Word: ardor
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...over two weeks during the midyear period almost every undergraduate is a "grind". He buys him an eye-shade, locks his study door, and with self-righteous ardor applies himself for long hours to his books. He forsakes his club, turns his back resolutely upon his telephone, and puts off answering his mail...
Nintchitch brought the attention of the conference upon Bulgaria, whose attitude, he claimed, did not make for peace in Macedonia; M. Duca, in this instance, put the moderation damper on his colleague's ardor. Recognition of the Soviet Government of Russia was left to the individual action of members of the Entente. Discussion on the Great Powers of Europe was confined to political considerations...
...this handy book for debaters has a definite value--it is modern. It is extremely discouraging to pick up such a text book, only to find that the passages quoted as examples are from speeches and writings of the middle of the last century and long ago forgotten. The ardor of the most interested young student is smothered if he is asked to paw over a dry and dusty question brought many years ago to a decision or a working compromise...
...about a thousand imaginary kisses in public. He fled back to his puppet companions for comfort and found none. In his absence even his poor reputation for rowdiness had faded. He returned to his wife for consolation only to discover her hankering for a husband of greater elegance and ardor. Spring came-the queer intoxication of love stirred universally. Mrs. Holly and Christopher Lane, the young poet who was Papa Jonas' assistant, found romance in a seagoing hack; even Jane Demonstration went in search of love to her doom. But to Mr. Aristotle, Spring only brought despair...
...Republican National Committee was the first to take a kick at the ball. In its anti-entanglement ardor it declared that the Allies were attempting to " bilk " the United States out of payment for our Rhine Army bill (TIME, June 4). The State Department felt itself embarrassed and at its request the National Committee withdrew its article...