Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Prime Minister, replacing the nine-member advisory council that has ruled since last November. Council Chairman Nicholas Brathwaite says that the group's main task has been "creating the atmosphere" for the elections, but that job remains far from complete. Says Brathwaite: "I'm not getting much enthusiasm. It may be that many people have not made up their minds...
...calendar says he was 52 at his death; but the enthusiasm he brought to his life and his work indicates that Truffaut remained in part a perpetual enfant adorable. That life began in rebelliousness. The son of a Paris architect, young François spent time in reform school (an ordeal he memorialized in his first feature, The 400 Blows) and was kicked out of the French army (an incident that begins Stolen Kisses). Luckily for Truffaut, the great film critic André Bazin saw in the layabout a ferocious intelligence begging to be channeled. By his early 20s, Truffaut...
...into the cities to buy trucks, cars and consumer luxuries, their urban counterparts, whose wages remained fixed, grew jealous. Although agriculture has boomed, much of Chinese industry has continued to stagnate. Unemployment in the cities is higher than 10%, while poor planning has, the resolution acknowledges, "seriously dampened the enthusiasm, initiative and creativeness of enterprises." Shortages of electrical power have idled about 20% of industry. Scarcity of steel and cement has brought construction projects to a halt for months on end. Meanwhile, more than 40% of the government's budget has gone to subsidizing inefficient industries and basic commodity...
...still early in the year so it's hard to assess them," says Head Coach Harry Parker, adding. "I can say that they've shown a lot of enthusiasm and seem intent on providing the squad with positive leadership...
...just because people no longer are embarrassed to support him. But what worked for Reagan in 1980--at least with a group of Chicago doctors--could do wonders to reinvigorate the Mondale candidacy and the spirits of Democrats around the country. Already Democratic congressional candidates report renewed enthusiasm in their struggle to keep their seats against Republican upstarts. They are no longer embarrassed to support the ticket...