking them together while moving in parallel lines or circles. The night ended with a bang, as a cheer rose from the crowd when a strobe light shut on and Bhangra music, a fusion of traditional Punjabi music with a pop background beat, pulsated through the dance floor. “When everyone is so tired, they all just go crazy,” said Abby Swenson...
Borat CELLULOID GOLD Makes me want to get up and cheer. Patton Oswalt—the funniest stand-up comedian in America—saw a preview screening of this and said that he made the projectionist stop midway through because he was laughing too hard. I don’t actually laugh at the trailer, I just marvel at it. It makes you forget about the inevitable pain that you’ll feel when you have to sit through the build-ups to the punchlines in the interviews. Just enough to entice, not so much as to disgust...
...feel like you gambled and lost on Stephen Zallian’s flaccid reimagining of “All the King’s Men,” cheer up. Hollywood, in rare form, has sent you a consolation prize...
...have met so many people in my life, but only few stand out in my memory. Hui was one of them. He was intelligent, thoughtful, entertaining, and humble. When I felt depressed he would cheer me up with his sense of humor and his signature smile. He was caring to those in need of support. There is no wonder why many people shared the same sorrow for his passing. It is only his physical being that has passed away. He will forever live in our hearts...