He expected to find as much racial polarization as ever, but he discovered, instead, that Eugene Sawyer, an African-American who had been selected by the City Council to serve out Washington's term, was not energizing black voters.
Heredia pumped his fist coming off the mound, but the Yankees were not energized.
As much as the politicians care about the issue, said Representative Steny H. Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland, the public "is not energized".
Tired puns and rampant theatrical references, mostly to thrillers of old ("Angel Street," "Sleuth," "Witness for the Prosecution," "Dial M for Murder") were not energized.
Moreover, contact surfaces of the two transducers are coupled by the frictional force when both the two transducers are not energized, and separated using the ultrasonic levitation when at least one of the two transducers is energized at high voltages at resonance.
But he was not deflated, only energized.
His much-cited claim to Alabamian history — his successful prosecution of two Ku Klux Klan members who orchestrated the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, which killed four black girls, in 1963 — was impressive, though, in a state where familiarity and habit breed voting patterns, it was not enough to energize potential voters.
However, the small beat was not enough to energize investors, shares of Wal-Mart were down for most of the morning, but ticked up 0.5%, or 22 cents, to $49.12 in early afternoon trading.
"My sense is that people are not very energized about this race and not that interested," Mr. Mollenkopf said, "and to the extent that the interest has been generated through Spitzer and Weiner, it's not exactly elevating, shall we say".
