Word: fervors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...make a deal with America on Vietnam stands as a serious delusion. Whatever the Chinese expect to obtain from negotiations, they are not in the market for a detente at the expense of allies. Such Khruschevian politics have been repeatedly denounced well before the Cultural Revolution and with particular fervor during the recent tumultous years. Since the announcement of Nixon's visit, the Chinese and Vietnamese have gone out of their way to publicly demonstrate their solidarity. Most recently, they signed a new military assistance pact in late September, further strengthening their ties...
Mainly Kennedy directed his fervor at getting out the student vote. But when a questioner told Kennedy his speech "was impressive but lacked substance," Kennedy agreed
...Image Empire should be read by anyone interested in the people's right to information in a democratic society. If the work is lengthy, detailed and at times unevenly, written, it never falls into the traps of dreary academicism. And if Barnouw is sometimes seduced by mere sentiment, the fervor he expresses and the anger he provokes are preferable to most intellectuals' disdain of broadcasting's industrial workings, programming sins and occasional newsworthy virtues
...aggressive drive to attract members in the nation's prisons. There are now 130 prison chapters, all formed for the same reason as chapters on the outside: to provide community-development and leadership training. While only a tiny minority of convicts participate, those who do bring the fervor of new converts to the organization. Says Luther Gosby, 22, who is serving 20 years for attempted robbery in Washington State Reformatory at Monroe: "I'll never forget what I got from the Jaycees; they taught me that I can better myself by being responsible to others...
...briefing, Burns said of Nixon's proposals: "This has electrified the nation." It had obviously electrified Nixon too. Before settling into San Clemente for a rest, he spent the rest of the week barnstorming the U.S. with the fervor of a newly sawdusted evangelist. He had the Knights of Columbus standing on their chairs to applaud him in New York. In Springfield, Ill., Nixon invoked "Lincoln's legacy." America, said the President, needs sacrifice and competition: "We can at this point in our history nobly save, or meanly lose, man's last best hope." Nixon capped his week with...