But joy was quickly turned into despair as "Shrek" -- as he is fondly known to his friends due to his gap-tooth smile -- failed to qualify for his first British Open at St Andrews in 2005.
Even so, it is easy to understand why, for the first time for many months, Argentines feel they have something to smile about.
Saluted by the Mets and the FDNY before the game, the 43-year-old Rivera, who plans to retire after the season, cracked a big smile as he threw out a ceremonial first pitch to Mets career saves leader John Franco following a 91-minute rain delay at the start.
Without any further explanation, the first group was asked to form of a smile, while the second was told to wear a frown.
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Such a smile, commonly referred to as a Duchenne smile, after the 19th century French neurologist who first described it, activates major muscles around the mouth and the eyes.
Despite my petty beefs about him, I was glad at first to engage him, always greeting him with as big a smile and hello as he gave me.
On the first day of any employee training seminar, employees are typically reminded to smile and build a report with the customer.
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At first, they are told to press the space bar whenever they see a smile.
According to Kawasaki, there are four factors that create a likable first impression: your smile, your dress, your handshake, and your vocabulary.
Earlier my companion, a spa rookie, was led to his first treatment wearing a robe, flip-flops and a trepidatious half-smile.
"I get to see them smile and invite friends and family into their houses for the first time in decades, " he says.
As the audience disperses, a young fan, surely not old enough to remember any of those 80s TV shows first time around, shakes his head with a smile.
When we were at the Licensing Expo last year, the first thing that people who came up to us and saw what we were doing tended to do was smile.
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