Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hope of a breakthrough to fame -after which he tends to abandon the theater like a Brando or a Burton. The producer nourishes the hone of a croupier to rake in the chips. The backer, that garishly garbed seraph who roots for his cash on opening night with cacophonous enthusiasm, hopes for some sort of glittering new social credential and the consolation prize of a virtually guaranteed tax loss. The critic approaches the new season like an Israelite at the edge of the Red Sea-perhaps the surging waters of mediocrity will part...
...social workers were usually around, talking with tremendous enthusiasm to the one or two patients who were in good enough shape to respond to them in the way they expected. Sometimes some volunteers would come in from the B'nai B'rith or some women's club to ease their middle class consciences, and shower the area with synthetic smiles, and say to a patient they knew, "WELL III THERE, HOW ARE YOU TODAY...
...accused polluters were duly identified during the late days of the Johnson Administration. Then, in theory, it was up to the states concerned to enforce remedial action. But the state authorities got nowhere-either delayed by countering lawsuits or a lack of enthusiasm for prosecuting industries that were also major taxpayers...
...have confused at least some Irish Americans, who have so long been opposed to black militancy. Where Bernadette has scored most heavily is with the liberal wing of the U.S. Establishment, but it remains to be seen whether the basically conservative voters of Ulster will respond with comparable enthusiasm when -and if-she stands for reelection. That is a very big if, since Bernadette has hinted that she will call it a day when her term ends...
...well-loved member of the community. She is also pitied because of her impulsive marriage to Vadinho, one of the great gamblers and womanizers in all Brazil. The novel begins at carnival time with Vadinho's sudden death while dancing the samba in drag, "with that exemplary enthusiasm he brought to everything he did except work...