Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...During these years of my married life . . . there was [first] a tremendous enthusiasm and patriotism. . . . But there was no staying power. I was depending on self. Then ... I was plunged into dark despair ... I realized that spiritually I was failing my husband. . . . Thus I entered into the third period where I wanted to do not my will, but God's. ... I used to pray that God would do this or that...
...They felt safer in the daylight, because when they flew home at dusk they could clearly see their eight-cylinder engine becoming red hot. When flown into a wind of more than 50 m.p.h. velocity, the de Haviland "would float sedately backward, its propeller thrashing the air with undiminished enthusiasm." Conveniently, the de Haviland not only landed as gently as "an old hen settling on her eggs," but also floated "like a balloon" on the surface of the water...
...made this journalistic conservatism almost untenable. War was too real, too exciting.* By spring 1941, when Ray Brock wrote from Belgrade with glorious enthusiasm of the Yugoslav decision to fight the Nazis, the lid was off. Now Times correspondents are allowed always to write much as they please...
Could it was that Midshipmen have begun investing in steady dates? Why else the lack of enthusiasm for the Pine Manor shindig tomorrow night? It's worth it just for the ride in one o' them there gas buggies, almost. Unleas you can show us someone like Oakesey's Barbara B. or Slater's Gloria N., we say c'mon along and take a chance on your good looks...
...Margaret. Voorhis, soprano, and Reginald Boardman at the piano. The services of these artists were secured by Mrs. Barker through Miss Ruth Hayes, of Boston. Miss Voorhis' selections consisted of foreign folk songs and several familiar American compositions; Mr. Boardman also entertained with a piano selection. Due to the enthusiasm of the audience the artists reluctantly consented to encores. It was a most enjoyable afternoon...