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enthusiasm

noun animation, bounce, buoyancy, determination, devotedness, devotion, eagerness, ebullience, ecstasy, elation, emotion, energy, exhilaration, exuberance, feeling, fervor, fever, fire, force, frenzy, furor, fury, glow, gusto, heat, intensity, interest, joy, keenness, liveliness, mania, passion, rage, rapture, relish, snap, spirit, vehemence, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zeal, zealousness, zest, zip

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Synopsis: While Americans are giving more thought to the presidential election now than in January, their enthusiasm about voting for president has slipped.

Thought About Election Up, but Enthusiasm Edges Down

8 -- The enthusiasm expert and founder of the Superpromoter Academy will be conducting workshops to guide organisations to find, understand, engage and hone the skills of their brand's superpromoters.

"Superpromoter" Pioneer Rijn Vogelaar to Conduct Workshops for the First Time in India

Mass Enthusiasm, a digital marketing agency in Little Rock, is expanding its services to include traditional marketing and is partnering with Flywrite Communications of Mabelvale to do so.

2 LR-Area firms partner to provide more marketing

SCOTLAND manager Gordon Strachan insists his players are not suffering from an end-of-season hangover and says he has been struck by their hunger and enthusiasm ahead of tonight's friendly against Nigeria.

Strachan feeling Scotland hunger

The enthusiasm you get from the players keeps your battery going as a coach and I like working with them.

Strachan feels Scotland buzz for Euro qualifiers; SCOTLAND v NIGERIA CRAVEN COTTAGE

A successful sales career requires study and practice, but it also requires enthusiasm and faith.

The importance of enthusiasm

Enthusiasm can be like Anthony Robbins' "rah-rah" and fire-walks, but not exclusively.

The magnetic force of enthusiasm: motivation: it's a topic of great discussion and debate. If I had a dollar for every time I'm asked how to motivate employees, well, you know the adage: I would rival Oprah in the net worth department. Motivation moves people to action--both internally and externally

You could quite easily see him as one of the younger players with the enthusiasm, passion and desire he shows.

Gera has plenty of years left in him yet!

Regarding enthusiasm and the French Revolution, a topic the inclusion of which makes this book particularly interesting and distinctive among other books on Kant's aesthetics, it draws in particular on the essay "An Old Question Raised Again: Is the Human Race Constantly Progressing?

Clewis, Robert R. The Kantian Sublime and the Revelation of Freedom

Aside from having an actual shooting purpose for a gun, which generates enthusiasm, personally for me ignorance generates enthusiasm.

Hi powers and stens oh-my

Larry David, co-creator of "Seinfeld", has convinced the four stars of the funny show to reunite for a multiepisode arc on the upcoming season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," reports Contactmusic.

'Seinfeld' cast to reunite

He can instill the enthusiasm and strategy that dictates how the team play, but if the players have not got the ability to carry it out, it is all a waste of time.