Word: feverishness
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...beginning to think outside the box and relate language to "tangible material processes" like floods, the spread of agriculture and demographic developments. Currently the prehistory of language is, as Renfrew puts it, "at the edge of knowability," but that could change in a matter of decades if the feverish pace of cross-fertilization of molecular anthropology and archaeology continues...
McCain, alas, isn’t much of a threat to this vast conspiracy of his feverish imaginings. Like Don Quixote, with Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) as his faithful Sancho Panza, McCain is tilting at windmills. His crusade, which has managed to fire up op-ed pages and college students across the country, is nothing more than a sideshow, a distraction from the real battles over the size of government and our nation’s place in the world...
...Ironically, perhaps, given the feverish nature of civil rights and abortion rights protests surrounding Ashcroft's nomination, there's very little on the foreseeable horizon at Justice involving any of those hot-button issues. Instead, the department faces a docket heavy with antitrust issues, including the ongoing Microsoft case and various pending airline mergers. In the coming months, Ashcroft will also get to weigh in on a few pieces of tobacco legislation...
...virtually every opinion he holds dear. Most politicians agree that ideology alone cannot destroy a nomination - even for the post of the nation's top law enforcement official - but many of his opponents worry that Ashcroft's zealous views could influence his enforcement of existing laws. Needless to say, feverish dirt-digging has commenced in hopes of landing a bit of damaging information...
Democracy may be weak and feverish in Florida this week, but rest assured that capitalism is in fine health. As the weekend approaches in Tallahassee, legions of journalists have learned that they will lose their hotel rooms today - due to the upcoming Florida-Florida State football game, which has always trumped all else in this town. But, sensing a silver-dollar lining, local entrepreneurs have come to the hacks' rescue...