The early enthusiasm evaporated as investors focused on two things.

Since language learning is hard work, your early enthusiasm may soon wear off unless you are strongly motivated.

The California battle comes as the early enthusiasm for deregulation is running into opposition in a few states.

The concern often showed considerable early enthusiasm for retail store types that eventually didn't make it.

Other Republicans say the early enthusiasm for mass destruction is clearly waning.

Despite his early enthusiasm for natural history, he was not formally educated in biology.

But the early enthusiasm seems to have been justified.

It was strong enough to dampen a large measure of her earlier enthusiasm.

In contrast to his early enthusiasm, he became appalled by the realities of war.

But even these have gone out of style in recent months as the early enthusiasm for China has been replaced by cynicism.