Word: ardente
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When the news media or, recently, graduates from the ardent class of 1967 call today’s students “apathetic,” they seem to be referring to this inaction, not necessarily with regard to human rights abuses from half a century ago, but to the war in Iraq, mass murder in Darfur, or any number of contemporary tragedies. But our generation’s passive reaction to global injustice indicates nothing about whether or not we care, it is merely an indication of our acquired ability to move on in the presence of injustice while...
...Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich - to head for Moscow.) Don't expect much enthusiasm, either, from the English fans who sing their lungs out every week watching their teams play, home and away. A flight to Beijing may be a bit beyond of the means of even the most ardent traveling fans of Bolton Wanderers or Derby County...
...never seen any animosity towards me but towards the government that purports to represent me, great animosity," says Lewis. She was born into a Republican family but is now an ardent Obama fan. "This is the first time there's been a candidate who's so right for us," she says. "I think I'm going to get my America back...
...taking a broader perspective, McCain manages to be progressive where many members of his party fail. For instance, he is an ardent supporter of embryonic stem cell research and supports government funding of the science. He has recognized the need to address the current climate crisis, advocating a cap-and-trade policy. Although we wish he would go further in his efforts at fostering environmental awareness and conservation efforts, he is by far the best Republican candidate in this regard...
...start the new year, here's an ardent wish: that you will offer us as often as possible a present as big as this magnificent cover of TIME, with its title for a first-class burial: "The Death of French Culture." "Death," you said, not even "decline," a word with which we are quite familiar. "Death" is a strong word...