Not too long ago, I witnessed a child, about two months shy of 3, welcome the return of some furniture to his family's apartment with the enthusiastic declaration "Ottoman is back!" The child understood that the stout cylindrical object from which he liked to jump had a name and that its absence had been caused by a visit to someone called "an upholsterer".
An ingenuously enthusiastic declaration of love at first kiss, the song perfectly matches Mr. Officer's stage personality as a corn-fed, gee-whiz romantic who has just stepped off the Greyhound into the Big Apple and is ready to fall in love with the first pretty face he encounters.
Nevertheless, the declaration aroused enthusiastic hopes among Zionists and seemed the fulfillment of the aims of the World Zionist Organization (see Zionism).
However, the less than enthusiastic endorsement came in a terse declaration, in which Mr Chirac said it was only "natural" for him to give his ambitious former protege his "vote and support".
After hearing the Declaration read, a mob of enthusiastic New Yorkers tore down a statue of King George III in the Bowling Green and melted the lead for musket balls.
That's also why European leaders were not too enthusiastic when the attempted coup failed, despite official declarations in support of Erdogan's government.
The Bush administration's declared "War on Terror" found a very enthusiastic partner in the new Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe, in his declaration to combat "narco-terrorism".
Then the Communist party's enthusiastic support for a "war against fascism" was reversed, following the declaration by Stalin - an ally of Hitler's at the start of hostilities - that it was an imperialist conflict, and should be opposed.
"EQUALITY!" That declaration, from a tweet by pop singer Adam Lambert, was among the many enthusiastic reactions from musicians Friday in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry in the United States.
Now, with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights upon us, I head back to Los Angeles, slightly fatigued but enthusiastic.
