This was down to his enthusiasm for life, for youth and humanity.

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She argued that many girls had "negative" experiences of PE in school and that this had an impact on their enthusiasm for sport in later life.

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Such problems, when added to the long list of council scandals, may explain why not all ministers share Mr Prescott's enthusiasm for whipping local democracy back to life.

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Quite the opposite: person after person in their fifties and sixties talked of being in the prime of life, about their enthusiasm for hard work, new job skills, new opportunities.

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But with little evidence of any great enthusiasm for mobile money - unless it makes life easier - surely it is time for the payments industry to get its act together and agree some common standards.

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It was no coincidence, perhaps, that Mr Berlusconi then seemed to find fresh enthusiasm for the rough and tumble of political life - having previously hinted that he, too, was ready to hand over to a younger man.

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This recognition is not only for me but for all my colleagues that dedicate their life, enthusiasm and energy to give the best to our students.

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The problem is not his taste for mid-morning whisky, his complicated personal life (Mr Johnson's is also colourful) or his enthusiasm for newts.

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