Word: fervor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Balancing the humor is plenty of heart-pounding action and suspense--the Indiana Jones survival tactics, sprays of gunfire, sharp blows and the heavy thud of falling bodies. And of course, the token patriotic fervor of America versus foreign terrorists, as Marshall, unable to cut the red, white and blue wires, correctly chooses the yellow and green...
...then the game starts. The curiosities of the vacation are over as I am awakened by fervor and excitement; the athletes' fiery determination is proven by the sweat dripping from their brows...
There are no Barkers or Ballmers lining up to fund new buildings at Harvard's smaller schools, and the nostalgic fervor that fuels FAS fundraising fails to motivate their alumni...
...this CD roar to life: the fiery skittishness of Turn It On, the unexpectedly jaunty Little Babies; the crackling guitars and clumping drums of the lesbian breakup song, One More Hour. On that last number, when Tucker sings, "Don't say another word/ about the other girl," her fervor is contagious. These songs work on a primal rock-'n'-roll level: as you listen, you find yourself turning the volume higher and higher...
Robert C. Hyman '96 and Benjamin Lebwohl '99 were two of the representatives of Hillel who helped to conduct the Seder. Hyman said that the inmates possessed a sincere religious fervor...