Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Murdoch's hands, the paper has built a following for its daily "Wingo" game and earned welldeserved criticism for sensationalizing hard news while playing up smarmy fluff stories about kids and lost kittens. It has also at times covered the city with greater enthusiasm than the comfortable and establishedGlobe...
...simple two-part structure of Joyce's story and much of its dialogue. The old Hollywood adventurer's mood and motives do not compromise Joyce's vision; they tactfully illuminate it. Indeed, Huston's handling of this material is so direct, artless and unassertive that one's first enthusiasm for it is tempered by doubt. Perhaps our desire that his last movie represent the best of his several selves is coloring our reaction. Mistrust, however, must yield to Huston's trust of his medium, his material and himself...
...since early 1985, has not produced a turnaround in the trade balance. According to economic theory, a cheaper dollar makes U.S. products less expensive to foreigners and thus eventually boosts demand for American exports. Conversely, a weak dollar makes foreign goods more costly in the U.S. and dampens Americans' enthusiasm for imports. That, in fact, is what has happened: this year exports have increased, and the growth of imports has slowed sharply. The problem is that with the dollar continuing to drop precipitously, the cost of the imports is going up much faster than their volume, and the trade deficit...
Caribbean countries, however, showed little enthusiasm for an international force. Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga rejected the idea out of hand. When the heads of eight major Latin American nations met in Acapulco last month, they called on all countries to "respect the principles of nonintervention and self-determination" in the Americas. While Latin and Caribbean nations may agree with the Reagan Administration on little else, they clearly do not want U.S. troops in Haiti a second time this century...
Harvard Coach Jim Peckham responded to the defeat with tempered enthusiasm. "Everybody put forth a fine effort and showed good spirit. But this is a young and inexperienced team. There is plenty of work to be done...