Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...here at Harvard, groups like the Organization for the Advancement of Sexual Minorities (ORGASM) and the newly formed chapter of Queer Nation have succumbed to this self-destructive zeal to offend and outrage. To their credit, these groups have largely abandoned the dining hall kiss-ins and other inflamatory tactics of years ago. But their presentation of the film, "Stop the Church," as well as their well-publicized protest of Secretary Sullivan's visit to Harvard last year were tasteless and needlessly offensive...
...target: a loose-knit group of youthful computer enthusiasts suspected of trafficking in stolen credit-card numbers, telephone access codes and other contraband of the information age. The authorities intended to send a sharp message to would-be digital desperadoes that computer crime does not pay. But in their zeal, they sent a very different message -- one that chilled civil libertarians. By attempting to crack down on telephone fraud, they shut down dozens of computer bulletin boards that may be as fully protected by the U.S. Constitution as the words on this page...
...departure is the spectators' loss. In an era when less talented ballplayers pull down equally towering salaries and occasionally indulge in public temper tantrums, Jackson's grace and zeal on the playing field brought fans out in admiring droves. "When I'm playing, I'm relaxed," Jackson once said. "I'm like a fish in water." Fellow Royals star George Brett noted that fans fell out of the hot dog lines and hurried back to their seats when Jackson stepped to the plate. They were frequently gratified. In July 1988, he hit a blast off Boston's Oil Can Boyd...
...pretty good day for Sokolof too. For it marked the greatest victory yet in his remarkable crusade to improve the diet and protect the hearts of millions of Americans. Single-handedly, with messianic zeal, a keen public relations sense and some $3 million of his own money, Sokolof has persuaded many of the nation's largest food processors and fast-food chains to change both their ways and the ingredients of their products. In the process he has outraged corporate executives, given tropical oils a bad name and turned supermarket aisles into America's new libraries, clogged with shoppers reading...
Like several of his colleagues around the nation, Weld is bringing ideological zeal to his rescue plan. As a follower of supply-side economics, he shuns any new taxes, will not go to Wall Street to do more borrowing and wants to give businesses some tax relief. "I can't imagine a sharper break with the past," Weld said last week. Except for the chancellor of the board of regents, who resigned in protest, most of Weld's constituents so far seem to believe they deserve Weld's bitter medicine now that Massachusetts has an unemployment rate...