Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Enthusiasm...
...Commission's proposals generated no great enthusiasm Friday, but the reaction was milder than had been expected. Many in the crowd apparently agreed with Alan McClennen, Cambridge's planning director, who said, "I don't like the results, but it's not their [the MDC's] fault." A bill passed in June, 1962, directed the MDC to build the underpasses...
...have ingeniously conveyed the complexities of this massive state. One can easily understand that Texas encompasses many cults: the radical right, the untutored rich, and the confused Negro. However, it is important to note that these individual groups are minor compared with the boundless and unified enthusiasm that prevails in Texas...
...urges everyone else to call him, is a charismatic man who attracted a cultic following even in the days when he seemed to the unclouded eye little more than some kind of a nut. Today, at 68, he is more charismatic than ever and evokes an impressive chorus of enthusiasm from many of those best qualified to judge his work...
...friend: "Bucky sees the population explosion, man's myths and antagonisms as foretelling a possible new deluge. If resources are not utilized according to Fuller principles of 'comprehensive design,' and therefore become scarce, men will begin to club each other to death." He has drumbeat such enthusiasm for his project that he has enlisted the help of many of the world's architectural organizations, including the International Union of Architects, which last year agreed to hold a special convention in Mexico City because Bucky could not go to the regular congress, scheduled years ago for Havana...