Word: fervors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both sides, partisans are waging the battle with nearly religious intensity. The free-market fervor of the Administration's supporters is matched by the devotion of many of its critics to the medium-size family farm, not just as an economic interest but as the foundation of a clean and virtuous way of life that must be protected. Says Grassley: "It's almost a public utilitarian value to maintain the family farm. It's basic to the humanitarian responsibility of Government...
...fact, a swing away from revolutionary fervor had already begun. Five months before the Sandinistas took power, at a third bishops' conference early in 1979 at Puebla, Mexico (the scene of the newly elected John Paul's first visit to Latin America), the assemblage followed the Pope's lead in striking a careful balance in defining Catholic activism. While endorsing a strong mandate for church involvement in social issues, the Puebla conference condemned Marxist strategies and cautioned priests to "divest themselves of all political ideologies...
...accountant) and former Assistant Treasury Secretary John Chapoton (a lawyer), who in past incarnations tried to exploit tax loopholes and shelters for moneyed clients, have taken the case for Uncle Sam. They are now troubadours for the national purpose through tax reform, and they have captured the patriotic fervor of Ronald Reagan. One of the reasons that the President agreed to switch the portfolios of Regan and White House Chief of Staff James Baker was to get maximum horsepower behind his drive for tax reform and the related issues of economic growth and Government spending restraint...
...worked first as a translator for the agency in Washington for two years, then in New York until 1977. Meanwhile Hana took a sales job with a diamond firm. Karl eventually returned to teaching and, friends say, made a great show of his supposed anti-Communist fervor...
Indira Gandhi's assassination underscores how important it is to keep religion out of politics. Religious fervor is not born of reason and therefore no objective discussion can take place. A democracy can be destroyed unless religion and politics are kept separate...