Word: fervently
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Despite years of second-class media citizenship, radio has never lost its fervent champions. "We take radio for granted, but it's in our cars, our kitchens, our bedrooms," says Charles Osgood, the CBS Sunday-night TV anchor who also does wry, and often rhyming, commentaries on CBS radio each weekday morning. "If someone told me I couldn't do any more TV, I'd be unhappy. But if I had to choose, it would be radio." Another stalwart of the medium, News Commentator Paul Harvey is a surviving link to an earlier era of network radio...
Fearful that Weinberger's presence in Geneva would doom any chance of a deal, Shultz, Regan and MacFarlane managed to keep him off the summit team, despite the Defense Secretary's fervent pleas to the President. The White House is trying to muzzle Perle as well, last week vetoing his appearance on West European TV lest he make some impolitic remarks. Nonetheless, either Perle or his equally hard-line superior at the Pentagon, Under Secretary of Defense Fred Ikle, is likely to go to Geneva in a backup role. Even from a remote perch, the Defense Department hawks are sure...
...scene a day later at Beijing's officially sanctioned East Church, which is administered by the state-run Catholic Patriotic Association, was no less fervent. The church was hung with banners commemorating the Pope, and a priest in purple vestments led prayers for his "peaceful enjoyment of heaven." This was the first time since Beijing severed relations with the Vatican in 1951 that worshippers in state-approved churches were allowed to commemorate a Pope's death. With China's approximately 10 million Catholics united in mourning the Pontiff, the divide between underground and official congregations was blurred. "Underground churches...
...greater numbers for the proposal of Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol, which articulated regrets over Summers’ actions but also interest in reconciliation and future collaboration, indicates that there is a silver lining in the Summers storm. Moreover, many of Summers’ most fervent supporters—who may not have wanted to concede even the regrets expressed in Skocpol’s proposal—would add to the tally of those seeking improved relations. All this should signal to Summers that, despite the inevitable sensationalizing in today’s national pages...
...album’s final segment, the jarring shift is made, to be diabolical, to spaced-out rock—the Queens of the Stone Age in fast forward with a sprinkling of stadium-sized riffs that would make Eddie Van Halen proud. The frantic, fervent horns still make opportune appearances throughout the proceedings, assisting the rollercoaster-through-the-underworld vibe ably and even veering into jazz-style improvisations at some points...