Word: ardor
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...next day, however, legislative ardor had cooled somewhat. Dr. Billy declined an invitation to heat up the house of representatives also. There the bone-dry bill rested safely in a pigeonhole in the Temperance Committee when the legislature closed its session last week. Had the bill reached the floor, and had Dr. Billy put in an appearance, legislators thought it might well have passed. Many a Georgia wet lifted his thanksgiving dram shakily, at so close a call...
ranch house Where I'll greet you with all my ardor...
...religion has been, time & again, consummated. There have been bickerings . . . and the Catholic Church has shown itself to be a rather frigid partner. But, all in all, things have gone well, and the occasional Catholic reserve has been more than made up for by Protestant acquiescence and Jewish ardor...
Thoughts of Spring. Churchill, for the record, dampened his friend's ardor: "Lord Beaverbrook's opinions are his own but . . . must not be taken as representing the considered policy of the Conservative Party." But Churchill specifically rejected only one of Beaverbrook's points-the minimum wage. Despite past political differences, it looked as if Churchill and The Beaver might be allies again in the stormy election weather that lay ahead...
...love without so much as a by-your-leave, George was furious and had Parliament pass the Royal Marriage Act of 1772. It has provided ever since that George's descendants may not marry without first asking the consent of the reigning monarch. For though Britons love ardor, they love order even more...