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Word: fanaticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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After a recess is called and McVeigh is escorted away, his smile vanishes as soon as he re-enters the detention cell. His face immediately sets itself into a neutral expression. If he is playacting, you have to wonder what he thinks that will accomplish. Surely, the circumstances of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA CITY: THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

According to Herrell's Heather Lewis, "Boston specializes in gourmet ice cream. I don't know of any other city anywhere [that is] like this. People are fanatic about [ice cream] here." It seems I was separated from my home town at birth. Citizens of Boston, I am home.

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: The Eighth Wonder of the World | 4/26/1997 | See Source »

RICHARD NIXON Nixon struggled to get his handicap down to 14, but he was never a fanatic about the rules. Sam Snead recalled once playing with the President when Nixon's ball flew into a thicket. Moments later, Snead saw the ball arc onto the fairway. "I knew he threw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 24, 1997 | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

It would be a good idea for religious sects to be subjected to some sort of control. We have learned that the best religious fanatic can be a terrorist. AKANBI GABRIEL Essen, Germany

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 3, 1997 | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

Millar was born in Canada and raised a Mennonite before "heeding a call" to the U.S. in the early 1950s. In 1973 he moved to the Ozarks with 17 followers, including his four sons, and founded his city, giving it the name Elohim, which means God in Hebrew. His religious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE CITY ON A HILL | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

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