1.   Late-season enthusiasm remained higher for more teams when there were two possible routes into postseason play rather than one.

2.   A hard worker, a tenacious runner and a Super Bowl champion, his training camp was superb and his enthusiasm remains high.

3.   But overall, tourist enthusiasm remains strong.

4.   More important, perhaps, is the fact that, after tasting literally thousands of wines, his enthusiasm remains undiminished.

5.   Yet Wall Street enthusiasm remains strong.

6.   Koji Asano, senior manager of the foreign exchange department at Fuji Bank, said yen-buying enthusiasm remained strong, especially among Japanese exporters converting their dollars.

7.   Lara said it was his hope that the visit by his team would ensure that the enthusiasm for cricket remained in these areas.