Word: enthusiasm
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...Several weeks after the shooting, the Australian military flew in a group of reporters for a controlled visit to Tarin Kowt; on Oct. 5 it was announced that Australian and Afghan troops had captured a notorious Taliban bomb-maker. The publicity may have shored up Australians' enthusiasm for the Afghanistan mission, but it has yet to penetrate the mud-walled forts of Oruzgan's tribal chiefs, whose support is now needed more urgently than ever...
...result is a strange but nourishing stew of interviews, anecdotes and entries from Glass' diary that lay bare Gray's high self-esteem, but also capture his reckless enthusiasm for every project that takes his fancy; his poems, plays, political treatises, paintings, drawings and even typography all deftly recycle the stuff of his own life story. Born in Glasgow's East End in 1934, Gray was always as at home with words and pictures as he was set apart from society by his lifelong asthma and eczema. At Glasgow's School of Art, he specialized in mural-painting before graduating...
...year-old former motorcycle racer from small-town Pennsylvania has this kind of effect on people. There's something about his restless enthusiasm and unpretentious charm that makes you want to hang out with him--and buy his bikes. Just ask Harley-Davidson. The hogmaker fell under Buell's spell 15 years ago when it decided to purchase a 49% stake in the tiny company as a way to attract a younger demographic to the iconic baby-boomer brand. Harley kept increasing its stake over 10 years and finally bought it all in 2003, even though Buell accounts...
Still, Buell fans are usually fanatics. "Once you're into Buell, you'll never go back," says 27-year-old Brian Cessna of York, Pa. Erik Buell's enthusiasm trickles down. "It's not just the bike but what the company stands for that can make people enjoy the ride too," he says. Heading to the airport on the back of a Buell, I'm beginning to understand. The smooth, hour-long journey along the highway--tunes blaring, my leathers flapping in the wind--was exhilarating but strangely relaxing. I stepped onto the plane feeling just a little bit cooler...
...surfaces midway through to offhandedly reveal that his son has a philosophy degree—come off as pathetic and clumsy as Sidney’s attempts to pick up women. Weide, the Emmy-winning producer and director of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” fails to translate the comedic mastery of that show to this movie. “Curb,” while eccentric, derives its humor from the escalation of mundane situations through plausible means. Larry David may aggravate his interactions by acting petty or rude, but the original setups...