Word: enthusiast
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Devout Sex. Far from being an "enthusiast" himself, Msgr. Knox is sometimes unable to suppress a faint shudder at the uncouth excesses with which his subject compels him to deal. But for the most part he treats his material with the warm antiquarian relish of a jurist whose hobby is delving into the idiosyncrasies of safecrackers...
...unashamedly a retailer; his societies formed a kind of cooperative movement, acquiring their culture on reduced terms at secondhand." But, although the gatherings Wesley addressed were often seized with the cacophony of shouts, sobs and groanings that are associated with enthusiasm, Knox feels that Wesley himself was no enthusiast. He finds the appeal of Wesley's sermons was "to the head, not primarily to the heart...
...amusing sidelight to a recent survey of TIME readers is this incidental intelligence about your interests and possessions. Most of you, unsurprisingly, are enthusiastic pet owners-especially of dogs and cats. But, surprisingly, you also say your households include alligators, ants, lovebirds, opossums, lambs, lizards, palomino horses, peacocks, salamanders and snakes. Far & away the most popular dogs are cocker spaniels with collies, shepherds and setters next in line. One dog enthusiast, who owns 13 Afghans, four Doberman pinschers, two salukis, a St. Bernard and a miniature poodle, says their upkeep costs him a whacking...
Largest of the science fields in numbers of students, the Biology Department offers an excellent preparation for both the pre-medical student and the pure biology enthusiast. For the honors student, Biology requires no thesis and no general examinations, though the interested student can take a half-course working on some research problem...