Word: fervors
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...partly because they remain shadowy even to those who work with them. "The foreigners trust no one, not even their own clothes," says an Iraqi resistance fighter. He adds that al-Zarqawi has become an inspirational figure, like Osama bin Laden, for militants who espouse his methods and religious fervor. "Most are not members of his group in a formal sense," says the insurgent. "But everyone, especially the foreigners in Iraq who share his ideals of jihad, considers himself part of Attawhid wal Jihad...
...Emotion," need go no further than the S. H. Ervin Gallery on Observatory Hill, where "Australian Surrealism: The Agapitos/Wilson Collection" opens this week. "In Surrealism the fire of art and the ice of science have met," said Australian Surrealist James Gleeson in 1940. Gleeson matched Breton for evangelical fervor, and his gobsmacking canvases lay the foundations for this exhibition, which later travels to Brisbane, Armidale and Hobart...
...visited every one of the company's 139 plants, met more than 250,000 employees, spent 4,000 hours talking to them and "enjoyed every whizzing minute of it." He polished his delivery, the intimate confiding tone, the air of sincerity, the wry chuckle, the well-timed burst of fervor...
...establishment of an honors cap was the culmination of the fervor over honors and grade inflation that began in 2000-2001, after a series of stories in The Boston Globe focused nationwide attention on the alleged problem...
...statement could be made of the character Eilert Lovborg, played by John C. Dewis, who is also being tortured by extreme mental agony; and the fact that Dewis, though for the most part convincing, has been known to lose his intensity and improvise his lines brings into question the fervor of Soskin’s admiration for his performance. However, Soskin’s exaggerated praise of Dewis is not nearly as offensive as his unnecessary delving into Rebecca Levy’s past. When writing a review one ought to keep one’s focus on the show...