Word: vehement
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...squads racked up seven penalties between them for five different offenses. There was no shortage of hits—some inspired gasps from the crowd, while others drew vehement boos, and much of the contact came after the whistle...
While students praised Clark for his professed opposition to the Iraq war as well as his vehement defense of civil liberties, some said that the candidate’s comments on flag-burning left them less enthusiastic...
...Brooklyn-reared Jew, Frank was the manager of an Atlanta pencil factory where a female employee, 13, was raped and strangled to death in 1913. On shaky evidence and over his vehement denials, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Two years later, after his sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment, a gang abducted him from prison and lynched...
...burden, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell that Ankara was "re-evaluating" its offer of troops in light of vehement opposition to the idea from Iraqis and from Baghdad's interim governing council. Privately, Turkish officials said preparations for the deployment of 10,000 soldiers - requested by Washington and approved by the Turkish parliament last month - had been halted. - By Andrew Purvis Not There Yet E.U. In a series of monitoring reports, the European Commission cautioned the 10 countries hoping to join the E.U. next May that they could face sanctions if they fail...
...well up and get sentimental,” and becomes as giddy as a 13-year-old girl at the prospect of speaking with the Reverend Jesse Jackson for five minutes. At times Hoffman even seems concerningly unaware of his interviewees’ backgrounds and ideologies. Judging by his vehement nods of agreement to every word they utter, he treats radicals such as Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore as sages on politics, and uses the frequently relapsing, often arrested addict/rock star Scott Weiland as the film’s voice of displeasure with drug policy...