Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Proctor is not alone in her enthusiasm for recent changes...
...this year, Huang quit the Commerce Department to launch into his next career: Democratic fund raiser. He was an instant achiever. By all accounts he brought in more cash and aroused more enthusiasm among Asian Americans than any Democratic presidential candidate before Clinton had ever enjoyed. At a $1,000-a-plate dinner for Asian Americans in Los Angeles last July, Clinton proudly praised Huang for being so good at getting the audience to open its wallets. But on Oct. 18, Huang was suspended from his fund-raising slot after news leaked that he had solicited the $250,000 South...
...spirited, combative lawmaker who came to Washington in the post-Watergate congressional housecleaning, Miller has made a career championing the causes of children and the environment. Though Republican power has diminished his clout--he lost the chairmanship of the powerful Natural Resources Committee--his enthusiasm for Democratic causes has not waned...
Newman says her lack of political experience frees her from the grip of special interests. But her lack of enthusiasm for spending cuts on social programs may be the hardest thing for her to sell to the conservative Eighth. Among her proposals: increased federal funding for education and welfare reform that includes requiring grocers to contribute up to 5% of their food-stamp income to a training fund for welfare recipients...
Geraldine Sam, a kindergarten teacher from La Marque who still teaches full-time, says Stockman's conservative views are out of sync with the district. She has no lack of enthusiasm for her campaign, saying, "You can't put a price on grass-roots support." She has been endorsed by the Texas State Teachers Association and has the backing of the Coalition of Black Democrats and several Galveston city-council members...