Word: enthusiasm
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...Isaacs said her academic expertise in the field was not joined by the kind of specified enthusiasm other donors said they felt for their chosen candidates. As a result, this year she donated to the campaigns of both Gephardt and Kerry—men who are, so far, declared rivals for the same nomination...
...role on the search committee, both in looking at applications and in interviews, Veneziano said he was searching for a “willingness to embrace what Harvard stands for [academics and athletics].” That, he said, is as important for the job as enthusiasm and time to commit...
...straddling the two campuses, Ferguson will indulge one of his most renowned traits—an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary connections...
...wearing a button-down, long-sleeve tattersall shirt, khaki pants and topsiders. He is surrounded by about 100 supporters, many of them young people toting signs. There is a Kerry truck blaring music. "It doesn't get much better than this," he says, a statement meant to convey enthusiasm but which comes off as Kerry's awkward guess at what a politician ought to be saying in such circumstances...
...While it's easy to dismiss these plane spotters as sad anoraks, they were local heroes to me?animated, cheerful souls absolutely passionate about their beloved airport. Their enthusiasm was infectious. Perhaps it was just as well I was flying back to London that night, otherwise I could have stayed there all week. Why on earth did men hang out in Wan Chai when there was such a spectacle? What pole dancer on earth could provide entertainment on par with this...