Word: fervent
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...then back to syndication, where he became a daytime staple until 1986. His guests were an eclectic mix of singers, comics, authors, occasional politicians - and Orson Welles, his favorite guest, whom he had on nearly 50 times. His gushy style - leaning heavily in on his guests, responding with a fervent "oooohhh" for each innocuous comment - inspired one of Rick Moranis's great running impressions on SCTV. It was parody borne of affection, not derision...
...McCain, a political idea whose sell-by date had passed. She still may be. Unlike Republicans, Democrats are not dynasts by nature; there is real discomfort among the faithful, with the exception of working-class women, about bringing back the Clintons. And there is suspicion, among the party's fervent antiwarriors, that Clinton remains a hawk in dove's coo. But unlike McCain, who offended his party's base on immigration and undermined his reputation for fiscal responsibility by allowing his campaign's finances to crater, Clinton has proceeded with Hillarian equilibrium, carefully calibrating everything. Never saying too much...
...convinced that topics exist in an hierarchy of relevance or that thesis writers have to begin with a pet topic. Take just about any topic and research it with enough verve, and you will find that eventually you could vouch for its importance. You could just as well be fervent about pursuing a question that threatens your values as one that confirms them...
...atheist and future medical professional, I plan to dutifully care for all my patients equally, the religious and the secular. I will be a present and fervent listener at the time of a grim diagnosis, attempting to understand my patient’s fears/desires and offering guidance for the future. And, yes, I will even pray with a patient should...
...mysteriously incapable of understanding or using any language, a fact which raised multitudes of troubling questions about consciousness and the self in precocious young Douglas’s mind. As an adult, Hofstadter is an academic by day, but even as he drives to work, his mind fires off fervent chains of questions about the similarity between complex traffic systems and the human brain.The author also examines the effects that the personal tragedy of his wife’s sudden death have had on his philosophy of the mind. Any criticism of the presence of personal drama would be foolish...