Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year of Harvard-bashing in the media, we at least thought we could count on the fair-minded Economist to say something nice. Those nice chaps tried, but they didn't succeed. A recent article in the magazine chronicles Harvard's annus horribilis with zeal, but in the end discounts the last year as an aberration, falling back on Harvard's name and stature to complacently dismiss the unfortunately events as novelties. In doing so, The Economist entirely misses the point and does Harvard a great injustice...
Just as the baby boomers behave as though they were the first generation to have children or cook a good dinner from scratch, they also approach their gardening with a professional zeal. Traditional gardeners have customarily sought advice over the back fence, from wise neighbors with experience in their particular climate, or from grandparents with a lifetime of trial and error to draw upon. The power gardener, however, doesn't seek wisdom; he seeks information. And so gardening has entered the information...
...will claim small successes over along period of time, to give our movement momentum and sustained zeal. Things might not happen right away, but maybe when you're far off in your welldeserved retirement, your successors will get tired of us and throw us a sop. That would be nice. Did we mention that we're going to poster at Commencement, too? Maybe we can get balloons with House shields on them and scare Vaclev Havel away. The pink balloons really seemed to disconcert Colin Powell...
...Mercutio and Desdemona. It is tempting to imagine them as Viola and Malvolio or Beatrice and Benedick in some future HRDC production. Barth is wonderfully vicious as Iago, and his Romeo, while predictably over-the-top, retains more grace and wit than the buffoonish comedy demands Smith's comic zeal and exuberance make her the focus of every scene she is in; her Mercutio is delightful, and her Desdemona is as perfect a performance of that sadly banal role as could be imagined...
...cast's sense of timing is also underdeveloped. Some of Williams' most beautiful, human moments escape while others are emphasized with misguided zeal. The scenes' natural tensions are often not allowed to build. At times, a character who was whispering rememberances just moments before suddenly turns into a shrieking wall of sound, leaving the audience confused and disoriented...