Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these high grades for the President do not translate into wild enthusiasm for his Administration. Just 27% said they approve of Bush's performance "strongly," and half approve "only somewhat." While 49% credit Bush with taking charge on major issues, 40% think he merely talks about them. Two-thirds think Bush has "pretty much followed" Ronald Reagan's path, vs. one-quarter who believe he has "brought real change." The desire for new approaches found by opinion surveys last year seems to have receded...
Oddly enough, some Brazilian purists fear that foreign enthusiasm for their music could corrupt it. Djavan, for one, has dismissed David Byrne's efforts as "inconsequential." Nascimento disagrees. "You're always trading ideas," he says. "It gives you life." Others are concerned that jaded outsiders will soon move on to something else. Anything is possible in the fickle pop-music world, but for now, musicians agree, it's Brazil that's got rhythm...
...Bend over! Touch your toes! Good! Again! Good! Again! Yes! Fantastic!" The ever-smiling aerobics instructor, who I shall call Satan, brims with enthusiasm to the point of hysteria. If she spoke this way on the street, she would be arrested for inciting a riot...
Amidst wining and dining at Leverett House, Hernandez-Colon spoke of the University's enthusiasm to increase awareness of Puerto Rican affairs and culture. For years, La Organizacion (La O), Harvard's Puerto Rican student organization, has asked Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence to consider offering a course on Puerto Rican history...
This mood of independence was further on display during Mikhail Gorbachev's visit in April, when West Germans showed an enthusiasm for the Soviet leader so wild that the Economist aptly dubbed it a "Gorbasm." Now, with West Germany absorbing huge numbers of East German refugees, talk of reunification grows louder...