Word: fervors
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...commentator with ample creativity and righteous fervor, but few tangible political qualifications, is now a subject, and not merely a stimulator, of heated national debate. The occupant of arguably the country’s most powerful appointed position—that being Andrew Card—is comparatively anonymous. For the first time in American history, the views of the men and women behind the camera, more than the actions of the men and occasional woman in front, have seized the public’s political consciousness...
...Saturday night, Australian voters not only ended the uncertainty, they scoffed at it, giving the Howard government its fourth successive term with an historic increased majority, scuppering the Labor Party's revival hopes with a 3.3% swing to the Coalition, and whipping Howard supporters into a joyous fervor. At the Liberal Party's function at an upmarket central Sydney hotel on Saturday night, an exultant Howard struggled to contain the crowd's noisy praise. "You beauty!" went up the shout after the Prime Minister called in vain for quiet. "You bloody beauty...
...Thai authorities say they suspect but cannot positively prove foreign involvement in the violence in the south. Clearly, however, the insurgency is showing the fervor of jihadist groups elsewhere, most notably a readiness to die for the cause. The most potent evidence surfaced on April 28, when 108 Thai Muslims were killed by security forces in what appeared to be coordinated suicide attacks on military and police posts throughout the south (17 others were captured). Mostly young men in their 20s, the attackers almost to a man carried only knives and machetes and shouted "Allahuakbar!" as they approached their targets...
...depend solely on numbers. The vast majority of the world's more than 1 billion practicing Muslims are peaceful citizens getting on with their lives. But interviews by TIME with religious leaders, Islamic scholars, government analysts and ordinary citizens in dozens of countries around the world reveal that the fervor of those who adhere to radical forms of Islam has intensified since 9/11. While Muslims continue to consume and even celebrate Western pop culture, hostility to the policies of the West, in particular the U.S., appears to be on the rise. It is being propelled in part by anger...
...clockwise motion to the head, for insanity. Then she launched into the chorus (?I?m young and healthy / And you?ve got charms / It would really be a sin / Not to have you in my arms?), plighting her troth, really pitching it, with a tenor?s full faux fervor. Allie took the second verse (?I?m young and healthy / And so are you / When the moon is in the sky / Tell me what am I to do??), and her voice was as pure as demure as Diana?s was brassy. She held the notes like a trained and poised soprano...