Word: avidity
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...stunner and a competent actress; as J.F.K., James Franciscus brings crinkled eyes and a Boston accent that he engages seemingly at whim. But the movie never comes to life, as love story or tragedy or even tattletale. The Queen of Celebrity deserves better, and so do her avid subjects...
Some, however, could not conceal their impatience. Said James Kehr, a Helena dentist and avid bird hunter: "I think it's high time that the government quits protecting me from myself. I think the public is scared to death, but unjustifiably...
Once the bill becomes law in early October, Justice Minister Robert Badinter intends to turn over custody of one of the two surviving guillotines to a Paris museum, where, he predicts, "it is going to have the same attraction as the Mona Lisa." An avid collector of memorabilia involving the device, Badinter purchased the document signed by Louis XVI legalizing the guillotine for executions in 1791. The King died under the blade 18 months after approving its use. Reflects Badinter: "I don't think the machine gave him much satisfaction...
Wanniski became Laffer's most avid apostle and spread the gospel of tax cutting with all the fervor of a circuit-riding preacher. An important early convert was Jack Kemp, a New York Congressman and former quarterback with the Buffalo Bills. In 1977 Kemp, together with Senator William Roth Jr. of Delaware, introduced a bill in Congress to reduce personal income taxes by almost 33% over three years...
...Schama says he enjoys teaching at Harvard and living in the U.S., he remains, in most ways, very British. "I run out and buy the British papers all the time just to find out the football and cricket scores." Though not himself an athlete, Schama describes himself as an avid fan of both sports, and expresses great disappointment in the failure of American papers--not even the New York Times--to carry the cricket scores. He says he has taken somewhat of an interest in baseball since he arrived here, but still finds American football "wholly mystifying and staccato...