Word: zeal
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There needs to be a defense against the defense that "homophobia made me do it." Forty states have hate-crime laws, and studies show that added measures can make a difference. Some critics fear that speech will be curtailed in the zeal to get at all those bias incidents classified as "intimidation." But the Supreme Court has found that laws protecting gays don't violate free speech. It refused to hear the case of a preacher in New Jersey who said the state's antidiscrimination law protecting gays violated his First Amendment rights. It's a misplaced fear to think...
Such a deeply unmodern institution must be top of the list for Blair's reforming zeal. But however much one may agree with him, one must surely admit that the Lords provide a venerable spectacle, full of idiosyncratic character. The sight of the Lord Chancellor in all his forbidding finery, slumped on the woolsack adjusting his wig, listening intently to the sound of sweet and reasoned discourse (mixed with the occasional grunt and snore) is civilized, faintly amusing and surprisingly effective in terms of its legislative product...
...Griffin announced that they have to wrap the show up because the Avalon management had informed them of a scheduled disco dance that was starting in 10 minutes. As a result, Better Than Ezra was forced to cut back and rush through their encore, losing some of their entertaining zeal in the process. Despite the restrictions of club management, Better Than Ezra still got the crowd jumping with their final song, "Desperately Wanted," in which they turned the house lights on above the charged audience. Overall, the concert was emotional and energetic, ranging from touching and sentimental melodies to amusingly...
This is a man who maintained his moral character and revolutionary zeal for freedom and justice through nearly three decades of imprisonment. He emerged from that ordeal, not with hatred in his heart but with an unshakable commitment and the superb political skill to lead his nation...
During his 24 years on the nation's highest court, Marshall never abandoned his commitment to affirmative action and busing for integration. But his zeal and his conviction that he could not be replaced, Williams suggests, led Marshall into the greatest miscalculation of his life. In 1980, when his health began to deteriorate, he rebuffed entreaties from President Jimmy Carter to retire so that a Justice who shared his views could be named to take his place. Instead, Marshall hung on until 1991, when President George Bush selected Clarence Thomas, a black conservative, to fill the vacancy. To Marshall...