Word: fervently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mondale's strength, in contrast, appears from exit polls to be heavily concentrated among traditional Democrats: union members, lower-income voters, those blacks who have not joined the Jackson camp (Hart's voters, so far, have been almost exclusively white). But even some fervent Democrats, noting Hart's appeal to independents, are finding a new reason to choose the Coloradan. Says Reno Electrician Gary Willis: "If you're a Democrat, the key question is, Who can beat Reagan? Who can turn the voters out? People don't think that Mondale...
...Fervent believers of many faiths, and less devout citizens appalled by what they see as a national breakdown of moral standards, have never reconciled themselves to those decisions. Their anger has been steadily fanned by a series of lower-court interpretations that have gone so far as to bar voluntary prayer sessions on school property organized by students outside of class hours. Critics fear the courts are attempting to forbid any public acknowledgment of God whatsoever in the schools and thus, in effect, to enthrone indifference or even hostility toward religion as official government policy. They can even cite...
Wealthy Timber Baron Gerald Willis, 44, is running for both the presidency and the vice presidency. So fervent is Willis' admiration for President Andrew Jackson that he combs his hair in an exaggerated pompadour reminiscent of Old Hickory. His Piedmont, Ala., home is a replica of Jackson's Hermitage in Nashville. Boasts Assistant Campaign Manager Jim Yarbrough: "He is the only nationally recognized political unknown...
Every stadium has its loyal lunatic fringe, but in Washington many of the most fervent fanatics also run the Government. The unique mix of power and passion is assessed by TIME Washington Contributing Editor Hugh Sidey...
Eakins' masterpiece, The Gross Clinic, 1875, certainly bridges two cultural worlds. On the one hand, one can read it as a very American icon of progress; it is a fervent, secular celebration of objective scientific knowledge, with the realism of paint serving that of science. Dr. Gross, light shining from his high forehead and glittering on his bloody hand and scalpel, is a pragmatic hero, and his skill is set before us as part of his American nature...