The prospect of hawking Lucky Dogs on Bourbon Street, Strahan writes, was (and to a lesser extent, continues to be) a freak magnet, luring misfits and outcasts from all over America with the promise of French Quarter excitement, a little pocket money and a lot of free lunches.
No risky French glamour and excitement for them.
"Ça marche!" Mr Cameron screams in French with boyish excitement: "It works!" Scientists aren't sure which species are immune to Ebola, but Mr Cameron uses the example of a tree he once filmed in the Republic of Congo to explain the challenge they face.
In December two Airbus executives were charged in connection with a long-running insider-dealing investigation by French authorities.These unwanted excitements drew attention away from what the firm hoped would be the year-end's main event.
Their tragic liaison has become the drama of the season for the French press, thirsting for excitement in a summer lull.
Not only is 'Je suis excité' not the appropriate way to convey excitement in French, but there seems to be no real way to express it at all.
However, Diefenbaker spoke French badly and the excitement generated by his campaign had little effect in francophone Quebec, where apathy prevailed and Le Devoir spoke of "".
As critics bemoan the navel-gazing and sexual confessions that continue to dominate the French book scene, nothing generates excitement like a literary stunt.
One French producer said that the excitement generated by British twentysomething dramas This Life and Attachments has not been matched in recent years.
