Word: vehement
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...they need only have recalled the comic-relief point of the 1984 presidential campaign when Walter Mondale and Ronald Reagan quibbled over which side of the ballot the Boss was on. (Springsteen, to his credit, refused to comment). And when the message of the title song got jumbled from vehement Vietnam-vet outrage to raucous jingoism, it was clear that enough was enough...
...People who want to teach at law schools have other options" than going to Harvard, said Duke Law School Dean Paul Carrington, a vehement opponent of the crits. "If there is a perception that there are various problems in the tenure process, it might be more difficult for a school to secure appointments...
However, the benefits will be lost if Congress invokes the War Powers Act this week. Should the Democratic leadership make good on its threat to push the measure through, allies in the Middle East will (justifiably) lose their emerging confidence in U.S. resolve. And the Administration's vehement opposition to the act signals the coming of a destructive constitutional clash with the legislative branch should the measure pass--which would be a time when such a confrontation could do U.S. foreign policy grave harm...
...gave the union a ringing endorsement. Most of the others favored some form of "accountability" for teachers, and some went further, backing the principle of merit pay. Said former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt: "We need the guts and creativity to pay the best teachers more." But all seven were vehement in defending the N.E.A. against the harsh attacks of Education Secretary Bennett, who shortly before the forum called the union the "most misnamed organization in America." Senator Albert Gore promised that if he won the presidency he would call Bennett on election night and "tell him to clean...
...Civil Rights, the umbrella organization coordinating the anti-Bork juggernaut. "People are looking at this as all our previous battles wrapped into one." Says Tom Korologos, a noted Republican lobbyist retained by the White House to fight for Bork: "Rarely have I seen both left and right so vehement in their zeal...