Word: vehementer
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...chicken section, there were quite a number of customers gathered around. I delivered my lines--"Stay away from the birds!" and "Give a cluck!"--to which one woman yelled, "I'm going to have myself a nice, juicy chicken!" and two old guys started making vehement bokking noises at me. One woman asked if pork was O.K. "Go ahead! Eat all the pork you can!" I squawked. The Commando Chicks weren't too happy with that...
...that front, at least, the Court was consistent. The Justices had ruled previously that the organizers of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade were not required to allow gay and lesbian groups to march, citing the groups' presence as a "message." Mr. Dale's lawyer took vehement exception to the Court's interpretation. "A human being is not speech," he told the Court...
...previous commission meeting, board members criticized Harvard's original plan for the building's size as well as its design, echoing vehement critiques of the proposal by Knafel's neighbors. The meeting--which came after two months of hearings on the proposal--was meant to precede the commission's final judgment...
...much as Sprewell is a magnetic athlete, he is also the personification of the new NBA hoopster: talented, vehement, hardworking and nonchalant (and, 8 times out of 10, African American). Today's player is a man who sees his profession much as a stockbroker might see his own. He likes the competition, the camaraderie and the money. He's there because it's an exciting job that pays extremely well. He doesn't reek with gratitude for being allowed into the league. The player enjoys being part of a team and part of the community--Sprewell last week donated...
...preference for an Islamic state, that might trigger a return of the 1975-90 Lebanese civil war. "We are for partnership," he says, "so that the Christians do not ignore the Muslims and the Muslims do not ignore the Christians." When it comes to discussing Israel, however, Nasrallah is vehement. "Let us be clear," he says. "In our opinion, the Jewish state is an illegitimate and illegal state and will remain so in the eyes of the Arab and Muslim people, even if it is 50 years, 100 years, 200 years." Nasrallah lost his eldest son, Mohammed Hadi, then...