Word: fervors
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Even if professors are hooked on the Internet, the fervor hasn't necessarily spread to their families...
...Wattleton's fervor might wear thin. This thoughtful and instructive book is marred only by its author's tendency to sermonize--a trait she would say she inherited from her mother. If she explains once why she believes abortion to be an inalienable right, she explains it a dozen times. And given the readers likely to be interested in this notable woman's story, Wattleton is undoubtedly preaching to the converted...
...protesters intent on reaching the disputed specks. Last week the Chinese got their first martyr--a Hong Kong activist who drowned after leaping overboard to symbolically claim the waters for China. Beijing, which had encouraged the confrontation to tweak Tokyo, now worries about being swept up by the populist fervor...
Exceedingly important as well is Miller's lack of mere nostalgia about his past sexual experiences. While he recalls them with great fervor, he never dampens the sexual energy of the piece with regret. Miller conveys in every joke, in every movement of his body, that he enjoys sex just as much now as he did then and, more importantly, that sex can be as good now. Miller is a rare performer who seemingly has lived through the AIDS crisis and has successfully moved on, truly believing that AIDS does not have to inhibit the joy of his sexual experiences...
Although I hail from the Boston area, deemed by many to be a locus of patriotism, I have never considered myself a true patriot, despite my Yankee education and the best attempts of my teachers to imbue me with national fervor via cardboard turkeys and pilgrim hats...