What they also have in common is a resolute cheerfulness in the face of annoying questions about how much longer a recovery is going to take.

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Like Reagan, he has a basic cheerfulness and Midwestern equanimity.

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She saw a therapist while a teenager, her mother said, but recovered her cheerfulness when she went to college.

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As such, I was intrigued by a NY Times article about the British fast food chain Pret A Manger which hires, pays, and promotes employees on qualities like cheerfulness, not just pure performance.

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