Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Presidents are like geologic formations, created by successive layers of living. Almost everything they think and do is rooted in some experience from earlier years. Ford was a hearty Midwestern boy who always had a job, studied hard in school played sports with even more enthusiasm, excelled in the Boy Scouts, went to war, became a lawyer and then a member of Congress from Grand Rapids, Mich. He never wandered from that heritage of discipline, honor and decency...
...campaign for the presidency. Now he does. "I'm not running for President of the United States. I'm an actor who makes movies, and that's how I was answering the questions." His anguish turns briefly impish. "I think Sammy Sosa would be an ideal running mate. His enthusiasm, his joy and feel for the game." Then the agita rises again. "Good Lord Almighty! This is how trivial the times we're living in are. I don't even want to talk about it! Argggghhhh...
Hastings Hall, a slightly higher-priced brownstone with crawling ivy, walk-in closets and working brick fireplaces draws more enthusiasm...
...Cambridge's] proportional voting system stirs up a lot of excitement, but the drop in the number of candidates [has lessened this enthusiasm]," he says...
Markham misconstrued my remarks as an attempt to "pump myself up." They were rather intended to congratulate my teammates on a job well done, and to bring our accomplishments to the attention of the Harvard community. As cocaptain, it is my duty to rally the team and promote enthusiasm amongst its members. Speaking in a colorful manner is far more effective than the bland words towards which Markham seems inclined...