Word: vehement
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...Prophet. It is, of course, the part of the prophet Jonah himself which is the fat part in this entertaining play and Mr. John Weld entered into it with a naturalness and seriousness that were arresting, though perhaps he was a little too mild and good-natured for his vehement outbursts against the ladies of Nineveh or his anger against God when God proved more merciful to Nineveh than...
...Even the vehement anti-New Deal sentiment in Detroit failed to shake the University of Detroit's 906 to 222 vote for Roosevelt. The University of Washington, in Scattle, showed the largest vote of all, of which 2253 balots went for the Democrats and 1562 for the Republicans...
Thus, in the autumn of 1935, wrote Manhattan Banker James P. Warburg in Hell Bent for Election. Last week, in the most dramatic reversal of the campaign, this early, vehement and brilliant member of the "anybody but Roosevelt" school announced his intention to vote for Franklin Roosevelt's reelection...
...part with the utmost care, the only possible objection being that he may be a little too assiduous. For the emotion stays pretty close to the surface, and therefore Goodwin's elaborate explanations with hands and voice are somewhat gratuitous. Bettina Gray may likewise be a little too vehement. Perhaps the difficulty is that they are designing their speeches to carry farther than their tiny playhouse permits. At any rate, this excessive elucidation insures that the right interpretation be given. Lois Hall is ideally supple for her part of the sculptress. When throbbing in response to some dramatic situation...
...drastic action against Germany will be taken at the prospective meeting of the League of Nations Council, in Professor Langer's opinion. A vehement protest will very likely be made, but he expects the League to shy away from sanctions because of their probable ineffectiveness on Germany, which is a relatively self-sufficient country and is much less dependent on foreign trade for necessities than Italy...