Word: fervors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pastora's first remarks to the press on arriving in Panama suggested that revolutionary fervor may not have been his only motive. Panama's daily La Republica, whose editor met with Pastora shortly after his arrival, reported that the Nicaraguan had left following a "break with [Interior Minister Tomas] Borge and the Reds" over the presence of "many military observers from Cuba in Nicaragua," along with increasing numbers of Cuban and Soviet "political units...
...takes familiar material and gives it a characteristic touch of astringency that keeps it from being sentimental. Playing against Martins' coolness is the fervor with which the youngsters perform. Lisa Jackson is a formidable technician at 19, and Gen Horiuchi, 16, has a thrilling attack and dumbfounding poise. He seems to have minutely observed his mentor (one hand on hip, glance askance) and also Baryshnikov (a tendency to open his mouth to show emotion). The audience loved...
...effectiveness stems from her evident fervor and a theatrical willingness to challenge Jews to a fully committed life. Listeners may be told that they are "witnesses to murder" because they are allowing a generation of Jews to "disappear in silence, through apathy, ignorance and assimilation." Jews are not free agents, she tells her audience: "You are links in an eternal chain. You belong to your people...
...insists, for example, that "sexual jealousy" causes most teen-age suicides and much violent crime, including "90%" of murders and attempted killings. He has deviated from a Reaganesque budget-cutting fervor on just one social issue: a proposed $30 million program for the Government to advocate teen-age chastity. Like Ronald Reagan, Denton strongly defends the validity of the U.S. effort in Viet Nam. He contends that the war could have been won but the U.S. failed to see and press its advantage. He adds that America must recognize the Viet Nam fighting as "morally just...
McCarthy's anti-Harvard fervor brought him to Boston to testify against several Harvard faculty members indicted on grounds of contempt of Congress by the McCarthy subcommittee. The faculty members had refused to answer questions pertaining to Communist activities of members of the University faculty...