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enthusiastic and committed
His conductor Oswald Kabasta was apparently an enthusiastic Nazi who, being prohibited from conducting in 1946 during de-nazification, committed suicide.
" The Aragonese " writes Thiers ' more brave and enthusiastic as the rest of the nation, committed by previous demonstrations, were obliged to stay and fight with fury.
Berkoff is a committed Zionist, and an enthusiastic supporter of Israel, who believes that being a Jew is inseparable from being a Zionist: Berkoff equates Zionism with being Jewish, stating in The Daily Telegraph in January 2009 that " Zionism is the very essence of what a Jew is.
Back in Italy Montanelli's stories had been followed with great enthusiasm by the public, but not so enthusiastic was the response of the fascist leaders who were committed to an alliance with the Soviet Union.
Therefore Dasan is of great importance as he was able to be enthusiastic for modern Western ideas but remained deeply committed to the depth of Confucianism.
In the Get Smart episode, " Weekend Vampire ," an attempt to reconstruct a tune heard just as a murder was committed led to an enthusiasticif irrelevant — rendition of the 1926 song by Max, the Chief, and detect-o-tune operator Arrick.

enthusiastic and Spiritualist
Jencken, a London barrister, legal scholar, and enthusiastic Spiritualist.

enthusiastic and Conan
Conan Doyle, as a spiritualist, was enthusiastic about the photographs, and interpreted them as clear and visible evidence of psychic phenomena.

enthusiastic and hoped
Initially, Germany hoped to transform Poland into a satellite state, but by March 1939 German demands had been rejected by the Poles three times, which led Hitler to decide, with enthusiastic support from Ribbentrop, upon the destruction of Poland as the main German foreign policy goal of 1939.
The enthusiastic Lucas had been successful as a head coach for the San Antonio Spurs, and Philadelphia hoped he could breathe new life into the 76ers.
However, rearming the Finnish army did not occur as swiftly or as well as he hoped, and he was not enthusiastic about a war.

