Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aside from the abstract merits of sports, I believe that there is nothing frivolous about students exhibiting enthusiastic support for their teams. Although it seems Kurzman would prefer that students continue to wallow in the self-absorbed reserve that permeates this campus, enthusiasm for athletics provides students with a needed release from the tensions of Harvard life. Damn his notion that such enthusiasm is "frivolous;" we're college students and we'll never have the opportunity to be frivolous again! If Kurzman believes there is no place for frivolity in the life of a serious intellectual then he has obviously...
...fact, the enthusiasm of the small Harvard squad earned it support by many fans in Indianapolis--especially a large number of Stanford rooters, who encouraged the Crimson in many races...
...news of an apparently harmless relative of the AIDS virus was greeted with enthusiasm by other scientists. "The best thing about Max's virus," says Gallo, "is that we can learn why one is pathogenic and the other isn't." By identifying which component of the AIDS virus is responsible for its deadly effects, researchers may be able to develop new drugs that specifically inhibit it. They may also be able to alter the virus genetically to remove its harmful traits, leaving a benign version that could serve as a vaccine...
...communication with the Elysee was indirect. A favored channel: regular phone calls between top aides. Mitterrand used the process to reject several Chirac choices. Among them was U.D.F. Leader Jean Lecanuet, 66, whom Mitterrand vetoed as Foreign Minister because of his recent criticism of the President and his past enthusiasm for military ties to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The key appointments...
Furthermore, Boehrer says, "Teachers should show enthusiasm, interest in the subject, commitment to the process of learning, and enjoyment for being in class...