Word: joying
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...hard to exaggerate the effect music can have on the human brain. A mere snippet of song from the past can trigger memories as vivid as anything Proust experienced from the aroma of his petite madeleine. A tune can induce emotions ranging from unabashed joy to deep sorrow and can drive listeners into states of patriotic fervor or religious frenzy--to say nothing of its legendary ability to soothe the savage breast...
...smacked his first stand-up double or that Sis had been accepted at the local university. The mundane details of life in the U.S.--the score of Friday night's football game, the pattern of a soft cotton dress bought special on Main Street--have always been the rare joy of American soldiers far from home. For every Dear John letter serving notice that a soldier had been dumped by his best girl, a thousand others served warm reminders of Mom's cooking for a holiday picnic under the oak tree in the backyard. And it was in this home...
...implications are so sweeping that they have smart people talking in ways that seem to be ripped from the pages of Isaac Asimov. Sun Microsystems' chief scientist, Bill Joy, recently said that in the future, virtually all inanimate objects--from front doors to light bulbs--will have a wireless Internet hookup. What does that mean for you? One day, when your dishwasher breaks down, the appliance will alert you via your cell phone or PDA. It may even call the repairman...
...antithesis of the anger, the scowl, the selfishness. With Coach Wooden, an Indiana native, life was always fun, always upbeat, always positive, always about the team, always about the greatness of the game. Sadly, you don't get any sense of that from Knight. There's no joy. Even worse, there's no happiness on the faces of his players...
...Deborah has been a joy to coach, since she's the type of player that basically coaches herself," Allard says. "She always comes in early for practice and probably has the best work ethic on the team...