Word: fervently
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...children, Duong is a veteran of both the Vietnam War and the Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979. As a volunteer soldier in the Communist Youth Brigade, she fought in the Central Highlands beginning in 1967. At the same time, Americans her age were receiving their draft notices. Her fervent support of the revolutionary effort gained her a position on the Vietnamese Communist Party, which expelled...
...circle is indeed closed -- if six men armed with nothing much more than credit cards and fervent belief can cause hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of damage in America's largest city -- it may be the worst news of all, an inducement to further mayhem. Not long ago, when state-sponsored terrorism was the reigning speculation, Harry Brandon, Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI, said, "I don't think the World Trade Center is the beginning of a new wave of terrorism. But it remains a relatively cost- effective way to advance national policy in a violent...
...those of his schoolfriends. In time he befriends his in-laws. The moment that this rootless orphan achieves stability in marriage, he is introduced to a couple which epitomizes his dilemma. His wife's parents are two opposites: the father, Bernard, is a rational humanist; the mother, June, a fervent, unquestioning Christian. In their youth, both had been dedicated communists, eager to change the world with their backpacks full of good intentions. Then God revealed himself to June, and she stopped wanting to change or even question the world. June's conversion fascinates her son-in-law. He begins...
...fervent defenders of democracy object that it would rob the citizenry of its sovereignty. If average Americans value their votes so much, why is voter turnout perennially so low? A frightening percentage of the elegible voting population treats voting as an irritating chore. Why fight to keep something that half the population won't spend five minutes doing...
...Asian protesters and undercover white supremacist terrorists. The cast is terrific across the board. Mark Linn-Baker is especially funny as the actor who has embraced method acting so completely that he thinks he's an ancient Chinese emperor; Mia Korf plays a dynamic Linda Anne Wing, the politically fervent actress brazen enough to disrupt The Real Manchu in protest...