rejoicing

• “This kind of rejoicing is a little shocking and, frankly, a lot ugly.”

  Think Progress » BREAKING: Former Enron CEO Ken Lay is dead.

• “The global community has joined together in rejoicing at the rescue of 33 Chilean miners.”

  The Huffington Post: Richard Walden: Chile is More Than 33 Miners -- The February 2010 Quake & Tsunami

• “[W] e should not gloat over how self-aware we are for confessing them; the occasion for rejoicing is when we have a little less to confess.”

  Here is Wisdom, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “Now, Ubuntuites, the time of rejoicing is here as you can finally access the UbuntuOne Music Store in Banshee yourself!”

  Archive 2010-04-01

• “The rejoicing is short-lived, however, for on the return to his house it is his daughter that he sees coming out to meet him.”

  Daughter of Jephthah: Bible.

• “To hear those fans rejoicing is music to the ears of Johnny Pesky, 85, the former Red Sox shortstop who was blamed for a fielding miscue in the 1946 World Series loss.”

  USATODAY.com - Life will never be the same for Red Sox fans

• “Republicans, despite having enjoyed an immediate fundraising advantage under the law, lost no time in rejoicing when it seemed that it would weaken.”

  Making Sense of McCain-Feingold and Campaign-Finance Reform

• “This rejoicing (which we have described before) they called the rejoicing of the law, or for the law: for by waters they often understand the law, Isaiah”

  From the Talmud and Hebraica

• “The slaves, who are sometimes described as rejoicing at their captivity, are so wrung with misery at leaving their country, that it is the constant practise to set sail in the night, lest they should be sensible of their departure.”

  On the Horrors of the Slave Trade

• “When the fortnight of rejoicing is over its signs are removed, and after the outbreak of extravagant expenditure the Chinese return to their quiet, industrious habits and frugal ways.”

  The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither

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