Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...talented new sculptor in the U.S. art world, the darling of critics, the envy of every museum curator. Two years ago, Tony Smith*was an unknown, but today serenity is the last thing to be found in his life. He is currently riding a fast-cresting wave of enthusiasm-not merely for his sculpture but for all the huge, wild, pure (and impure) shapes of contemporary art. He is also the primary personification of a growing race of creators who have discarded modeling clay in favor of blueprints, the chisel in favor of the welding torch, and Vulcan...
...colors by the thousands. Wealthy contributers gave yachts, and financed whole regiments to help relieve the beleaguered Cuban revolutionaries after decades of Spanish oppression. No matter that the President, all but one of his Cabinet, and much of the business community opposed a fight with Spain. Wild enthusiasm for war had been whipped up by the "yellow" journalism of the day, particularly by Pulitzer's New York World and Hearst's New York Journal. Letters calling for war came in from every part of the country. One angry Senator burst into Assistant Secretary of State William...
...message of Joffrey's company seems to be that youthful enthusiasm can easily atone for an occasional ensemble roughness. Its repertory is impressively varied, including several company-created works by Joffrey and Gerald Arpino that cover the field from delicate, classic grace (Viva Vivaldi, Pas des Déesses) to revivals of such historic works as Kurt Jooss's famous old antiwar shocker The Green Table...
Then, catching sight of the television cameras, they flocked together and. . . nothing, just sporadic cheering and aimless waving. Violence became farce. The cameramen made empty signs of victory to incite "the surging crowd" to new heights of prime time enthusiasm, suitable for national consumption...
...state of diocesan finances," said Bishop Tracy, who plans to issue updated balance sheets from time to time. "It is necessary that both priests and people have a clear picture of this matter if they are to furnish substantia1 support to the diocese with any amount of enthusiasm...