Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Enthusiasm and drive" is the way that Coach Harold S. Ulen explains the the 52-20 upset victory inflicted by his swimmers over a highly rated Brown squad in the Indoor Athletic Pool Saturday night. With a green squad boasting only one non-freshman, the team showed aggressive and wily competitiveness that comes from either long experience or expert coaching...
Dressed in a simple black afternoon dress with long sleeves, Mrs. Truman headed the reception line in the Red Room of the White House. She greeted all 400 guests with enthusiasm, fumbled nary a name. Introductions over, she worked hard to keep everybody milling in the huge state dining room while a red-coated Marine band played familiar airs. There were high points. A matron squeaked: "My hero!" at the sight of Admiral William D. Leahy; a Texas colonel called Mrs. Tom Connally "Honey," and dozens craned to see Ike Eisenhower...
Then, in 1938, the Reich was ready to lead Austria home. As the story of the Anschluss was retold in court, many a spectator in the press gallery-remembering the enthusiasm with which most Austrians had hailed Hitler's motorized legions, and the indifference with which most western statesmen had watched the annexation-wondered why this should now be considered a crime. As the story unfolded, they realized how the deceitful cynicism of beerhall Machiavellis had corrupted Austria into accepting annexation...
...first teamed up, not to write but to rewrite a new book for Anything Goes, which subsequently became an Ethel Merman smash hit. After two more musicomedy successes, they pined for words without music, set about dramatizing Life With Father. The script aroused so little enthusiasm that Alfred Lunt, Roland Young, Walter Huston all turned down the title role. Lindsay himself finally took the part...
...With It? (book by Sam Perrin & George Balzer; music & lyrics by Harry Revel & Arnold B. Horwitt) boasts some pleasant tunes, picture-pretty Joan Roberts from Oklahoma!, and enough young enthusiasm to keep it running for some time. The plot revolves around a meticulous young insurance actuary (Johnny Downs) who joins a traveling carnival. This combination should inspire some flights of insurance-company satire or some gay carnival horseplay; but neither keeps the show off the ground for very long...