Well, they said, they had not wanted to intimidate parliament.Many generals, in any event, still doubt the sincerity of the ruling party's recent enthusiasm for a secular Turkey, since its roots are Islamist and the party's leader, Tayyip Erdogan, started his career in a zealously Islamist party.
With 75% of the votes, Guebuza won by a landslide, but the low turnout of only 44.6% of the registered voters indicated a lack of popular enthusiasm for the ruling party.
The ruling will be greeted with enthusiasm by campaigners who have been lobbying against the stricter rules, which removed the leeway previously allowing headteachers to authorise up to two weeks' term-time holiday a year for pupils with good attendance records.
Lacking other explanations, focus has turned to what would otherwise be seen as innocent passions in Zaharie's life - a desire to vote out Malaysia's long-ruling government, and an extreme enthusiasm for flying planes and fixing gadgets.
Tony Lynn, president of the Playboy Entertainment Group, who on Monday expressed great enthusiasm about the justices' ruling, was more temperate yesterday.
Perhaps the appointment of a member of the emirate's ruling family as the channel's new chief will curb such enthusiasm.
For all the court's enthusiasm about this right, gaping questions remain about implementing the ruling.
Congress has shown no immediate enthusiasm for passing a law that would reverse the court ruling.
But this year Indian officials went to great lengths to protect the election process, and their efforts dovetailed with a renewed enthusiasm among voters motivated by antipathy to the state's ruling National Conference.
He is not talking about "mass movements," but about what Lessing and others damned as "enthusiasm" ("schw<diamond=rmerei") -- mental delusions and collective hysteria -- and the ruling power of a higher force.
DESPITE a growing lack of enthusiasm for his leadership, Jacob Zuma has been re-elected to lead the ruling African National Congress (ANC), and by extension, to a likely second term as the country's president.
