Word: fanaticism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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No other country so embodies the suffering of Central America as El Salvador, whose very name in Spanish invokes the Saviour. Three years of civil war have fragmented the church there into three camps. Some priests support the U.S.-backed regime, others back the leftist insurgents, while the majority are...
The Democrats' attack on the defense budget was even harsher. Senator Edward Kennedy badgered Weinberger to say whether America's armed forces could defend the U.S. When Weinberger replied that the country's current power to deter attack is not "sufficient," the Massachusetts Senator declared, "You are...
In contrast, "The Genius of Charles James," which opened at the Brooklyn Museum and travels to the Chicago Historical Society at the end of April, is a model-simple, detailed, elegant and a bit fanatic-of what such shows should be. It encompasses the work of one of the very...
Intention and means should be distinguished. There is no question that growth in Government spending must be curtailed. The question is whether this constitutional amendment would accomplish that purpose. The amendment is like proposing to stop an orgy by rolling a grenade under the door: frag the bureaucratic waterbed. It...
His father Ed Turner came off a hardscrabble farm in Sumner, Miss., and entered the billboard business. In pursuit of ambition he moved the family from Cincinnati to Savannah when Ted was nine. Almost immediately Ted was shipped off to Georgia Military Academy, just outside Atlanta. He arrived six weeks...