Word: cheerful
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This summer's sleeper hit movie Bring It On, about a San Diego high school cheer team competing for a national championship, was not just Hollywood fantasy. Cheerleading has come a long way from the days of busty, baton-twirling quarterback groupies. Many cheerleaders, of course, still serve primarily as perky high school spirit rousers. But 14 states now call cheerleading a sport, and all-star teams--strictly competitive groups run by local gyms--are exploding in popularity. Some 40 groups organize regional and national competitions, most of them between December and April. "Competitive cheer" has become the fastest-growing...
...held by groups such as the Universal Cheerleading Association and the National Cheerleading Association, teams are judged on how cleanly and creatively they perform original 2-to-3-min. routines. Most include tumbling, stunts and dance; at NCA events, the all-stars don't even have to chant a cheer. "It's not really what they're about anyway," says American Cheerleader magazine senior editor Alyssa Roenigk. "So in many cases, they'd prefer to compete just to music...
...IMPACT: Washington enjoys greater influence on local school districts. Teachers' unions balk at testing requirements, but cheer federally mandated raises. A Republican Congress could resist spending plan and/or push for vouchers. ENVIRONMENT GEORGE W. BUSH AL GORE...
...explains his ability to perfectly visualize music as a movement of the human body. The finale, "Dancing Honeymoon," presented a medley of Gertrude Lawrence songs from the 1930's and was a world away from the other pieces. The bright yellow costumes, the folding chairs as props and the cheer of the songs added up to a rollicking good time. And just when I thought things couldn't get any better, they started to throw the folding chairs over one another's heads...
...Clinton should cheer up. Nixon lost in a close one. But everybody still likes...