Word: enthusiasm
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Some are likely to be easy meat. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rushed to endorse his candidacy. When will Germany's politicians learn that such bursts of enthusiasm fail to win cheaper imports of energy? It was also at Davos that Medvedev stated: "There will no longer be any free gas for anyone." If and when he becomes Russian President, Medvedev will shake hands warmly with President Bush. It would be ill-advised for Washington, however, to believe Russia's perceptions of its foreign-policy interests will change regarding Kosovo, Iran or the U.S.-proposed "nuclear shield" installations in Poland...
...Madrid, it was with full enthusiasm that I bought tickets to a bullfight. After all, I came abroad to learn about Spanish culture, and what’s more Spanish than a bullfight? I’d read enough Hemingway to find the stone ring and the matadors’ colorful costumes—in short, the whole experience—dazzling and awe-inspiring. (Sentences such as, “Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter?...
...have been tenured in the program’s nearly 50-year history, according to Dean for the Social Sciences David M. Cutler.Levitsky’s tenure announcement spread across House open lists Monday and inspired the creation of a group on Facebook.com dedicated to him. His enthusiasm for the material he teaches—and, as many of his students testify, Argentine soccer—is widely acknowledged by undergraduates who have taken his classes. Levitsky has received CUE ratings above 4.7 out of 5 for all of his courses since he began teaching at Harvard...
...full of “World Series Champions” T-shirts and sweatshirts greets shoppers at City Sports, a reminder of the recent victory of the Boston Red Sox. The Sox are not the only Boston sports team to have an exceptionally strong season this year, fueling the enthusiasm of Bay Staters on campus. The New England Patriots are currently 13-0, a record that earns them the distinction of being the fifth team in NFL history to win its first 13 games. After going 24-58 last season, the Boston Celtics are already 17-2 this year, giving...
...shocking, and even inadmissible", and accused the President of "stomping on traditional French defense of human rights". Royal's centrist rival in the election, François Bayrou, termed the visit "unworthy of France, and unworthy for France." Even French Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner could muster little more enthusiasm than to say, "I am resigned to hosting him. It was necessary...