Word: ardently
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...ardent fan of the Cleveland Browns, I've long been the object of derision and pity. The Brownies wear uniforms that remind most of bad taste or effluvium, they've repeatedly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and have never been to a Super Bowl...
...only civil rights groups that have Ashcroft in their sights. He has always been an ardent abortion foe, so abortion-rights groups view his nomination as "akin to the appointment of George Wallace to be Attorney General in the 1960s," says Rosemary Dempsey, Washington director of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy. In 1998 Ashcroft sponsored a constitutional amendment to outlaw all abortions except those needed to save the life of the mother. Bush allows for exceptions in cases of rape or incest, but Ashcroft didn't. His proposal defined human life as beginning at fertilization, which women...
...making his announcement about Cochran's support, Republican Senators were hearing a briefing from pollster John Zogby, who argued that the best way for them to reach out to voters is to climb aboard the campaign-finance-reform bandwagon. "Bulls___," howled Senator Mitch McConnell, the McCain bill's most ardent opponent. Other hard-liners are softening. Senator John Warner said he wouldn't mind a bill to turn back the tide of unregulated attack ads that anonymous groups run against candidates. "In 1978 I knew who I was running against," Warner, who's up for re-election in 2002, told...
There's no sign that O'Neill is an ardent supply-sider. Zarb, the NASDAQ chief who also served with O'Neill in the Nixon White House, said, "Paul's not an ideologue by any stretch of the imagination." But even those who know him well can only guess at O'Neill's views on the big, trillion-dollar tax cut Bush campaigned on last year. The prevailing view is that O'Neill will fight loyally for whatever package the President sends to Capitol Hill--but then take the lead in the hunt for a final compromise. "Paul...
...making his announcement about Cochran's support, Republican senators were hearing a briefing from pollster John Zogby, who argued that the best way for them to reach out to voters is to climb aboard the campaign finance reform bandwagon. "Bulls___," howled Senator Mitch McConnell, the McCain bill's most ardent opponent. Other hard-liners are softening. Senator John Warner said he wouldn't mind a bill to turn back the tide of unregulated attack ads that anonymous groups run against candidates. "In 1978 I knew who I was running against," Warner, who's up for reelection in 2002, told...