Word: ardente
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...atmosphere of vague discontent has grown the Federation of Teaching Fellows. The Federation is less than a week old, and even its most ardent supporters do not believe that it can solve all the TF's problems. Its specific demands are nebulous, and even its general purposes and the scope of its membership are still uncertain. But it has given the teaching fellows a vehicle for expression, and at least until it has had a chance to prove itself effective or ineffective, it is likely to serve as a focus for a multitude of complaints and proposals...
Brooke's color had no measurable bearing on his victory, either statistically, since Massachusetts' Negro population is under 3%, or philosophically, since his opponent, former Democratic Governor Endicott Peabody, is as ardent a champion of civil rights as Brooke...
...founder in 1928 of London's immensely successful Victor Gollancz Ltd. (among his authors: Daphne du Maurier, George Orwell, John le Carré, Kingsley Amis), who was born into an orthodox Jewish family, but chose instead to live out what he regarded as "the Christian ethic," becoming an ardent socialist and Labor Party pamphleteer in his politics and a humanitarian in all else, espousing such diverse causes as the abolition of capital punishment, postwar relief for Germany, aid for Arab refugees of the Arab-Israeli war, and most surprisingly, clemency for Nazi Murderer Adolph Eichmann; of a stroke...
...most glorifying encomium is not sufficient praise for the astronauts' tenacity, gallantry and courage. On television, their ardent patriotism was spoken of in a seemingly apologetic manner. In this day and age, there aren't enough heroes to emulate, and when someone has to apologize for patriotism, then our country is in a sad state of affairs...
...year, Hinckle says. But it runs no risk as long as it has his enthusiastic support, plus that of several other radical-leaning San Francisco businessmen and intellectuals. Ramparts pays the going rate for contributions, supports a staff of 26, many of whom are political activists as well as ardent journalists. Managing Editor Robert Scheer ran for Congress in the Democratic primary last year on a New Left platform calling for unilateral withdrawal from Viet Nam. He lost, but he gave Incumbent Jeffery Cohelan a rough fight. Keating himself ran unsuccessfully in a congressional primary in San Mateo County...