The reader's experience with the novel depends entirely on whether the whale inspires excitement or dread; by its third appearance, it will provoke one or the other.
Physicists said the chance that these results were a fluke because of random fluctuations in the background of normal physics was about 1 percent, which is too high to claim a discovery, but is enough to inspire excitement.
The topic now inspires excitement only in times of failure, when stories are told about passengers lining up in the darkened tunnels, trying to avoid scampering rats while mounting ladders to safety.
Mail time can inspire excitement and anxiety — the arrival of paychecks or college admission decisions, for example — and many people find it hard to resist the urge to dig in as early as possible.
He tends to inspire excitement among department store buyers and editors, particularly Anna Wintour, who is credited with having brokered a job for Mr. Browne at Brooks Brothers when the venerable clothier went looking for someone to infuse its dowdy image with verve.
When the Bush Administration decided to include the crewed moon mission as one of NASA's primary objectives, the goal was to inspire excitement and innovation, said Lester Lyles, a retired U.S. Air Force general who served on NASA's Augustine Commission last year, which was arranged to offer advice on the space program to Obama.
So the news that archaeologists in London have unearthed the remains of the theater where many Shakespeare plays were first presented inspired understandable excitement last week.
With emphasis on such upbeat novelty tunes, Mr. Como's singing never inspired much excitement from the critics, although many found much to praise in his interpretations of standards and Broadway show tunes.
Still, Kirkpatrick ran a lackluster campaign and never inspired much excitement, even in a state with a large Latino population and in a year when her party had nominated a woman for president.
