Word: fervently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Eivind Berggrav, alone with his keepers on Christmas Day, may have much to comfort him. The Christian faith renewed by his fervent words and unyielding courage is on the march in Norway, and his occupied but unconquered country echoes the ringing words of Sweden's Bishop Aulen: "Berggrav's spirit has gone free through closed doors and has witnessed that God's words bear no chains...
...shaken off the persisting ill health which has checkered his recent years in the Senate with absenteeism. And Bob Wagner is still well-armored by his reputation as the author of early New Deal labor legislation. He has a steady independent following, and the longtime fervent blessing of New York's organized labor...
...Romans on the law of a Christian: "Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cling to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. . . . Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise...
...banished salt horse and cracker hash from the high seas." We will glady rename it for you boys in khaki if you can get the menu changed at Cowie Hall. In the meantime, we'll understand if, in your weakened condition, your vocal work is a little less fervent, your cadence not quite so thick, nor your salutes so generous...
George Szell is a Jewish refugee from Nazi Europe and a fervent Hitler-hater. But his outward manner suggests the average American idea of the typical Nazi. He fixes his orchestra with a thick-spectacled stare that would do credit to a cinema Prussian. Some conductors get their effects by kindness and psychological subtlety; some approach the technique of a lion tamer. George Szell is among the latter. For him the Met's lions jump through their hoops under dazzling control...