Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lotteries are as enticing to strapped state legislatures as they are to hopeful ticket buyers. But for both, they offer at best an unreliable source of income. The games generate a rush of enthusiasm, with revenues to match, when they are first legalized. But interest and profits soon sag unless new versions are introduced. In 1981 Arizona's opening game pulled in a robust $5.4 million a week; by its second year, the take had plummeted to $900,000. (It now averages $1.2 million a week.) "In lottery operations, you have to keep innovating to be successful," says Douglas...
...wonderful to teach with him," said course teaching assistant Robert D. Riggs. "He has a classic gentlemanly manner and a great enthusiasm and love for his subject, which comes through in his teaching," he added...
...spreads his enthusiasm all over the classroom. He is dedicated as a teacher and brings out the best in students," Wolff added...
Qualification for the program are simple, including (besides enthusiasm) only a medical exam, a personal recommendation from a community leader, a valid passport, and an interview with a program organizer. Groups fly charter for a reduced $500 fare from the U.S. to Tel Aviv, where they are picked up by bus and taken to their military base...
...latest revelations, which bolstered the case for additional military spending in the region. But more than congressional tactics are involved: in recent weeks, the Administration has become notably more pessimistic in its assessments concerning Central America, an attitude that is in sharp contrast to the White House's enthusiasm after the successful invasion of Grenada...