Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Time to Plan. Political speculators are forewarned not to think that the President's lady, who years ago saw a psychiatrist as a consequence of the loneliness of political wifedom, would now encourage a decision to bow out. "It's a completely different world," she declares with enthusiasm. "I see more of Jerry than I ever did before. And there's so much I want to do to build interest in all of the performing arts, and for retarded citizens. Another four years would give time to plan so much more...
Despite his long tenure in the league, his enthusiasm for the game seems not to have diminished. "I love it," he says. "I'm a purist of the game itself." Tarkenton (6 ft., 190 lbs.) leads in other ways as well. When offensive coaches gather every week to plan strategy for the next game, he sits in, offering suggestions. On Sunday he calls his own signals in the huddle and is a master at dissecting a defense. Unlike many methodical quarterbacks, Tarkenton is a gambler. His desperate scrambles behind the line of scrimmage are the stuff of N.F.L. legend...
...year's spectacular highs. In the quarter ended Sept. 30, Exxon's profits were down 31.2% from a year earlier, Gulfs 36%, Texaco's 38% and Mobil's 17%. The slide in earnings, plus the new price rollback, is certain to dampen oilmen's enthusiasm for much needed exploration. U.S. production of crude is in its fifth consecutive year of decline. And though oil companies completed drilling a record 25,729 domestic wells in the first nine months of this year, they have not found enough new reserves to offset the drain on old fields...
...possible explanation for the incident, William H. Bossert '59, current Master of Lowell House, said that perhaps the bell ringers were "exhausted from the enthusiasm of the previous day," referring to the bell ringing following the Yale game...
...free drinks and dinner at hotel ballrooms and restaurants. There, a smooth-talking speaker would mount the podium to describe various Rio Rancho plots. As he spoke, salesmen at the tables would jump up, shouting "Hold!" as if they had just sold the lot he was talking about. Their enthusiasm would be contagious, and since the land contracts were right there on the tables, guests would impulsively sign on the dotted line. In so doing, they committed themselves to purchases ranging from a few thousand dollars to a high of $11,000 for arid half-acre homesites that had cost...