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...essays. Their voices should be silenced by the publication of his 1,433-page book The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, which synthesizes Gould’s thought with Darwin’s classic theory of evolution. Gould’s ideas were often controversial among his colleagues, but the passion with which he defended his convictions was widely admired...
...didn’t have to be a scientist to appreciate his lectures and writings. Gould’s wit, humor and clarity brought his topics to life for anyone,” Brogan said. “He was a man with an inordinate amount of passion, who, especially during this difficult semester for him, exemplified the true spirit of a teacher...
...month of 64 games begin?5,760 minutes of the best football in the history of the world. And in the intensity of those goals and saves, tackles and passes, take a moment to admire not just the matches and the beauty of play, but also to feel the passion you harbor for your side and your nation. Savor that conviction that you come from the greatest country on earth and the most imaginative culture and the finest people and, my God, Allah be praised, dios mio, hontoni ne, isn't it apparent by how your people play the game...
...obsessed with Caro, but I am interested in him; that is, in how obsession works, because the emotion (is it an emotion?), the passion (must it always involve passion?), the mental devotion (that'll do for the moment) produces a multiplicity of applications. John W. Hinckley Jr. was obsessed with Jodie Foster; Hitler with Jews; Osama bin Laden with...
...offered justice for the little guy at the tail end of the Depression and upended the Nazi concept of the Ubermensch. "There was an enormous desire to see social justice, a rectifying of corruption," says DC Comics president Paul Levitz. "Superman was a fulfillment of a pent-up passion for the heroic solution." Batman, a morally ambiguous, revenge-driven crusader, emerged in 1939, at the outset of World War II, as the darker side of the heroic solution. Then when America entered the war, straightforwardly patriotic heroes like Captain America and Wonder Woman hit Hitler where he lived...