Word: ardor
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...ardor with which spurned suitors such as Croatia are seeking travelers is matched only by the enthusiasm of countries that have never had much luck attracting visitors. Two years ago, in an effort to dramatize his country's openness, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi personally bulldozed a customs house on the Egyptian border. The invitation was ignored. Earlier this May, Gaddafi retailored his message to welcome foreign firms interested in developing the country's exquisite but deserted beaches and superb collection of classical antiquities. What the colonel neglected to mention is that U.N. sanctions ban international flights to the country. Thirsty...
...guitar-centered arrangements, Isaak's compositions convey the aching pang of emotion without ever sounding wimpy. On Beautiful Homes his rich tenor throbs with vulnerability as he sings, "I stare at your window and I cry/ I love you so much/ I love you too much." He brings equal ardor to Two Hearts, a Latin-tinged Valentine levitated by his soaring falsetto, and a stirring remake of Neil Diamond's Solitary Man, which he transforms into an existential anthem for tough-yet-sensitive guys. When Isaak sings, "Me and Sue -- that died too," his voice almost cracks with manly anguish...
...after she had turned him down twice. When the pair gave their engagement press conference, Naruhito, 33, was fairly bursting with pride. He beamed constantly and offered his "heartfelt thanks" to his bride-to-be. A member of the Owada family acknowledges the crucial importance of the suitor's ardor. "It is easy to see that this was not an easy decision. One decisive factor was the strength of love that, as a human being, she must have felt very intensely from the prince...
...hard as it may be to imagine in the idealistic ardor that prefers to educate rather than be educated, this commencement might be an opportunity for gay and lesbian activists to listen, rather than to proselytize, for a change. Tom Lembong...
Despite his displays of combat fatigue last week, Yeltsin took his campaign to the Kuzbass, a mining area of western Siberia that has been a strong power base for him in recent years. He found that the miners are still on his side, but their ardor has cooled. He seemed almost apologetic when he asked them to help him break the stalemate in Moscow. "Our policy squabbling at the highest level," he said, "is a crime and should be stopped...