Word: ardently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been cast as the arch-antagonist of arms control and Moscow's most ardent adversary in Washington. But for all his oft-quoted disparagement of the Soviet Union, Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle had never been there. Last week Perle, as one of the key members of a seven-man U.S. mission to Moscow, finally found himself in the land that he, like President Reagan, considers to be the "evil empire," and talking about arms control to boot...
...journalist planning a story on his research into teleportation. She gives him a life -- hers -- and their tender affair seems to vitalize him. His experiments proceed triumphantly: a woman's stocking, a steak, a baboon, all shazammed from one telepod machine to another. He proves to be an ardent lover, with amazing powers of recuperation. He impulsively performs gymnastic arabesques worthy of Kurt Thomas. It is as if his discovering the power of sexual love has electrified every circuit in his mind and body. Or could it have something to do with the night he placed himself in the telepod...
...President developed that "creative ambiguity" even further last week in a speech to ardent supporters of Star Wars. "Our SDI program has provided a historic opportunity -- one that enhances the prospects for reducing the number of nuclear weapons," Reagan told the group, stirring prospects of an eventual "grand compromise" that would trade off defense for offense. But he simultaneously rebuffed such speculation. "Let me reassure you right here and now that our response to demands that we cut off or delay research and testing and close shop is: No way. SDI is no bargaining chip." Even that was not enough...
Such excess, suggests Serpell, leads to the still prevalent view that demonstrative affection for animals is peculiar, if not unnatural. In 16th century Europe, women who talked to animals ran the risk of being incinerated for witchcraft. Today the ardent pet enthusiast is suspected of being a closet misanthrope. Not necessarily. The author's reading of available data tends to a more positive interpretation: "a vague suggestion that some pet-owners, for reasons which are unclear, may have a greater desire for company and friendship and because of this use their pets to augment what they already derive from...
...running for the Senate seat Gary Hart will vacate this year, normally votes with the President. But on the trade bill Kramer voted against Reagan. Joining him was Tim Wirth, the Democratic candidate for the Hart seat. Republican Congressman Henson Moore of Louisiana used to be an ardent free trader. But he is running against ! Democratic Congressman John Breaux for the Senate, and both voted for the bill...