Word: fanaticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In Belfast and Londonderry, barbed wire, sandbag bunkers and helmeted troops have been fixtures since Northern Ireland's ancient religious antagonisms flared into violence last summer. In Calcutta and its industrial satellites police have been loath to venture off major arteries since Maoist Naxalites stabbed three of their colleagues to...
Who are the urban guerrillas? No government has ever made a systematic effort to develop a profile. In general, says a U.S. Government specialist, the cell member may fall into any of several categories: "A few are adventurers, in the underground for the hell of it. A few are 'crazies...
Between the best coach in the Ivy League, Bob Blackman, who will be looking for his 100th victory, and the fanatic supporters who will pour out of the woods to see the game, there are enough stimulants to keep the Indians from looking past Harvard to their game with Yale...
At a private party, around three o'clock in the morning, Styron experienced a sudden physical collapse. Perhaps this was due to his history of high blood pressure, agitated by all day tensions and whiskey; it may be that our guest had also stood in close proximity to minor clouds...
That Hashemite caravan has been a long and winding one. The principal reason for the fanatic support that Hussein received from Bedouin warriors in Jordan is that the King can trace his ancestry back to the Prophet Mohammed. Thirty-seven generations of Hashemites were traditionally Grand Sherifs, or rulers of...