Word: fervor
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...similar grounds of violating the Turkish constitution. But this is different: the AKP enjoys more popular support than any of its predecessors, and it has formed the first single-party government in decades. The AKP under Erdogan has also distanced itself from traditional Islamist rhetoric, particularly in the impious fervor with which it has embraced liberal capitalism: foreign capital inflows and economic growth have been at a record high...
...This is Peirce's first film since Boys Don't Cry and it is, in part, inspired by the fact that her own brother, fired by patriotic fervor in the aftermath of 9/11, enlisted and served in Iraq. As you'll remember from the earlier picture, Peirce has a special, tough-minded empathy for the American underclass, those among us who live in poverty and powerlessness and are essentially fodder for those higher and mightier American Dreamers who have the power to determine their destinies...
...Academy Award--winning performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film version of A Man for All Seasons. Born in the south of England and trained in theater from an early age, Scofield led an intensely private life offstage but onstage captivated audiences with his precision and fervor. A master of Shakespearean roles, he played everyone from Henry VIII to Hamlet, also delivering memorable performances in parts ranging from Don Quixote to Salieri in a 1979 production of Amadeus...
...would be nice if some of the down-home fervor and neck-snapping incongruities of his stage shows could be duplicated in movies. They might not cross over to the wider audience, but that shouldn't concern Perry. His core crowd loves him. And, he surely believes, so does Jesus...
Building decent, liberal societies requires strengthening parts of the U.S. government that don't carry guns. While our military patrols the world, our embassies increasingly cower behind barbed wire, disconnected from the societies they need to understand and help. America doesn't need to abandon the fervor that five years ago helped propel us into a disastrous war; we need to redirect it. Muscular moralism has had its day. The test now is whether we can effectively separate the two--carrying a big stick for self-defense but using less blunt instruments to improve the world...