Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cinema, the first newmovie theatre built from ground up in Boston orCambridge in more than 15 years, we hope toestablish the flagship venue for specialized filmsin New England," Steve Gilula, president of theSamuel Goldwyn Theatre Group, said in a statement."The Boston/Cambridge area has always shown agreat passion and enthusiasm for independent andspecialized films...
...Professor of Psychiatry Dr. John E. Mack was given an unusual public warning by Medical School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson '44 not to let his enthusiasm for UFO research compel him to violate the academic standards of the faculty...
...genealogists, seeking academic credit for a strictly personal interest. Then about a year ago one of my roommates took a course on corridos, or Mexican folk ballads, offered by a visiting professor in the English department. The fascination with which he read his texts for the course, and the enthusiasm with which he described his work struck me deeply. I learned quite a bit in the process as well--the social value and poetic richness of an art form which I had ignorantly disregarded as annoying background music...
April 18 (Dow down 12.80): The Times said stocks were brought down by a surge in oil prices following Iraq's refusal to comply with U.N. sanctions. The Journal said they finished lower because "a sell-off in the bond market eroded investors' enthusiasm for first-quarter earnings reports"--an explanation that left this investor totally confused...
...Pentagon has no enthusiasm for the pullout, and officials hope the desperate consequences it would have for civilians will inhibit politicians from ever ordering the exit. "The plan is limited to the withdrawal of unprofor forces," says General John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "It does not provide for humanitarian or refugee support either during or after the withdrawal operation...