Sentences with phrase «widespread enthusiasm came»

When in February 2013, US President Obama called for negotiations on a US - EU free trade agreement and was immediately echoed by EU officials van Rompuy and Barroso, widespread enthusiasm came first: Businessmen cheered the vision of joining the two regions accounting for almost half of the world's GDP, and economists stood ready to present their age - old calculations about the benefits of free trade.

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Part of her stated reason for remaining outside the church was that she feared elements of demonic collective passion might be corrupting the widespread enthusiasm for the church, and she wanted to make clear that the love of Christ is something essentially different from the feeling of security which comes from belonging to a group.