Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crisis in domestic diplomacy for Turkey's Ambassador to the U.S., Mehmet Munir Ertegun. His sons Nesuhi and Ahmet had conceived a most un-Turkish enthusiasm for caz and yaniturku - Turkish for the jazz and blues music of the American Negro...
There were about 100 Negro candidates in last May's Democratic primary, and the Courier was viewing its future--which held out the prospect of warm friends in high places--with unabashed enthusiasm. A couple of days before the vote, editors set into type a jubilant editorial on the power of the Negro vote. It never ran; the ed, framed in black, hangs in the Courier office. All but a handful of Negroes and white liberals were clobbered at the polls...
Though few Quick Kill graduates have yet reached Viet Nam, Colonel Koob is certain that their training will pay off in combat. It has certainly paid off in enthusiasm. One Benning non-com claimed last week that recruits actually sprinted back from a ten-minute break to be in time for BB-gun drill...
Since many of the new devices will not reach retail outlets until next fall, it is too early to predict the reaction of audiences and noise-numbed parents. But judging from the enthusiasm of dealers and observers at last week's industry show, there may well be a boom in earplug sales...
...earned-run average; Gary Peters has a 10-3 record and an E.R.A. of 2.23; Tommy John is 6-5 and 2.43. But even that does not explain why a ball club with a team batting average of .239 is way out in front of the American League. "Alertness, enthusiasm and confidence" is Stanky's explanation-which translates into hustle, bustle and bluster and sums up the White Sox manager as well as his team...