Enthusiastic agreement, however, did not make the ensuing development more easy.
Some college campuses have gone even further and defined consent as not only positive but "enthusiastic" agreement to have sex.
I can only nod in enthusiastic agreement when Henry says, "I have a belief that the small things in life are very important.
The so-called older generation, while in broad and largely enthusiastic agreement with his aims, are, understandably, not especially impressed with being written off in this way.
"No way are they going to dig a trench to lay fibre optic cable to our house, but they won't admit it," said Paull, as his dad, Simon, nodded enthusiastic agreement.
Habima's critics – including many eminent Jewish theatre professionals – simply point to the company's enthusiastic agreement to perform in the illegal settlements, on Palestinian territory from which the Palestinians have been driven.
David Chandler told me that he once met the translator of the meeting between Caldwell and Pol Pot, who remembered a very pleasant exchange conducted in a spirit of enthusiastic agreement.
Although some may argue that certain cats are never shy about offering persnickety commentary, three recent children's books would be in enthusiastic agreement with Eliot, painting loving portraits of pet companions, from big dogs to hedgehogs.
French is in enthusiastic agreement with our take, writing that "during my years in the pews, I've witnessed a moral collapse — and a corresponding collapse in positive influence over the real lives not just of our fellow congregants but also of our fellow citizens in need".
Long used to enthusiastic agreement with Paul Krugman's analyses of the post-9/11 world, I was puzzled to come across this sentence toward the end of "Moore's Public Service": "Someday, when the crisis of American democracy is over, I'll probably find myself berating Mr. Moore".
