Word: rabidity
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Senators and congressmen know a good buzzword when they see it. Everyone of them - from rabid conservatives to far-out liberals - is mouthing that he or she is now a born-again bipartisan. But it doesn't take much scratching on the surface to discover that practically every member's vision of bipartisanship is different. Like defining truth and beauty. "There clearly is a lot of leeway in what people have in mind when they talk about bipartisanship," Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman deadpans. Conservative Republican senators in Trent Lott's leadership team, such as Majority Whip Don Nickles...
Harvard's first stop on its journey is Cornell's Lynah Rink, arguably one of the most inhospitable rinks in the country. The Big Red's rabid fans pack the arena, armed with fish to punctuate a tradition of intense Harvard-Cornell rivalry...
...while Bush continued to play rock star for rabid and homogenous Republican crowds, hitting his handful of standard high notes - bringing folks together, trusting folks, rejectin' the politics of scarin' folks, and rebuilding the military - Gore is a bit plaintively shaking the lapels of everybody (make that anybody) who might conceivably pull a lever on Tuesday because he or she would miss having a Democrat in the White House. And that includes the folks who would be happy to vote for William Jefferson Clinton for a third term - though the vice president isn't saying that out loud...
They once owned a pub in Santa Monica, they're exclusively sponsored by Murphy's Irish Stout, their self-proclaimed "rabid" fan base includes the likes of Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Keaton and Dan Akroyd, but Bernie Taupin (Elton John's lyricist) nailed the coolest thing about the Young Dubliners when he said simply, "They kick...
...base. Cardinal fans are rabid. No team's fans in the New York metropolitan area compare to those of the Cardinals. Earlier this summer, Sports Illustrated called St. Louis the best baseball town in America, and The Sporting News called St. Louis the best sports town in America...