Word: fervor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This sort of record is not set by brawn alone; in Ike Eichelberger's case it goes with an almost evangelical fervor about athletics-and an athletic fervor about evangelism. "A lot of people don't understand how an athlete feels about religion," says Ike. "They think you sometimes are asking God to help you win, and they misunderstand. It's not like that really. I feel that everything I do is for Him, and that includes wrestling." When a Bethlehem fan asks Ike for his autograph, he follows his signature with the words, Galatians...
...Kubitschek does take office as President, he will bring to his tasks a sound record as an energetic governor who built roads and public works, got loans, and drew business capital to his state. When campaigning, he sings and sambas with gusto, orates with spellbinding fervor; but he gets a lot of work done...
With this depth of background, Rock n Roll appeals to all groups. Its lyrics sound the outcry of the suffering romantic, "I'm a Mississippi bullfrog sitting on a Harlem dump, so many girls I don't know which way to jump." With equal fervor, Rock n Roll sympathizes with the nihilistic element of the Cambridge community, "I gotta Flip Flop n Fly, and I don't care...
...over last year, and its estimated 1955 premium income is up to $7,000,000, 50% over 1954. It has seven branch offices and 1,250 salesmen. All the salesmen are drys and most are nonsmokers. Sales meetings are held in churches, and the company gets an evangelistic fervor into its selling that makes it seem more of a crusade than a commercial operation...
...take note of the widespread discontent with Labor's leadership. The murmurs had become shouts after Labor's electoral defeat. The Laborite Daily Mirror headlined: ATTLEE MUST GO. Bevanites insisted that Attlee's moderation had cost them the election, that the party must recover its evangelistic fervor - preferably under Nye Bevan himself. Supporters of young (49) Right Winger Hugh Gaitskell hinted that Labor's leadership had become...