Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rather than of one person's vision, the many dances sometimes appear disjointed. Certain scenes in Act II could definitely profit from some alterations. The dance of the Russian soldiers in scene six, accompanied by possibly the most rousing segment of Tchaikovsky's score, fails to project the same enthusiasm present in the music. Equally anti-climactic is the Arabian Coffee dance in scene three...
...self-proclaimed Team Tag-along--my blockmates Shelli L. Calland and Kyle R. Freeny. Up until now, they've been maintaining a home base in my room, tidying up the common room should Tad return, and selecting ideal outfits for the night ahead. They offer moral support and general enthusiasm for the final 10 parties, and they excitingly join our troop...
...While Humphries and Fraser showed their enthusiasm on the blocks, junior Ali Shipley could have made "Ripley's Believe It or Not" with her magic on the diving boards. Shipley led the four Crimson divers, all of whom made the finals on both boards, with a silver on 3-meter and a fourth-place finish in the 1-meter event...
...uninhabitable by artillery fire. The city has no lights, no gas, no work. As our convoy drives up to the Gudermes administrative office with its fake Greek columns, we are met by a crowd of local citizens. We assume they have been bused in to voice their support and enthusiasm for the Russian presence. In fact, they have come to complain. Russian troops--in particular the special assignment police unit, a heavily militarized unit with a reputation for excessive muscle--have been looting the place. "They stole my car yesterday," yells one man in the crowd. "The soldiers steal cattle...
...vote in two weeks will merely be expressing a lukewarm preference for one candidate over the others, and not an impassioned advocacy. Even if there were serious issues at stake--which admittedly there are not-the current offering of aspiring presidents would be sufficiently dull to drown the enthusiasm of even the most committed activists...