Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kennedy waged an artful and compelling campaign, summoning from the young, the poor and the black a degree of enthusiasm, even worship, seldom witnessed in an American political campaign. Their hopes and aspirations died with the young Senator, and the altruistic zeal of McCarthy's crusaders turned to bitterness when it became obvious that their leader could never win the Democratic nomination. The young, the angry and the disenchanted registered their vote on the streets of Chicago, and they were answered by the clubs of August. That traumatic clash may well have cost Hubert Humphrey the presidency. Richard Nixon...
...Brother. Regardless, Dell was not taking any chances. In his first year as captain, the 30-year-old lawyer and former Davis Cup player (1961) was determined to restore some semblance of spirit to the team, which in prior years was plagued by dissension and a marked lack of enthusiasm. Acting as a strict but understanding big brother, he succeeded in his aim by imparting, as Ashe describes it, "this special feeling. Having him as captain is like having John Kennedy for President...
Serious Difficulties. With greater or less enthusiasm, the Social Democrats and Kiesinger favor 1) signing the treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, 2) banning Adolf ("Bubi") von Thadden's reactionary National Democrats in order to deprive neo-Nazis of a shield of respectability, and 3) eliminating the legal deadline on murder charges to allow the judiciary to weed out the last remaining Nazi war criminals. Strauss takes the opposite position on each issue, and has been using his growing strength in his Hausmacht (power base) to give weight to his views...
...have just fulfilled a campaign speaking schedule which took me to 30 states, from Florida to Alaska. I never worked harder, felt better or approached the new Congressional session with more enthusiasm, and if there is ever a problem with my health, I will be the first to say so. (My golf handicap was just cut by two strokes...
Having survived Warsaw, I awaited the Beethoven with ambivalent anticipation. The Chorus was massive enough to rout Xerxes' Persian legions but sang with respectable diction and infectious enthusiasm, far outshining the supernatural unimaginativeness of Mr. Yannatos' conductorial efforts in the first three movements. The orchestral contribution was by turns trenchant and languid, almost always exhibiting a sepulchral gravity. The blame must be placed on Mr. Yannatos' amorphous conception of the work. His most persistent problem was metrical confusion, as he repeatedly failed to find the perfect tempo where metrical relaxation and momentum would conjoin...