Word: fervor
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...Despite the clash at Shwedagon, the monks continued on, their fervor broadcast over loudspeakers: "Let us overthrow the government." By early afternoon, the demonstrators had marched the two miles to the Sule Pagoda, another holy site. Again, the path to the pagoda itself was blocked by hundreds of security forces, many with bayonets fixed. The protestors sat and prayed in front of them. More soldiers armed with rifles arrived, though, and most of the crowd stood up and walked away. Twenty minutes later, the troops opened fire - a 10-second burst above the heads of those marchers who had dared...
...reminds us of the many reasons that we began to read—and the many reasons that we still do. More than any other time, summer offers a chance to indulge these literary passions. Six Crimson editors now share the summer reads that inspired in them the fervor of a child awaiting the new Harry Potter. They may have approached these books for different reasons, but one thing is certain: They were all entertained...
...gigantic letters across their packs. Pubs in London, cafés in Paris—once the setting for centuries of nicotine-fueled repartee by Europe’s great literary and artistic geniuses—are or will soon be smoke-free. Soon, one suspects, the intellectual fervor and the romantic intrigue of these places will be stamped out along with the social ritual of smoking. People will still smoke—but despondently, at home. One small valuable part of human experience will have been abolished...
...economy. There will be some foreclosures, banks will lose money. That’s life. That’s capitalism. They took risks, and they lost. Policy should not bail out people for greed and stupidity, or their risk taking.” But Barro characterized the subprime lending fervor of the last few years in a more positive light, calling it a “major anti-poverty program” and a “positive movement.” “It was really a boon in terms of lower-income people getting homes, which they...
...lead-up. "There was a lot of pressure on them, a lot of expectation, and the way they dealt with that was to treat it like just another game," says Rush. "And that's exactly how they played it" - only to be swamped by an opponent high on fervor...