Word: ardente
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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South Africans of all shades are ardent sports fans, but at sporting events, as everywhere else, the blacks and the whites are rigidly segregated. Herded into their Jim Crow section (generally about a tenth of a stadium's capacity) at international matches, the non-whites frequently show their resentment by cheering loudly for any team not composed of South Africans. Three weeks ago, at a rugby match between the British Lions and South Africa's own crack Springboks, the black cheers for Britain almost drowned out white enthusiasm for the local club...
Oleg, a writer's son, grew up in a sheltered city home. His parents were silently opposed to the Communist regime, but at school Oleg became a fanatic young Pioneer and an ardent Stalin fan. As he grew older, his parents gradually opened his eyes. Despite his new doubts Oleg said later: "I wanted to believe...
...arrived in Morocco a month and a half ago with the ardent desire to restore order and peace by friendship has a broken heart," said Grandval. "There is no motive that can excuse such a crime...
After a wartime layoff, during which he served as an infantryman in the French army, Urruty went home to concentrate on pelota. By then he could whip all comers. Once one of his ardent admirers presented him with a big cigar. Deeply honored, Urruty returned the compliment. He gave his fan, Sir Winston Churchill, a chistera as a souvenir...
...wrote: "In that she is an ardent reader of TIME, I feel sure that she is going to want to have a part in selecting the $100 worth of prize." In Omaha, George M. McCulloch probably expressed the feelings of winners and losers alike after playing what turned out to be promotion's rough 5,000-to-1 shot. He wrote: "Brother...