Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...left are the activist Vietniks, eager to protest the war; next are the doves, who oppose the U.S. role but shun demonstrations; and in the middle are the apathetics, who simply are not concerned enough to think through their own stand. Then come the pragmatists, who may have little enthusiasm for the war but feel that the U.S. is committed to fight it, and on the right the hawks, who are eager to demonstrate their all-out support...
...strings attached and without regard to the minister's policies or convictions, but the churches' strong commitment to civil rights has been a divisive issue. In anger, some givers have withheld pledges; in respect for this kind of contemporary Christian witness, others have donated with even greater enthusiasm...
...Jewish Columnist. The Reporter makes no secret of its enthusiasm for church renewal, but it also lets conservative Catholics have their say. It has published long defenses of the natural-law argument against birth control, for example, as well as attacks on it. Its columnists include conservative Catholic Garry Wills, a frequent contributor to the National Review, and liberal Catholic John Leo of Commonweal−as well as Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg and Lutheran Theologian Martin Marty...
...very frustrating experience to be a cheerleader for the Boston Patriots. Harvard fans are known for their lack of enthusiasm at times, but nothing compared to the Boston rooters. Especially since the Pats have won only one game this year. I mean, how you ask somebody to yell a Victory cheer when his team has just fumbled the ball for the fifth time in a row? At one point,the score was 24-17, and it really looked as of "our boys" might have a fighting chance. So we did both victory cheers really fast, before the Jets...
...rooters. The neighbor of one of the women connected with the Radcliffe gym has season tickets on the fifty yard line, which were generously donated to about six of our staunchest supporters. Ordinarily, this would be fine--we could see them and they could hear us and maybe their enthusiasm would be contagious. BUT, the seats were on the side of the field where the players sit; directly in back of the Boston bench, in fact...