"If the joyful and hopeful tone of the victory speech in Grant Park can be replicated," one person wrote, "that will probably work for me".
So in mid-July I started circulating through campaign rallies and headquarters on a mission to find something that might make me feel, if not joyful, at least more at peace with the joylessness.
Leibovich started circulating through campaign rallies and headquarters this summer "on a mission to find something that might make me feel, if not joyful, at least more at peace with the joylessness".
Mr. Morris's production of Henry Purcell's semi-opera "King Arthur," already seen at the English National Opera in London and at Cal Performances in Berkeley and opening at the New York City Opera on Wednesday, is nothing if not joyful.
Moderates Also Heard From Despite all the anger and partisanship, there are many Venezuelans -- -- construction workers and advertising executives, shopkeepers and homemakers, doctors and college students -- who are rejecting the highly charged outrage of their leaders in favor of more moderate positions, offering glimmers of hope for a peaceful, if not joyful, resolution to the crisis.
A dark -- pitch black, really -- comedy, The Seafarer packs a spiritual wallop that just might provide an unlikely (if ultimately joyful) antidote for sufferers of Christmas malaise.
Strictly speaking, if you're standing there with a big smile, you're joyful; if you're jumping with glee, you're exultant; if you're shouting your happy feelings, you're jubilant.
Conclusion: this couple have a serviceable, if not particularly joyful, union.
If James had ended his hour-long infomercial in 2010 by telling the host Jim Gray that he was staying in Cleveland, the whole "Decision" event would be remembered very differently today, as a joyful, if self-important, expression of loyalty.
If that were replicated nationally at the 2015 general election, the NLD would sweep the next parliament and Miss Suu Kyi could become president.It has been a joyful, if at times bewildering, reversal in the NLD's fortunes.
A joyful if hollow exercise produced by Van Cougar, a Brooklyn theater company that creates shows out of found texts, the show stages short videos that have received millions of hits.
