elan

_bead_ on his elan CHANGED TO bead on his _elan_ liason CHANGED TO liaison (1 place)

A Place in the Sun

Mr. Lee's motive for masquerading isn't clear, but military impostors tend to favor branches of the service with a certain elan.

Heroes or Villains?

In any case, in that game you were able to accumulate points (I seem to think they were called 'elan' points) which allowed you, at a certain point, to summon your friendly god of chaos to help out.

Elric: The Stealer of Souls Cover Art

Because I know in the Midwestern Governors 'Conference, they don't have the kind of elan and spirit and all that sort of thing that you have in the Southern Governors' Conference.

Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carter [exact date unavailable], 1974. Interview A-0066. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Wilson, with characteristic elan, argued that Lululemon would be giving poor Chinese youth jobs, and should be applauded, not lambasted, for wanting to assist in Third World "development."

Stewart J. Lawrence: Murder at Lululemon: Yoga's "Heart of Darkness"?

One strike for using psionics, especially with the “elan” thing.

RPG Superstar 2009: Villain Round « Geek Related

Munro is also good on the interaction between politics and science: the full-throated commitment of Khrushchev played with pugnacious elan by Brian Doherty to the space programme is succeeded by the caution of Brezhnev and the crabby criticism of the generals.

Little Eagles – review

Every commentator has his specialism – John Motson, for instances, approaches football with such boyish glee you can't help wondering if he still points excitedly at diggers and trains, too – and Pearce tackles the pronunciation of non‑English names with so much brio and elan it should be classified as an extreme sport.

Short shorts put Australians in a tight spot at the Rugby World Cup | Harry Pearson

For manufacturing's sake, we need Hickman's design elan and the Workmate spirit today.

In praise of… the Workmate | Editorial

Certainly the close-up fight scenes were shot and edited with pioneering and striking elan, and the decision to film in "old newsreel" monochrome was, you might say, vividly illuminating.

Sport in celluloid: Why Raging Bull lacks punch of Chariots of Fire | Frank Keating