Ruza hires her but is annoyed by Ana's impulsive and spirited efforts to inject life into the cafeteria.

After finishing off their routines with a spirited effort in the women's Olympic team final, the competition for the defending gold medalists was over.

Bob Flock turned in one of the most spirited efforts on the cloudy, breezy day.

That was a whopping 1.54 seconds better than the Americans' spirited, record-setting effort in the 1992 Olympic final.

Nebraska had gone undefeated in the first five meetings of these teams, only to suffer its second loss to the Hoosiers despite a spirited defensive effort.

This parliament, known as the Panhellenion, failed despite spirited efforts to foster cooperation among the Hellenes.

A broken spinnaker halyard put paid to Law's spirited last-minute effort, while Peters failed to consolidate his position.

"Despite a spirited and costly legal effort, we ended up on the wrong side of a decision," Mr. Pearlstine said.

The pirates initiated a spirited effort to clear the Blendine Bridge.

There is obviously a spirited effort to pull the company together.