Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After 50 years of research, art experts know a little more about Francisco Zurbaran and his work. He was born in 1598 in Estremadura, probably of Basque stock like Goya, and went through life a solitary figure burning with religious zeal. Working alone, he matured swiftly, specialized in stone-cold, almost harsh pictures of monks, saints and bishops, soon held commissions from the church...
...arrive till five years later ("Had to save up the fare, you know"). Under Boss Engineer Kindelberger, Douglas produced the DC-1 and DC-2, laid plans for the famed DC-3. About that time, Kindelberger, up until then a teetotaler, decided to investigate drinking. With his customary zeal, he drew up a list of every drink known, systematically made and sampled each. Says he: "In my life I have made and drunk every conceivable drink, even some you had to chew. But in my old age I've learned one thing: there's nothing that beats...
Citation: "In a time and a country where people desperately needed hope and encouragement, she demonstrated how great can be the influence of a woman who has zeal, courage, understanding friendliness, and the ability to draw out all that is best in others...
...bouncy, tireless man-about-town to the end, Eddie Marsh started collecting pictures at the turn of the century, kept at it with unmatched zeal until he died. He was not a wealthy man, but his mother had left him a modest annuity and he devoted...
Jakobson's assiduous studies of philology show his most intense zeal. Throughout his life he has worked excessively, both in residence at universities and on vacations. When he was wrapped up in a problem during his youthful days in Prague, he would frequently work 36 hours without sleep...