Word: fervor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...statements like "the United States should stress victory over, rather than co-existence with, the Communist menace," they cheered, whistled, stomped their feet, and raised a great commotion. When someone referred to stock villians like Eleanor Roosevelt, J. Robert Oppenheimer, or Linus Pauling, they booed and hissed with equal fervor. But the boos contained no venom. The crowd was simply cheering the heroes and hissing the bad guys and having a heck of a good time doing...
...sudden chill. "Efficiently, almost coldly," she wrote, "President-elect Kennedy and his new team of intellectuals, investment bankers, management experts and bright young men are taking over their Washington assignments. But it is already clear that a fascinating and power-laden quality is sadly lacking-and that is personal fervor, with all that it means in warmth, excitement and flair . . . The art or trick of leadership is not just rational action, but articulation of it in ways that reach the public's heart as well as mind. Kennedy seems almost to have set for himself the Talleyrand motto...
...Toronto said that when he went to China in 1958 as president of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, he found Chinese science in a thriving state. The Communist regime is pouring money and effort into its scientific "leap ahead," and the participants are fired by nationalistic fervor, even though many of them may not like Communism as such. A sad contrast, said Wilson, is the low morale among scientists on Formosa, where the Chinese Nationalist government gives them small support or encouragement...
...final seconds; the next week New York won on the very same play. On another occasion, with his team trailing 38-7, a blizzard howling, and only 20 minutes left on the clock, Tripucka led Denver to four touchdowns and a 38-38 tie. Teams traded touchdowns with such fervor that one old-line N.F.L. fan cracked: "The team that wins the toss wins the game...