Word: avidity
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...Louis fans, at any rate, are not likely to agree. Gussie has already done too much for their Cards. A couple of years ago he was little more than an avid fan; then he went on a hunting trip with Outfielder Stan Musial. "Why don't you buy the Cards?" asked "Stan the Man." "Not a chance in the world," said Gussie. But, not long after, Cardinals Owner Fred Saigh was convicted of income-tax evasion and forced to sell the team (TIME, March 2, 1953). Gussie got his chance, and he jumped at it. In one year...
...bartender would reply 'with a knowing wink and lead the customer around to a hidden door in the back of the shop. There, while both of them kept a nervous ear cupped for the sudden cry of "Poll!" (police) from a boy on watch, the avid customer would receive his prize - a crispy, crunchy sparrow fried whole in deep olive oil. In one gleeful gulp, the lucky Madrileno would swallow it, claws, beak...
...avid taste for "how-to" books, e.g., How to Shrink a Human Head, is extremely inventive in lab ("Smashing!-Now pass the bat's blood"), once thought up a ripping plan for blowing up Herbert Morrison and the Houses of Parliament on Guy Fawkes...
...hazard's involved in goal post grappling are considerable from the student's point of view. The avid fan may finally crawl out of the fray tomorrow proudly displaying a toothpick-like object, only to discover that his wallet full of cash, dance tickets, and vital memorabilia has been filched...
...Sailor Bill Taylor, managing editor of Yachting* conceived a plan for racing dinghies in the winter, dubbed it "frostbite" racing. This chilly, spray-dashed sport, with its quota of icy dunkings, takes place on days when even the most avid snowbird golfer or polar bear swimmer sits by the fire...