Word: fervently
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...speech, he flops, sweating and exhausted, back into the passenger seat of his election campaign bus. The crowd won't leave him alone, however. They reach in through the windows of the bus, heaping armfuls of orange marigold garlands and heady rose petals onto his legs. But his supporters?fervent Hindus all?aren't taken with Modi because he is promising them lower taxes or better schools or more hospitals. Instead, Modi is appealing to a deeper core, calling on his supporters to ignite a fanatical faith in themselves and in the man they believe can lead them to national...
...right and prudent to hear and to confront those who hold appalling views; I do not believe that even the most fervent commitment to free speech and inquiry requires us to honor them (News, “In About-Face, English Dept. Re-Invites Anti-Israeli Poet,” Nov. 20). Tom Paulin apparently agrees with my second point and has argued that a poet’s reputation ought to be reevaluated in the light of his politics...
...Douglas R. Nickel, the museum's photo curator, wants to convince us that Carroll could have had entirely innocent aims in his child photography. Prose takes the wiser course of treating Carroll poignantly and letting the obvious questions go on hanging in the air. Wiser because Carroll's fervent attachment to little girls seems sweaty to us now. He met them on trains, at stores, on beaches. He carried puzzles in his pocket to beguile them and wrote them letters to remind them that "we still remember each other, and feel a sort of shivery affection for each other...
...that maybe sometime down the road this would be morally permissible, and otherwise, the principled position is a ban… The moratorium doesn’t capture that position.” However, many of the council members, including its chair, Leon R. Kass, have publicly declared their fervent opposition to cloning of any kind. The potential for life must be protected, they argue, and cloning disrespects that potential...
...currently draws a comic strip called Ernie Pook's Comeek, starring the eternally feuding sisters Marlys and Maybonne, which appears in about 20 alternative weeklies and has been collected in numerous books. She is also the author of the critically lauded novel Cruddy. Her work has earned her a fervent cult following...