1.   After the initial excitement of announcing the engagement and setting a date, planning the event begins.

2.   However, after the initial excitement, everyone even the most enthusiastic couple will have all sorts of questions.

3.   The initial excitement of my new job was starting to wear off.

4.   As this revolution swept through Congress, initial excitement and awe faded as voters grew increasingly nervous about the potential economic consequences of such an abrupt financial realignment.

5.   After the initial excitement wears off, the critter is simply one more responsibility added to an already hectic time.

6.   But computer manufacturers are trying to hold on to that initial excitement of change and to convince you that new models are dramatically different from the old ones.

7.   But after some initial excitement, Canal Plus stock actually declined slightly amid doubts that European regulators would ever approve such a merger.

8.   But now that the initial excitement has worn off a bit, Clinton and his old friends are talking more about how he will be remembered.

9.   But to judge from the initial excitement, the response will be huge here, too.

10.   Despite some initial excitement, his rigid division also failed to cohere as an agreed-upon new paradigm.