Complicated processes that leave little room for new ideas turn enthusiastic new public servants into cynics (and encourage them to leave government work).
But now, it seems, China's government and its people are turning enthusiastic attention to this long neglected aspect of life: public toilets in the capital are being lavishly renovated, then studiously inspected and rated.
His demise is likely to considerably hurt al Qaeda propaganda attempts and its ability to turn enthusiastic youths to the cause of jihad.
But as it turned out, enthusiastic support is one thing and timing is another.
It was you who turned an enthusiastic young man – someone who hurried to the studio from lectures to read the news on an opposition radio station – into a uniformed cynic, who admits openly that the will of his superiors is more important than any law.
We came to rely on Jack's exuberant personal greetings, wild ski stories, thundering alpine turns, enthusiastic howls and signature beard.
Move him on to the subject of his director, however, and the star turns glowingly enthusiastic.
The Tigers didn't seem down or rattled after the lopsided loss, which was awful enough to turn the enthusiastic Comerica Park crowd into boobirds by the end.
You can observe the progression from "applause," which lasts five seconds, to "enthusiastic applause," which lasts fifteen seconds, to "enthusiastic applause transitioning to an ovation," which lasts twenty-two seconds, to a finale that consists of three short bursts of "applause" before turning into "enthusiastic applause transitioning to an ovation.
Without my voice to indicate tone, I have to rely on my words and when words don't cut it, I turn to enthusiastic exclamation points and gold-star-sticker language (Awesome! Great! You rock!).