enthusiastic and if
Proponents of single elements tend to ensure predominance of that element without determining if it is justified, and the element with the most enthusiastic and vociferous proponents has assumed the greatest importance.
I beg farther to remark, if my theory and pretensions, as to the nature, cause, and extent of the phenomena of nervous sleep hypnotism have none of the fascinations of the transcendental to captivate the lovers of the marvellous, the credulous and enthusiastic, which the pretensions and alleged occult agency of the mesmerists have, still I hope my views will not be the less acceptable to honest and sober-minded men, because they are all level to our comprehension, and reconcilable with well-known physiological and psychological principles.
The American founders rarely cited Rousseau, but came independently to their Republicanism and enthusiastic admiration for the austere virtues described by Livy and in Plutarch's portrayals of the great men of ancient Sparta and the classical republicanism of early Rome, as did many, if not most other enlightenment figures.
Helm recalled her experiences of shooting the film in a contemporary interview, saying that " the night shots lasted three weeks, and even if they did lead to the greatest dramatic moments — even if we did follow Fritz Lang ’ s directions as though in a trance, enthusiastic and enraptured at the same time — I can ’ t forget the incredible strain that they put us under.
Lovejoy is not always enthusiastic about the Bible and is often disparaging about its content and purpose, even calling it a " 2000-page sleeping pill "; it is unsure if he even owns a Bible, as it was once said he borrows it from the library every week.
He is enthusiastic about the prospects for a manned mission to Mars, and when asked if he would consider a one-way journey to Mars to be the first to visit, he said " I would be honoured to be given the opportunity.
North Stonington and its older sister Stonington played an enthusiastic role in the War of 1812, even if the war itself was deeply unpopular in Connecticut and elsewhere in New England.
Traditionally, the 4x400 metre relay finals are the last event of a track meet, and is often met with a very enthusiastic crowd, especially if the last leg is a close race.
The Times Literary Supplement of February 3, 1921, gave the book an extremely enthusiastic, if short, review, which stated: " The only fault this story has is that it is almost too ingenious.
" Sinclair User were somewhat initially less enthusiastic, saying " no package, even if it is brilliant in the production of games using the sausage machine technique, will provide an answer to properly machine-coded and original games ", although later in 1984 they said " The Quill produces programs on a par with handwritten commercial programs ".
Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News was less than enthusiastic about her performance, writing: " Gyllenhaal, who was so dynamic as a druggie in the film Sherrybaby, plays Yelena with a slow-mo saunter and monotonous pasted-on smile that makes it seem as if she's been in Sherry's stash.
On 8 January 1942, he therefore contacted the headquarters of 1st Airborne Division and 38 Wing RAF, asking if they were able to conduct the raid ; Browning was particularly enthusiastic, as a successful operation would be an excellent morale boost to the airborne troops under his command, as well as a good demonstration of their value.
Some economists argue from the Coase Theorem that, if industries internalized the costs of negative externalities they would face an incentive to reduce them, perhaps even becoming enthusiastic about taking advantage of opportunities to improve profitability through lower costs.
By the meal's end, du Maurier had accurately realized Edgar's enthusiastic if rather childish personality, and saw that in his own blundering way, Edgar had not been malicious but rather trying to help.
Wendy's character has matured radically, from an enthusiastic, if clumsy, over-eager young assistant into a serious, ruthless agent willing to fulfil the British Library's plans by any means necessary.
Don't you know the love ( if you allow me to use this exact word, although it is stronger than other words ), the often enthusiastic admiration that I and our entire literary circle feels for you, for your poems, for your whole literary and political work?
He attended Silverdale School, and was enthusiastic about football, later reflecting, " I'd have probably preferred to be a footballer if I could have been good enough.
Brooks, reportedly dismayed by both Burlingame's unexpectedly enthusiastic acceptance and his reputation as a crack shot, neglected to show up, instead citing unspecified risks to his safety if he was to cross " hostile country " ( the Northern states ) to reach Canada.
For example, certain officers in each department are designated as community problem solvers or if a few enthusiastic officers earnestly commit themselves to the POP process, as this leaves the others on the same shift to pick up the slack in responding to calls for service.
He works in the kitchens alongside Lennie Godber and is an enthusiastic if notoriously untalented cook.
In reality the several squadrons began to block each other's line of sight, those flagofficers and captains most hungry for battle left the less enthusiastic and older ships quickly behind, while company ships — never trained in these tactics — behaved as if no other vessels were present and this disorder caused a part of the English line to shift over some heavier Dutch ships who only just managed to escape to their main force.
* David Webb: Winner of some thirty consecutive shows in the early days of the programme, he was revered by contestants and host alike ; he was perhaps most accurately characterized by his enthusiastic restating " Yes, I will " after the end of each victory when asked if he wished to come back onto the next show.
Though seemingly enthusiastic about the War engagement ( if this is possible ), seen by the fact that Scotland mobilised 22 out of the 157 battalions that made up the British Expeditionary Force, the wartime threat to an exporting economy soon came to be a fore.

enthusiastic and photographs
My own ancestors, as it happens, settled along the river, and my grandfather made enthusiastic trips onto the Dakota prairies to make panoramic photographs.
These first six species to be described have been popular with aquarists since the early twentieth century, in part due to enthusiastic articles written about them, and compelling photographs taken of them, by William T. Innes that were published as early as 1933.

enthusiastic and convinced
When the owner of The Magic Box is killed by vampires, Giles is convinced by the shop's high profit margins to buy it, hiring Anya as his overly enthusiastic assistant.
It was only when he saw them play live at The Roxy on the Sunset Strip and witnessed not just an enthusiastic audience singing every word but the centre of a vibrant youth movement that he become convinced by the band.
This led to plans for a memorial concert in London the following year, and the enthusiastic response convinced them to continue to perform live on an occasional basis.
In 1980, he met Francis Mandin, a young enthusiastic electronic music fan, who convinced him to become a partner in Music Land, a music store in Paris and a laboratory for future electronic instruments.

