Word: gusto
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Then, having smacked his lips with gusto as if anticipating a tasty meal, he predicted, "Castro will have to gravitate to us like an iron filing to a magnet...
...California drug rehabilitation clinic and, in Peking last spring, responding gracefully when Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping suggested to her that "next time" she "come alone." A few weeks ago she agreed to spend time with drug-addicted inmates at a jail in the heartland. But the new gusto goes beyond pageantry and photo opportunities. For Nancy Reagan has become a forceful figure within the Administration, and in recent months her White House clout has become strikingly apparent...
...launched Ronald Reagan on his political career. Reagan aides had hoped that Goldwater would not dwell too much on his old crusades, but the Senator was unswayed by pleas that he not repeat the most famous and divisive line from his own acceptance speech. He uttered it with gusto: "Let me remind you, extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice...
...gusto at Sears is a surprising change from the dowdy, even depressed company of only a few years ago. During the 1970s Sears was wandering. Recession, inflation and a plunging birth rate were assaulting its good, sturdy and traditional markets. Sears, like many of the American families that were its customers, was suffering an identity crisis. It was being squeezed between the pricey specialty shops and discounters like K mart and Wal-Mart. A secret document known as the "Yellow Book" that leaked out of the Chicago headquarters in early 1978 admitted the company's shortcomings and warned that...
...their soap-opera romance became almost a necessary diversion for a world wearied by wars and assassinations. The pair made millions and spent millions, traveling with an entourage that would pauper a Saudi prince, taking over entire floors of famous hotels. Like Henry VIII, a part he played with gusto in Anne of the Thousand Days, Burton lavished jewels on his consort: the 33-carat Krupp diamond, the 69-carat Cartier diamond and the lustrous Peregrina pearl that King Philip II of Spain gave Mary Tudor in 1554. Liz and Dick made a couple of good movies together, including Virginia...