Word: fanaticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Litsas says that "fanatic" gun supporters often display a "paranoid reaction" to any kind of effort at gun control. "They know that the handgun has no social purpose, that it's only made to kill," she says. "But people who are very much the sportsmen fear a reaction to guns...
Nor is the play's credibility helped by lines like, "Of course, that's only a symbol but we need symbols to protect us from ourselves. A fool destroys men but a fanatic destroys their hope."
The removal of Thieu's government would not necessarily be the solution to the severe economic and social problems facing Vietnam and would not ensure the unification of the country. Some of Thieu's would-be successors and a large portion of those now calling for his resignation are as...
Among the top Nazis, Heinrich Himmler was the leading racial fanatic. As Reichsfuhrer and SS chief, he personally set up the Lebensborn (Fountain of Life) program in 1935 to turn the German population into a superrace through selective breeding. Thousands of carefully selected German women were encouraged to have intercourse...
Sometimes when Brown is waiting to expound his views before an audience, his hands wring fervidly and sweat glistens on his forehead. Inevitably, questions arise about such an intense, complex and ambitious young man, and pop-psyching Jerry Brown has become a statewide pastime. There are those who see Brown...