Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Defensive Tackle Alan Page of Minnesota, 22, 6 ft. 5 in., 270 lbs., was named lineman of the week for his devastating performance against Detroit. Page racked up Lion backs with so much enthusiasm that he caused four fumbles and recovered another himself. The Vikings have also been getting such outstanding performances from Backs Clinton Jones and Bob Grim, Flanker Gene Washington and Tight End John Beasley that the team boasts the brightest crop of rookies in the league...
...only the classroom which has created the students' enthusiasm for their new school. "It's not all academics. Other things are stressed here," the boy added...
...opening program was typical of Munch's cautious adventurousness: Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Debussy's La Mer and Stravinsky's recent, brief Requiem Canticles. At 76, Munch brought a remarkably youthful enthusiasm to the podium; and this, as much as anything, may explain the new era of clarity, precision and musicianship reborn in Paris through its new orchestra. As one astounded member noted after a rehearsal, some of the men even take their music home to practice...
...crowd of onlookers watched with an air of festive enthusiasm. One student ran to his room and played "Baby, Won't You Light My Fire" over and over. The spectators cheered on the fire men and cheered Hackbarth as he emerged from his room with a salvaged pair of bongo drums...
...Cepeda batted .325, clouted 25 homers and drove in 111 runs-tops in the National League. He also appointed himself a sort of team psychiatrist-playing cha-cha records in the clubhouse to dispel the gloom after losses, leading the club in cheers after each St. Louis victory. His enthusiasm was catching-and his bat did the rest. Picked by experts and oddsmakers to finish no better than fifth, the Cardinals ran away with the National League pennant, went on to beat the Boston Red Sox in seven games in the World Series. Last week Cepeda's contribution...