Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...find a girl with whom he could share his zeal...
History lessons seemed simple as we walked along the Freedom Trail. First there were the Founders, John Winthrop with his vision of Boston as a "shining city upon a hill," the Mathers--Cotton and Increase--with their harsh, unyielding Puritan zeal, Anne Hutchinson, who was banned for her enlightenment...
After surrendering the initiative, Dukakis changed his tactics and began to strike back last week. He took advantage of the publication of a new book, Men of Zeal, by Maine's Senators, Democrat George Mitchell and Republican William Cohen, who were on the Iran-contra committee. It charges that Bush clearly supported the arms-for-hostages swap, which the Vice President has denied. With Mitchell at his side, Dukakis attacked Bush for his complicity in the scandal. Later he ridiculed Bush's proclaimed goal of becoming the "education President." Dukakis demanded to know "Where was George?" when the Administration...
...zeal with which the President has pursued his conservative domestic agenda has both united the Democrats as the party of opposition and severely limited their room for maneuver. As Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank points out, "The deficit is a great constrainer. If we had another $50 billion to spend, we would argue over how to spend it." From Dukakis on down, the Democratic gospel still includes ritual phrases like "unmet national needs" and "reorienting our priorities." But there is a hollowness to this rhetoric that reflects the barrenness of the federal cupboard. How could any Democrat today have the temerity...
Unfazed by such criticism, Lipsig brings his crusading zeal to numerous other professional activities. He is host on a weekly cable-TV show on current issues; he also dispenses lawyerly advice in regular newspaper columns and on a weekly radio show. He brushes off complaints that he uses these outlets to encourage people to bring lawsuits. "All I do is educate people about their legal rights," he maintains. People must be learning. Several weeks ago, Lipsig's firm, which helped pioneer medical-malpractice claims, had to settle out of court in a legal-malpractice suit brought by a client...