Word: joys
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...would understand that the true joy and satisfaction of writing a thesis isn't intellectual growth, it isn't whether you earn a summa cum laude, it isn't even the moment when you turn the damn thing...
...flip on computer, and stare bleakly at your thesis outline one more time. Experience fleeting moment of joy at thought that all your friends in Social Studies have dropped their theses, switched to Gov, and are now downing pitchers at the Grill. Realize you already are Gov. Moan in despair...
...author of Anatomy of Love: The Natural History of Monogamy, Adultery and Divorce, a recent book that is making waves among scientists and the general reading public. Says Fisher: "I've never not thought that love was a very primitive, basic human emotion, as basic as fear, anger or joy. It is so evident. I guess anthropologists have just been busy doing other things...
Sylvain's usual haunt, he said, is a place "where people can sit down and relax and en joy jazz and soul music." Though his restaurant is a far cry from usually crowded and noisy Harvard dining halls, the magic of his cuisine translated well to dingy house eateries...
This compound noun is then given a modifier: Happy, Quite obviously an adjective meaning joy, pleasure, balloons of hope, warm fuzzies, two kinds of ice cream, finding your skate key...It is less a simple description than a sort of prophecy, full of hope...