Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ater playing in St. Louis before 9,662 people, the Scottish booters moved on to New York for the second of seven scheduled stops. Chief purpose of the tour: to try once again to whip up enthusiasm for soccer in the U.S., where the game's most rabid admirers* are in such places as St. Louis, Kearny, N.J. and Fall River, Mass. One reason why soccer may never take the U.S. by storm: the peak of the season comes during the winter months when fans prefer to be indoors and more comfortable watching basketball...
...greatest limitation of Rusk's book is its lack of enthusiasm and feeling. It shows Emerson as far more practical, sometimes calculating, and much less steadily conscious of his purpose in life than has been believed. One great discovery concealed or slurred over by previous biographers is that much of Emerson's life was dull. Moreover, Rusk admits that he has been greatly attracted by one aspect of Emerson-his struggle "to keep his little area of personal freedom safe from encroachment." The emphasis is consequently upon his independence, his reserve with family and friends, his ties with...
Comments about the music which have already been dropped into the Union suggestion box registered enthusiasm, requests for different music, and complete scorn for the whole idea...
...enthusiasm is more like a beginning student's than a teacher's; after 30 years of painting she still delights in the problems and sparkles with the possibilities of art. "I use the most awful criterion for my own work," she says. "I ask, 'Is it so?' A thing may be just as nicely rendered, just as well composed, as can be, and yet be completely...
After lots of Harvard songs, Holmes appeared again in some favorites and a majestic performance of "The Prayer of Thanksgiving" with plenty of power from the organ. By this time the audience was shouting with enthusiasm derived from beer and music, which combination makes it fun to go to the Pops...