Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while briskly patrolling the outer edges of modernity in the early 1960s that Sontag became suddenly, improbably famous, for her essay "Notes on 'Camp,' " a meticulous exertion of reason applied to an apparently weightless topic: the enthusiasm for silly extravagance, for the likes of Busby Berkeley and Mae West. "Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style," she wrote. But more than that, "It incarnates a victory of 'style' over 'content,' 'aesthetics' over 'morality,' of irony over tragedy...
...rest of my life," says Chatham student Bobbi Hill, 38, who flunked out of college the first time around but is now on her way to a degree in history and philosophy. In the decades to come, colleges are gambling that millions of adults will share her enthusiasm...
Democrat Michael Dukakis lashed at front-running George Bush as man with "no convictions, no ideas and no plans" yesterday and blamed Republican policies for last year's stock market plunge. Bush tried to contain supporters' enthusiasm over polls showing him building a large lead...
...intramural participant Eric J. Kezirian '92, a member of Weld South's "Weld and Crazy" team, said "usually we have many more people than we need; there's a lot of enthusiasm here. We all have a lot of fun. You get to play sports that you normally wouldn't get to play...
This year, the second under Coach Buddy Teevens, is better than last, Morton says. There is more enthusiasm. More confidence. But there are still losses...