Word: avidity
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...would never stop in such a place as this." Climbing in the heat through one windless gully after another, pushing through prickly scrub amid leeches, flies and furious ants, sweaty and smeared with charcoal from burned trees, it's understandable why he spent little time on poetry. But the avid botanist noticed the strange and beautiful flora he was passing and collected several new and rare species...
Cheryl M. LaGuardia, head of instructional services for Harvard College libraries and an avid Google user, said that Scholar has the potential for success, but she sees some limitations...
Condon, the avid film lover, loves to “watch movies age. The ones that sort of speak in the most contemporary languages are inevitably the ones that sort of fade the fastest, you use certain things when they’re appropriate...
Dean for the Social Sciences David Cutler, an expert in public health, is an avid runner and logs between 25 to 30 miles in a week. He has run three marathons in his lifetime, including last year’s Boston marathon. In addition to the obvious health benefits, Cutler says that running along the Charles is an opportunity to relax even if it means getting...
Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker prefers not to be confined to a gym. An avid outdoorsman, he wrote in an e-mail, “I like any kind of exercise that causes scenery to go by at a rate that depends on how hard I work out.” Those activities include biking, jogging, sculling, roller blading, kayaking and hiking...