Word: vehemently
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...with the image of the Native American. They were both tacked on to the seal during the Revolutionary War, at a time when Massachusetts was at the center of a bloody political struggle against monarchism. The Latin motto is lifted from the English rebel Algernon Sydney, a vehement opponent of the Restoration who was executed for conspiring to kill Charles II. It refers not to a conquest of native peoples but to an ethos of colonial liberation that had become the archetypal sentiment of Massachusetts patriots. The image of the sword refers to the first half of Sydney?...
...stories are often told in first-person narrative and lack diversity," agrees Matsuda. But that hasn't been a problem with consumers yet. "Why don't you write a novel and move me?" read one angry schoolgirl's recent online post, in response to a vehement keitai shosetsu detractor. So far, Japan's literary establishment hasn't come up with an answer...
It’s true that the storied anti-Americanism of ivory-tower intellectuals remains prevalent; though it is subtler than right wing talk-show hosts make it out to be. Polls reveal universities to be hotbeds of both concern and vehement criticism with regard to American society and politics: a full 63 percent of our research faculties say they seriously doubt the future of their country...
...biggest name of all had to be Roger Clemens, considered by many the greatest pitcher of all time. Of course it shouldn't really be all that surprising that the Rocket, who issued a vehement denial Thursday evening, made Mitchell's roll call. After all, in 2006, the Los Angeles Times had reported that Clemens and Andy Pettitte, another star of the Mitchell report, were among the players former pitcher Jason Grimsley (yup, he's in there too) accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. But for whatever reason, after his denials, most people largely gave Clemens a pass. The "suspected...
...public will turn to anyone they can like. Huckabee is far from perfect, and there is certainly nothing special about Charlie—but look at the others! Just like Bill Clinton in 1992, Huckabee is likely to become the consensus candidate just because there isn’t vehement opposition to him. Those who are worried about his candidacy, namely economic interest groups like Americans for Tax Reform and the Club for Growth, may not carry much sway with the average Iowa Caucus-goer. So this little-known, foreign policy-challenged governor—best known for losing...