Sentences with phrase «little enthusiasm from»

The second issue is that a narrow focus on racial equity inside schools and districts generates very little enthusiasm from families on the topside of the gap.

But what looks like a great potential benefit is being met with little enthusiasm from younger researchers.

Yet the latest version of the counties» request — an eight - year state takeover of the health care program — got very little enthusiasm from Cuomo.

A Quinnipiac University poll yesterday showed little enthusiasm from voters, who said they trusted the unions more than the governor and gave Mr. Cuomo such bad marks on education that it dragged down his approval rating to 50 percent.

The proposal drew little enthusiasm from senators and Assembly members at the speech, and many did not applaud.

A populist who inspires so little enthusiasm from actual voters that he drops out before the first ballot gets cast probably isn't the man to improve Mitt Romney's numbers with blue - collar voters in Ohio and Michigan — and absent that qualification, the argument for picking Pawlenty mostly evaporates.

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stock benchmarks close out Friday little changed as investors express muted enthusiasm following strong corporate results, even from some of the market's biggest and most influential companies.

Furthermore, at the risk, in my arriviste enthusiasm and naïveté, of sounding a little gauche... I seem to recall from my catechumenal days that Jesus himself had something to say on the matter.

In a room festooned with bunting and campaign posters, with telephones ringing in the background, Balmer nicely covered the various characteristics (naïveté, enthusiasm and more than a little self - righteousness) and concerns (from abortion to «secularist» influences upon education) of evangelicals newly involved in this arena.

Like connoisseurs of craft beer, fine wine, and «medicinal» marijuana, pepper people talk shop with a geeky enthusiasm and specificity: There are flavor profiles, experimental strains, and body highs like the one I'm getting from that furious little Reaper.

«I think I'm a different player from at Real Madrid — the little guy who went running out at the Bernabeu with all the enthusiasm in the world.»

According to a study published by the Istituto Catteneo, a significant share of Five Stars votes come from individuals who supported centre - left parties in the past, if with little enthusiasm.

And even though special elections historically generate little enthusiasm, officials from both parties used words like dismal to describe the turnout Tuesday.

Offering little dialogue and even less in the way of explanation, this is a movie that's going to engender enthusiasm from certain quarters and head scratching from others.

Discontented wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate, «Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues») and children, James (Skyler Gisondo, «The Amazing Spider - Man 2») and the little brother from Hell, Kevin (Steele Stebbins, «A Haunted House 2») are excited about going somewhere on vacation other than the same old cabin rental in Michigan, but when pop suggests a trip to Los Angeles and a theme park, their enthusiasm is cooled, especially after Russ rents an Albanian SUV complete with two gas tanks, a pair of electric charger cords and a control with confusing and nonsensical symbols.

Brothers in arms The most dementedly elegiac thriller you've ever seen, distilling a lifetime's enthusiasm for American and French film noir, with little Chinese about it apart from the soundtrack and the looks of the three beautiful leads.

But for everybody else, a show without Superman and centered around his rather bland grandfather, well, that's a pretty tough sell, so a little more enthusiasm and zing from everyone would have been welcome.

Extra Special: With a cartoon enthusiasm that's positive animated in his Disney bloodline, Debney has scored no end of CGI toons from «The Ant Bully» to «Chicken Little» and «Spongebob Squarepants.»

Given a little too much enthusiasm for the front end to handle, there's no rescuing the A45 from understeer with your right foot.

You find yourself revving the engine with a little extra enthusiasm just to hear the sporty rumble from the exhaust.

But the fact that it's promising «selections» from them tempers our enthusiasm just a little.

So reading up on them a little before venturing forward with your home purchase can prevent you from falling prey to the potentially infectious enthusiasm of your mortgage lender.

Yes, I felt a little goofy carrying around the wireless headsets the guides has us use — this coming from a traveler that perhaps too proudly avoids all variations of guided tours — but the number of facts, enthusiasm in which to share those facts, and the patience to repeat said facts to each person who suddenly was having trouble operating the headset (this seemed to happen to a member of the group about every 10 minutes) was an indelible addition to the trip.

Perhaps switching to a realistic racing approach sapped some of the enthusiasm from the team, because what's here is a dry, menu - centric affair that comes off a little undercooked in spots.

But the fact that it's promising «selections» from them tempers our enthusiasm just a little.

The life - size house is already drawing squeals of joy from little girls who've toured Barbie's happy world, and enthusiasm from lifelong fans like Lynn Mulvaney - Japes, 51.