Word: fervors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even in this period of greater peace within herself, MacLaine says, the one constant in her life is change: "My strongest personality trait is the way I keep unsettling my life when most other people are settling down." Romance is sacrificed to her fervor for growth: "I have mostly used relationships to learn, and when that process is over, so is the relationship." Friends and especially lovers can find her exhausting because she peppers them with endless questions, shifts moods in a matter of seconds and demands that everyone keeps up with her. She admits, "My biggest goal right...
...emphasize how overwhelming such impressions are, Haviaras does not endow his characters with very intense feelings. Panagis's chief interest as a narrator lies in recording the impact of, what he sees on the people around him. Finding himself incapable of fervor, he does not display much enthusiasm for the leftist cause he joins Panagis, discouraged from leaving Greece by the knowledge that things are no better outside, turns, back from the border to join the leftist Andartes. After surviving some incredible fighting. Panagis is put into a concentration camp, release from which enables him to return to love...
...airplanes created there played a major role in the war. When Eisenhower's announcement of the invasion of Normandy is broadcast to the factory workers, there is only a weak, forced sense of enthusiasm. The workers simply cheer for several seconds, then resume drilling metal with unconvincing looks of fervor...
...case, though Jackson's bargaining power would be reduced, it would be far from eliminated. For the eventual nominee, the difference between defeat and victory in November's balloting could hinge on whether Jackson gave him a half-hearted endorsement or enlisted in his behalf the full fervor Jackson has inspired in the black community...
...That fervor has to be seen to be believed. In New York, well-dressed, usually sedate congregations of black churches regularly welcomed him by clapping, stomping then-feet and screaming, "Win, Jesse, win!" Crowds punctuated his litanies with wild applause and shouts of encouragement. In Pittsburgh last week, appealing for more federal aid to education, Jackson intoned, "Full scholarship to Penn State, four years, $20,000. Full scholarship, state pen, four years, $90,000. Train our youth! Train our youth! Train our youth!" Applause and cheers rose to screams with each repetition...