Word: gusto
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...Whatever she has gotten involved in, she has tackled it with more gusto than most people," says tutor Nichols. "She has extraordinary drive that is rare to see in anyone...
GERSHWIN: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, RHAPSODY IN BLUE, CONCERTO IN F (Arabesque). Present at the creation as a player in the Gershwin band, Mitch Miller conducts George the way it oughtta be done -- with love and verve and gusto...
Early-warning cells constantly monitor the bloodstream and tissues for signs of the enemy. With the gusto of Pac-Man, they gobble up anything that is foreign to the body. They envelop dust particles, pollutants, microorganisms and even the debris of battle: remnants of invaders and infected or damaged body cells. Other early warners direct the production of unique killer cells, each designed to attack and destroy a particular type of intruder. Some of the killers, alerted to body cells that have become cancerous, may annihilate these...
...high point of Claudia's career is her time as a war correspondent covering the desert campaign against Rommel. She goes at her assignment with gusto, typing in the jeep, pausing to shake the sand out of her typewriter. No wonder a weary colleague asks her to quit showing off. But soon she meets the love of her life, a tank commander named Tom Southern. The savvy reader of war fiction knows at once that earnest Tom will be dead within 50 pages, but Claudia is launched on a splendidly grand passion. And when finally the disastrous word comes from...
...fund raising: meager popular support cuts donations to a trickle. These hard times call for unconventional tactics. Staffers are not above recycling empty soda cans and newspapers to pay for pens and pads at the Phoenix headquarters, tucked away in a shopping mall. Frequent-flyer miles are redeemed with gusto...