Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...going to create a new kind of vacationer," says a Midwestern tour operator. Agrees a Boston holiday wholesaler: "This is the future of travel for the masses." The development that has injected such enthusiasm into the recession-hit tourist business is known in industry jabberwocky as O.T.C., meaning one-stop inclusive tour charter. For the tourist, the initials could well stand for OffToCamelot...
...Terriers seemed to lose their enthusiasm at that point, and Satch's cagers methodically built the lead to 21 points with less than two minutes left to play. But even then, BU had one little kick left and scored the last seven points of the game to forge the final 86-70 margin which was at least respectable...
...retailing analyst at the investment firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co.: "We are not in an atmosphere of retail profligacy-not yet." Meanwhile, in the weeks before the reordered merchandise comes in, many shoppers who waited until after Christmas to look for bargains may find shelves picked clean by the enthusiasm of the early buyers...
...more than 5,000 years and, as Emily Dickinson noted, "No true eye ever went by one steadily." She did not reckon on the scholarly zeal of Whitney Smith. His hefty book conveys an encyclopedia of vexillology (Smith's coinage for the scientific study of flags). His enthusiasm is sometimes unsettling, as if the history of the dog were being told from the point of view of its tail. Yet his sprightly lectures are packed with odd information, and the 2,800 color illustrations that flutter through them make this unquestionably the standard book on standard-bearing...
...energy for such demanding undertakings is not readily apparent in Nesson. He has a quiet, unassuming warm manner, but his enthusiasm surfaces when he immerses himself in his work...