Word: cheerful
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...would one day give birth to a postapocalypse messiah, gave Schwarzenegger a million rounds of ammunition and 75 words of dialogue, most notably the ultimate death threat: "I'll be back." Playing a robot villain, he also played with moviegoers' expectations; they could root for him to die and cheer when he kept coming back. As Arnold recalls, "A studio executive called me after The Terminator and said, 'I can't believe it. I only saw you a few seconds without your clothes on, and they all went for it.' Then all of the sudden I got all of these...
Barbara's attempt to keep the spirit of peace and good cheer alive at a time of trouble is part of a long tradition. White House Christmases have often been bittersweet affairs. None was bleaker than the 1963 holiday, observed under the shadow of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Back in 1929, just a few weeks after the stock-market crash, Herbert Hoover's family was having Christmas Eve dinner when fire broke out in the west wing of the White House. As fire trucks clanged, Lou Hoover gathered her grandchildren and read them Christmas stories to calm their fears...
...think the lights and the music are pretty and I certainly can't complain about the presents. And I like the sense of excitement on campus, so I hate to say anything to put a damper on the holiday cheer. But I feel compelled to point out the fact that not everyone at Harvard celebrates Christmas...
Visions of sugar plums aren't the only things dancing in the minds of Harvard students these days, as many say worries about war are putting a damper on their usual holiday cheer...
Bial finds the right blend of moralizing and merriment in the last one-act, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss. Here the various citizen Whos take turns telling the tale, and both Bial and the cast skillfully intersperse the traditional storyline about the primacy of Christmas cheer with some inspired character choices. Lithgow expertly mimics the accent and demeanor of Jimmy Stewart, and Rainey's Robin [Leach] Who provides a humorous urbanity. Kanter's [Nazi] Doktor Who is splendidly drawn. "Und he whipped him und beat him," she exclaims, practically drooling in her excitement over the Grinch...