Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Kerensky is a moody man; he broods and broods for hours on end, "with his yellow-green eyes half closed." Then, suddenly, something snaps within him, "an enthusiasm stirs his deep spiritual organism," his face changes, his forehead "grows higher and broader," the yellow-green eyes flash-the man speaks. Once Kerensky spoke for twelve hours without stopping. Senor Ibañéz, after seeing him, thought he could speak for 24 hours and not be in the least affected. Said he: "The Russian has a mouth like a codfish . . . and a voice like a cross between a megaphone...
Says Liberals Lost Moral Enthusiasm...
...recounted the reasons for the present failure of Liberalism--in England today. "We failed because of our association with 'militarism'; because our words were big and our deeds small; because Asquith faltered when strong measures were required on the Irish question, but chiefly because we lost our moral enthusiasm, which is the driving force of a political party...
When Premier Count Bethlen rose to make the official announcement in Parliament, the greatest enthusiasm was displayed. Count Bethlen said: "I have no definite information, but I know that Mr. Harding is now on the way to Europe and I think on the way to Hungary. . . . Detailed arrangements will have to be made with the League through Lord Cecil when he reaches Paris...
...Blodgett's main defect, as the committee views it, in his enthusiasm for more salary. He was, it is claimed, placed in the Presidency by bankers who had control of the Company, although he was quite innocent of any knowledge of the chewing-gum industry. Blodgett, however, apparently knew a trick worth two of that. His salary was increased from $20,000 to $50,000; and the increase was made retroactive for the previous year and a quarter. In the opinion of the committee the business did not warrant this munificence...