Word: diehardism
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...lifetime education administrator from Florida used to run the Fort Myers schools. When she arrived in Cambridge five years ago, she was deposited in a district splintered by political factions, where the school committee shares the stakes with groups of diehard parents...
Original choreography is the primary means by which the directors have found the midpoint between an original vision and loyalty to the show. As in past renditions, elements of the scandalous and hypersexual remain, yet Blum’s choreography offers something new and exciting for diehard fans. Each dance is elaborate and many are dizzying: bodies writhe, fly, twist, grind, and in some cases, hang limp from other bodies that write, fly, twist and grind. With so much action it can be hard to find a focus, but such confusion only adds to the show’s intrigue...
Black? What? Who? Come on, you’re a diehard fan. You remember Conor Black, don’t you? Not a very tall guy, backed up Rose in 2000, completed all four of his career passes? Black, now a junior, steadily rose up the depth chart as a freshman until he was the No. 2 option at quarterback...
...relent when reality intrudes. Brazil, with Latin America's No. 1 economy and the world's ninth largest, was simply too big to fail. The fallout would have rocked Wall Street, where major U.S. banks and businesses have huge exposure--more than $100 billion in loans and investments. While diehard ideologues cried betrayal, the business-first wing of the G.O.P. was delighted by the Administration's about-face. "The bank stocks are all up," said a Republican operative. "It helped add to the feeling that we might be out of the woods...
...official box set of the first three Potter books was published in October 2000 with an initial printing of 600,000 copies, which means Rowling may be China's biggest author since Mao. But circulation of illegal copies has cut into her official sales. One thing's for sure: diehard Hogwarts fans will be less than dazzled by the imposter's literary gifts. The book begins with Harry "lying in a luxurious bathtub," pondering his cousin "Dudley's face, which is as fat as Aunt Petunia's bottom." Genuine Rowling analogies fetch more than $1.80. You get what...