Word: passionately
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Somehow, in spite of labor disputes and selfish players, Major League Baseball has always remained dear to America's heart. It is the National Pastime, and today the Boys of Summer emerge from the sunny spring training fields of Florida and Arizona. Opening Day marks the beginning of a passion for baseball enthusiasts around the world, but it means something unique for many different fans throughout America...
...understand the first thing about the program. To harbor deep-seated animosity for someone like the spectacularly fluid and talented Jason Williams, for instance, is the sign of a cold human heart. And I've always suspected that those who grumble in the face of Coach K's passion are lacking in passion themselves...
...Miramax Films, but he is a regular visitor to their parties. The reason for this intermingling is simple. One never knows when the informal bond that arises will pay off. Spacey may have a "vanity project" (the industry term for a quirky idea driven by a star's passion or ego) turned down by other studios. Attending parties and schmoozing with Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein lays in place a rapport that might one day be turned to advantage. For Miramax the transaction is equally simple. Spacey and others like him attract the hip-erati. Put another way, Spacey...
...weren't imbued with the Zecha mantra of "creative service." Since his return in October, however, Zecha?who now has full management control of Amanresorts, while the firms of two longtime friends control parent company Silverlink Holdings?has been on a mission to re-instill some of the lost passion. "The changes were less physical and more philosophical," he says. "Not everyone who was hired while I was gone was privy to the concept and culture...
...Mart dresses to perform mini-sketches. There are usually a slew of inside references to the Weinstein brothers, who created and run Miramax. Last year I observed Michael Eisner (chairman of Miramax parent company Disney) watching the proceedings with all the intensity of an attendee at the Oberammergau passion play...