Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cross took longer to return and restart. The challenger could never catch up and Courageous just kept increasing the lead on the hapless Australians. After the novelty of watching the graceful boats wore off, the race became rather boring. The voice of Hoyt began to lose some of its enthusiasm. "...And the Southern Cross is putting up the same old white bag..." he reported blandly as the Aussies set their white spinmaker after rounding the weather mark well behind the defender...
...school, Pataki inquires whether Marshall would like to see the girl "out in the streets." "No, she wouldn't do too well there either," she replies thoughtfully. Sand, who starred in the superb Story Theater a few seasons back, is a quirky blend of shy preoccupation and blurting enthusiasm, quick starts and sudden hesitations. If his première show lacked Rhoda's slickness and deteriorated into formula writing on occasion, it nevertheless introduced a character capable of both surprise and maybe even growth-not qualities that are automatically associated with the central figures of most television sitcoms...
Feared Puncher. Even if Foreman wins convincingly, the coronation may be incomplete, and the champion knows it. "I can beat him and knock him out in the first or second round," Foreman says, "but that doesn't mean that people are going to follow me with the same enthusiasm as they did him. It's just something God gave him to have...
...happy with the cooperation of the athletics department," co-captain Nancy Hadley said. "We feel we've got a lot more room to move in terms of time and people, so we can be a lot more creative. We have the raw material and a lot of enthusiasm...
...wrote in his fiftieth reunion report: "My continuing faith is based on what I see of the younger generation. I have faith that, despite the obstacles, they will make a better world." If we who are among that generation can go about our lives with the dedication and enthusiasm that Duncan showed his optimistic outlook may be fulfilled...