enthusiastic and public
The film is a box office flop, but more than twenty years later, its reputation starts to improve when it is released on video and public response is enthusiastic.
" Their reception by the Canadian and U. S. public was extremely enthusiastic, and largely dissipated any residual feeling that George and Elizabeth were a lesser substitute for Edward.
Michael celebrated the birth of Leo with public chariot races, a sport he was an enthusiastic patron of and participant in.
) but the games were generally well attended and the response from the public and the media to the new tournament was positive and enthusiastic.
All this, along with the book's ambiguity and paradoxical nature, has helped its eventual enthusiastic reception by the reading public, but has frustrated academic attempts at analysis ( as Nietzsche may have intended ).
It gives an enormous boost to the motor industry and the enthusiastic public interest in the event ensures the popularity of motor racing as a sport.
Visiting America on a lecture tour in 1864, he received an enthusiastic welcome, and was entertained at a public banquet in New York.
At this time, LeMay was best known to the American public as an enthusiastic proponent of the use of nuclear weapons in war.
When, therefore, on October 17, 1689, Frontenac arrived in Quebec as governor for the second time, he received an enthusiastic welcome, and confidence was at once restored in the public mind.
In this role he awakened interest and discussion among the critics such as Harriet Evans Martin rather than the enthusiastic approval of the public.
The NP, however, launched a vigorously enthusiastic political campaign, with widely-advertised public meetings.
Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama received " cheers and thunderous applause " from the Tongan public when he attended a Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Tonga in October 2007 ; the crowd's " enthusiastic reception " of Fiji's leader was likened to " that accorded to a rock star " Radio Australia noted that he had been " the star of this year's meeting, for the people of Tonga ", while TVNZ reported that he had been given " given a hero's welcome ".
The public readings of his translations received an enthusiastic welcome in the literary community in Athens.
* Sten " Buldozer " Ohlsson, a very energetic and enthusiastic public prosecutor in charge of investigating and prosecuting bank robbers ; has a big part in The Locked Room.
Mendelssohn received the work positively, and conducted it in Leipzig in March 1843, to enthusiastic public reaction.
While Philbrick was in the Party, Earl Browder, its General Secretary, who was enthusiastic about wartime cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union, and was looking forward to postwar cooperation and growing acceptance of the Communist party by the American public, dissolved the Communist Party and reconstituted it as the Communist Political Association, apparently intending to set the Party on a reformist course.
The public, however, gave the album an enthusiastic reception.
At the beginning of the story, both of them move to the city of Nankatsu, a town well known for their talented elementary school football teams, and where Tsubasa meets Ryo Ishizaki, a football-loving young student who often sneaks out from his mother's public bathrooms and chores in order to play football, Sanae Nakazawa ( also known as Anego ), his future wife, a young enthusiastic girl who also loves football and helps cheer the Nankatsu High team on, and Genzo Wakabayashi, a highly talented young goalkeeper whom he soon challenges to a game in Nankatsu's annual Sports Festival.
The Greek public had been very enthusiastic about the Games, but was disappointed in the fact that no track and field event had yet been won by a Greek competitor.
Luzhkov frequently appears in public at different festivals and celebrations, and is an enthusiastic promoter of the city.
Ranjitsinhji travelled extensively throughout India, trying to build support among the princes and local officials, and received an enthusiastic reception from the public wherever he went.
Together with the philanthropists Albert and Mary Lasker and voluntary health organizations like the American Cancer Society, Scheele worked closely with enthusiastic supporters in Congress to bring biomedical research fully into the fold of public health practice.
His seemingly random hitting of bars was a familiar noise in the city centre and, despite his lack of musical ability, his excitable and enthusiastic approach to his instrument endeared him to the Nottingham public and also earned him something of a cult following.
In 1973, Giuseppe Di Stefano accompanied Maria Callas on her final recital tour that ended in 1974: critics remarked that both were losing their voices, but the public reaction was enthusiastic everywhere.

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