Word: ardently
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...Rescue, which Castro considers a threatening paramilitary cell, and, as part of his front, sought a spouse. He chose Martinez, whom he met in a Bible-study group at his aunt's Baptist church. Says Martinez: "I was perfect for him because I was politically naive." Roque started an ardent courtship and, say court documents, in his secret communiques to Havana referred to Martinez as "the Merry Widow...
...Whoopi Goldberg vehicle called "The Telephone" (1988) -- had Southern's name attached to it. He was rumored to have "lost it," alcohol and drugs having blunted his satiric edge. When mentioned at all, his name was preceded by the amiable but career-killing sobriquet "swinging' sixties icon." Though his ardent admirers continued to stress the ways in which his best work continued to inspire later generations of humorists and screenwriters, the question remained: What the hell was Terry Southern doing all those years...
...over the next two decades, his liberal democratic roots gradually turned into ardent anti-war activism...
...time, of course, power shifted West. Chang'an and Beijing were replaced as the sources of fashion and wisdom by Paris, London and New York. But the peripheral attitudes remained the same, including an ardent curiosity in views and trends from abroad. I have had more than one South Korean explain to me that Koreans are better performers of Western classical music than Japanese...
...Graham, an ardent supporter of anti-abortion legislation, sponsored an identical bill in 1999 requiring law enforcement officials to treat a fetus as a full-fledged person. The 1999 version also passed easily in the House but ran out of time in the Senate. At the time, President Clinton, siding with pro-choice activists, vowed to veto the bill. Today, President Bush has promised to sign...