1.   Glamourous maybe, but years of staying away from home, and being accommodated in everything from a Seamans Mission to a Penthouse Suite, seriously dampens initial enthusiasm.

2.   Already, refugee experts say that one U.S. community, which they did not name, has expressed misgivings about taking in the Somali Bantu, after initial enthusiasm.

3.   After his initial enthusiasm at visiting the Museum of Modern Art, Barta wondered if he had lost his innocence.

4.   After expressing initial enthusiasm for a sequel, PBS backed out two months after Duggan, previously a Federal Communications Commission member, took over as president.

5.   After initial enthusiasm, analysts turned against the company.

6.   But efforts to develop a genetically engineered AIDS vaccine from parts of HIV have failed to bear out initial enthusiasm.

7.   But my initial enthusiasm was dampened somewhat when I tested a Sedona for a week.

8.   But now that most Americans have access to it and have experienced its attractions and annoyances, most have lost their initial enthusiasm.

9.   Cecilia Muqoz, a Hispanic leader, said the Bush administration apparently is hesitating after its initial enthusiasm for amnesty drew strong criticism from some Republicans.

10.   Compaq and Toshiba brought out their trail-blazing smaller portables, dubbed subnotebooks, early last year, and there was plenty of initial enthusiasm.