Word: fervently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When the U.S. Army brought him to Mondorf Interrogation Center, he was clad only in lace panties and sobbed: "I am a criminal." Later he tried to commit suicide. After the Nurnberg trials opened Frank became a Catholic, prayed daily in his cell. On the witness stand he was fervent: "I have at last gained an insight into the terrible atrocities. ... I can't allow it before my conscience that responsibility . . . should be handed over to ... small people alone.... I have used words which I am sorry now I used." Only once did he show a flicker...
...friend of ours several times removed decided that there was nothing Ted Williams had that he didn't have but a 336 lifetime batting average. In a fervent burst of House patriotism, he cut his afternoon class and panted down to Soldiers Field to shag flies for the Adams House nine...
...midst of last week's international tensions and uncertainties, Florida's Senator Claude Pepper, fervent New Dealer and able, if not popular, member of the potent Foreign Relations Committee, rose in the Senate to make a cool defense of the Soviet Union and a fiery attack on Harry Truman's policy of "getting tough" with Russia...
This is Spellman's-and his friend Pius XII's-fervent prayer...
...Japs early in the war, switched back to the British with the tide. But once the Japs had surrendered, Aung San demanded immediate Burmese independence. Hoping to mollify him, Sir Reginald asked Aung San to suggest a few names for a new council. When Aung San listed eleven fervent nationalists, Sir Reginald rejected his list. Thereupon Aung San was elevated to a crest of Burmese popularity and excitement dangerous in a country still full of Japanese arms...