Word: fanaticize
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Though he was an expert in as sophisticated a field as electronic data processing, Fair preferred being known by nicknames like "Old Hardnose" and "Iron General" and demonstrated a fanatic's hatred of long hair, badly pressed uniforms and off-center name tags. Fair told the Army paper Stars...
This incident, while somewhat extreme, is indicative of Chavez's fanatic devoption to the farmworkers' cause and of his attitude toward his own role in that struggle. Chavez has a mystical belief in the power of sacrifice. Through a subtle transformation of traditional Latin machismo into an aggressive, masochistic non...
Died. Joan Whitney Payson, 72, jolly, spirited centimillionaire and lifelong sports fanatic who owned racing stables and, since its inception, the New York Mets baseball team; following hospitalization for a stroke; in Manhattan.
Even if the more sinister sectarian rituals are still strong, some of the other traditions of fanatic Orangeism are dying out. One of the true traditions of the Orange parade, the lambeg drum--weighing about 40 pounds and fabricated from oak, ash and goatskin (only the skin of the she...
A Modern Army. The moderates' success in Hangchow is convincing evidence of their strong position as China prepares for the passing of Mao, 81, and the older generation of revolutionary leaders. Many China watchers believe the moderates are already revising or even abandoning some of Mao's precepts...