Word: rabidly
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...PUBLIC, rabid Bulls fan Some NBA fans don't want Jordan any closer to center court than the MCI Center owner's box, fearing that he may tarnish his legacy as perhaps the greatest athlete of the 20th century. After all, how could he top his previous exit, a steal and subsequent game-winning jump shot in the final minute of Chicago's title-clinching victory in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals? He probably can't, but, for more sensible fans, seeing Michael Jordan take on this challenge - regardless of the results - only adds to Jordan's legacy...
...high-mindedness of the writer interfering. Gornick uses George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant,” as an example of the importance of narrative voice. In life, Orwell was often an ugly and brutish man, falling prey to his own bitter insecurities, sexism, rabid anti-communism and other flaws. But in “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell adopts the persona of “the involuntary truth speaker, the one who implicates himself not because he wants to but because he has no choice.” He tells the story...
...total of a year and a half in China, I must say that I have never encountered any hostility based on my citizenship, though if one were to rely solely on the information provided by the American media, one might believe that in China, anti-American feelings are rabid...
...HUPD officers were notified of a possible rabid possum at Leverett House. HUPD notified Cambridge animal control who dispatched an officer to take charge of the animal...
...possible with minimal punitive action (such as a fine that looks tough but really represents 1% of Bill Gates' net worth). The 19 states also bringing suit might last a little longer, and they might force some serious cash out of Microsoft's coffers. But even the most rabid State Attorney General will blanch at the idea of going back into court, especially with such a legal jumble of a ruling (would we have to have a rerun of the whole trial, or just the remedy phase? Looks like it's up to Jackson's successor to decide...