Word: fervently
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George Bush prefers action to abstraction, but last week he delivered a fervent argument to bolster support for the war with Iraq. In a speech before a Washington audience of radio and TV Protestant evangelists, he invoked a long-standing Christian doctrine in the battle against Saddam Hussein, that of the "just...
...Bolster a "strategic asset." Israel was a key component of America's fervent struggle to contain Communism during the Cold War. Rather than station American troops in the Middle East as it did in Western Europe and the Far East, the U.S. relied on Israel's quick-to-mobilize national army to keep the Evil Empire's influence out of the region...
Keynote speaker Albert L. "Dapper" O'Neil, Boston city councillor-at-large, whipped on-lookers into a nationalistic fervor with his condemnation of anti-war demonstrators and his fervent pleas for support of American soldiers...
...words, engineer-educator Jorge Serrano Elias, 45, piously hailed his smashing victory last week in Guatemala's presidential elections. As Serrano's comments underlined, religious issues had played a significant role in the campaign. Serrano is a Protestant who, in a predominantly Roman Catholic country, converted from Catholicism to fervent Pentecostalism at age 28. Backers of his Catholic opponent made open appeals against the prospect of a Protestant President. Serrano promised he would not use presidential powers to favor his faith, and his impressive 68% win indicated that the electorate believed...
Most of the Protestant resurgence is taking place among fervent Fundamentalists and Evangelicals (in the North American sense of those who urge personal commitments to Jesus and strict adherence to the Bible). The spectacular Protestant growth since the 1960s has occurred largely in Pentecostal groups that combine biblical orthodoxy with an innovative stress on emotionalism and miracles. Another worrisome challenge to Catholicism comes from African-rooted spirit cults, which are strong in Brazil and are spreading into Argentina. Since the 1960s, Catholicism has tolerated observance of these popular non-Christian rites by masses of nominal Catholics, while Evangelical converts (many...