Word: ardor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...throwing to a receiver named Lynn Swann, who has also managed to avoid the real estate business. During his senior year, Fouts was recruited by just one Pacific Eight (now Pacific Ten) team, the University of Oregon. The rest of the conference lived to regret its lack of ardor: Fouts set 19 school offensive records while passing for a three-year total of 5,995 yds. and 37 touchdowns. Picked on the third round by San Diego, he settled in at the feet of Johnny Unitas, then 40, who was finishing his football career. "I went to him for advice...
...with persistence and force, Bowersock might as well file away his tutorial reforms with the departmental memos he has so conscientiously collected. In the file, he should include similar tutorial legisletion passed in 1924 and 1958, legislation which the Harvard Faculty brought to life with the same unanimous ardor, then disinherited with what has now become predictable indifference...
...pretty enthusiastic about playing college football." Scheper says, but his ardor for the college football of another academic institution matches, if not surpasses his dedication to the home team...
...troubled mind, his impotent will, and the sultry air resonates. In his one-character play, Krapp's Last Tape, Beckett took some notice of this problem. Between his senile musings and avid munching on a banana, Krapp turns on a tape recorder that relates all the romantic ardor and wistful yearnings of an earlier self. Thus, a kind of dialogue, and a very poignant one, is established and successfully maintained...
...part of the fun of their performances. A palpable joy in music making pervades everything they do and even comes through on their LPs. One of their best is the Schubert Symphony No. 5 (Sound 80). It is impeccable in its details, and yet it breathes with spontaneity and ardor. Another notable release, on Nonesuch, contains pieces by William Bolcom, including Commedia, one of many works commissioned by the orchestra...