Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Right now, however, the clearest loser may be the FCC itself. Any decision-from blanket exoneration to convening a hearing-is likely to draw fire. In its zeal to restrain public comment on the case, the commission in December issued a sweeping gag order-so extensive that it had the perverse effect of stirring more attention and igniting criticism of the FCC's self-conscious handling of the case. In a scathing critique, James Quello, a veteran commissioner, even noted that the fcc's general counsel told commission staffers they could go to an nbc Christmas party...
...next room. "These unborn babies are people worthy of protection," he explains. "There's nothing un-Christian about protecting the lives of the unborn." Although he signed Hill's justifiable homicide petition, Bray says he would never pull the trigger. "Of course," he adds, "if I had the zeal to go out and take some action, I wouldn't tell...
...Republicans think the alliance is a good idea. Some are worried that in its zeal to pass the contract, the leadership might be snuggling too close to the special interests that the all-important swing voters abhor. If the contract's tax cuts overtly favor corporations and the wealthy, says G.O.P. Representative Steve Schiff of New Mexico, "it will make us a sitting duck for those who argue that our party has capitulated to our [lobbying] allies." Democrats are already making the argument. "The Republicans are too close to business interests," charges Charles Schumer of New York. "That is their...
Anti-smoking zeal influences persons to ignore evidence that does not support the anti-smoking cause. This zeal is a threat to personal freedom and produces the desire to penalize those who do not conform. Outlawing restaurants and their patrons the liberty to set their own policy as to smoking is wrong. Stephen Helfer Harvard Law Library International Legal Studies
...wait. Where was this zeal during the vote on Cambridge rent control? Are these the same students who slept through the Republican takeover of Congress, who think that Chechnya is the latest version of Tetris...