Word: fervor
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...Stewart may not be anybody's idea of the first or last word in comedy today, but Naked Pictures of Famous People certainly gives out hope for the future of comedians-turned-writers. With brilliant fervor, nonstop wit and the decorum of the average skateboard fanatic, Stewart rips into the good, the bad and the better-left-unsaid. Not all of the stories come out as winners, but those that do are certainly worth discovering, and those that aren't should at least be given a chance. In addition to the Martha Stewart shenanigans, another particularly revealing section...
...sports garner the same sort of respect. In nearly every country, soccer ignites an almost religious fervor and ecstasy, while in America, football, baseball and basketball are currently the sports of choice. But perhaps futbol is already taking hold here, in the form of Nintendo 64's FIFA World Cup Soccer, a two player game whose adherents devote as much time and energy to FIFA as many varsity athletes do to their own sports...
...much of the night, the game lacked the fervor and excitement of Parcells' return to Foxboro last year, a 27-24 overtime victory for the Patriots. It had all the elements for a classic: eight former Patriots in Jets uniforms; a New England team and coach seeking to put aside the shadow of the highly publicized former coach; a Monday night audience; New York fighting to stay alive in the AFC East against the first-place team...
Faced with protests from opposition parties, human rights advocates and Islamic scholars, Nawaz Sharif may back down. If he insists on unleashing religious fervor in Pakistan, he could end up one of its first victims, because not all Islamic radicals trust his credentials. Says Maulana Fazl ul Rehman, leader of the militant Jamiat-Ulema-Islami party: "Nawaz Sharif's government is part of the same corrupt system he hopes to overthrow. Only we are the true devotees who will enforce Islam...
...vacation he accumulated over eight years to tape his show). Like Sheindlin, he rolls his eyes and yells at the punks in his video court ("Don't call the court 'Dude,'" he tells one youth). Brown, 51, grew up in South Central Los Angeles and has the fervor of a missionary, spouting buzz words like "com-mun-i-ty." His producers, like those for the other shows, scour court filings in search of camera-worthy cases with strong narratives, but Brown achieves extra conflict by pursuing civil actions that spring from criminal cases. "We're not really just small claims...