Word: fanaticize
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Fan, of course, is short for fanatic. Nothing else explains the loyalty, the emotional servitude of otherwise sensible folks toward a professional sports franchise. Talk to the proprietors of major league teams and you will hear that many of the 26 clubs are losing money. With the average player's...
But with the advent of new drug therapies, Freudian analysis has become almost irrelevant to the treatment of severe depression and schizophrenia. Granted, even the most pharmacology-minded of experts agree that the drugs work best in conjunction with some form of therapy. Yet psychiatrist Samuel Perry of Cornell University...
Milosevic, says a European diplomat who knows him well, "is a brigand and a fanatic, but a sly, intelligent and sophisticated one." His ruthlessness has always been paired with competence and superficial charm. "He will convince you that he is a most reasonable and sympathetic individual," says a U.S. analyst...
The February hackings near Galed underscored a potentially more disruptive development: the rise among Israeli Arabs of Islamic fervor, complete with a fanatic streak. The four Arabs charged with the killings were all followers of the Islamic Movement, a fundamentalist organization that is legal in Israel. Police say they were...
But colleagues at the Medical School say theyhave nothing but respect for McNeil. Cavendishdescribes her as "a workaholic, a fanatic fordetail, and a very bright and dedicatedindividual."