Word: enthusiast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first segment will be money well spent, especially with $1.35 billion already allocated for a high-speed conventional-railway project called the Inter-City Experimental. Transrapid supporters, however, do not think the choice between conventional trains and maglevs should be an either-or one. Says one maglev enthusiast, Heinz Riesenhuber, Minister of Research and Technology: "Sailing ships were improved greatly in the past century, but at the same time steamship development went along and suddenly completely overtook sailing ships. That is how it will be with the Transrapid...
...ATVs permanently scar the land, kill wildlife and destroy vegetation, as well as cause noise, safety and pollution problems. Says he: "We recognize their right to use public lands, but no one has the right to chase jackrabbits until their hearts explode, or roar over desert turtles." ATV Enthusiast Buddy Bray sees it differently. "I don't believe riding ATVs destroys the desert," he says. "All you kill is the bushes...
...there are some cautionary notes. Critic Robert M. Parker Jr., an early enthusiast of Australian wines, has a relatively cool appraisal of recent vintages in the February issue of his bimonthly Wine Advocate. "I must confess," he writes, "to an overall sense of disappointment with what I tasted; there were too many standard-quality, bland wines." Parker is concerned that Australia may be endangering future excellence for the sake of today's potential profits. A relatively small group of medium- and large-size firms accounts for some 90% of Australia's wine output. Until this year, many of the independent...
...tradition of fandom is passed along from one generation to the next. And it's hard to refute the gospel of previous generations with only apathy as your tool. A kid who truly wants to rebel against Yankee-rooting parents won't become a tennis enthusiast--he or she will become...
...record, I've always been a Jim Rice enthusiast, my worship growing with the seasons and partially in response to the boos. For the record, I'm also perfectly prepared to become a Lee Smith fan, given time and given his obvious abilities but for the moment, my deepest sympathies lie elsewhere. When I entered Fenway Park Monday, I knew just what had to happen--I had to cheer for Jim Rice...