Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Enthusiasm for Sills was not limited to Sills resembling her. "I just love Beverly Sills--I have just about all of her operas," said 30-year-old Carolyn Carpenter of Boston. "But I think she's getting tired of this because she misspelled her name," added Carpenter, referring to the way Sills signed her name on an album Carpenter had just bought...
...therefore, with all the exaggerated claims and the media hype, we can still look upon the new technology with cautious enthusiasm. At the very least, universities should manage to use technology to engage students in a more active process of thinking and problem solving that will help them learn more effectively. At best, the new machines may also be a catalyst to hasten the development of new insights into human cognition and new ways of helping students learn...
...mounting blood lust was first satisfied, by word of a two-vehicle collision on Dorchester St. We had been looking forward morbidly to the gory spectacle of a good accident, but when we pulled up and saw the mangled motorcycle lying on the sidewalk, our enthusiasm turned to nausea. It had broadsided a Wagoneer...
...your article you kicked people when they were down. Duluthians are aware of many problems in their area, but they certainly never expected to be berated for their enthusiasm. They would not make fun of working-class citizens of Boston who ardently support the Boston Celtics, nor would they belittle the students and alumni of Northeastern University who support their school's football team...
...enthusiasm of Duluthians is not blind or limited. They are participants as well as supporters. Friends of mine are involved in coaching, world class curling, bowling, and amatuer softball. This is not to mention the general interest in anything outdoors: fishing, hunting, canoeing, or camping. These people teach school, counsel troubled youth, and run local businesses. A life exists for them apart from Bulldog hockey, and yet they were at the game and kidding me as I rooted for Harvard. Their pride in Bulldog hockey could be termed excessive, but it is accepted as evidence of people still interested...