1.   As gaping holes in the old East Berlin are filled with new buildings, Berliners are starting to believe excited talk about the city becoming the center of Europe.

2.   Excited talk about both Colin Powell and John McCain finding their way into a Bush cabinet is also helping to close the gravitas gap.

3.   There was excited talk of a Diana Foundation, supported by adoring billionaires, who would help her numerous charities.

4.   There is much excited talk of a swing back to that Latin tradition, populism.

5.   There was excited talk of a leaner station, cutting all the government deadwood adrift.