Word: zeal
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Things might have gotten a little out of hand, but it was only because a "national hero" lost sight of a few things like the Constitution and the U.S. Congress in his zeal to export the American way of life...
...most accounts, North was a fiercely loyal man, and the person he was most loyal to was his Commander in Chief. Like the President, North developed an obsessive concern about the need to help the contras. But zeal may have taken him too far. If it is proved that North was behind the siphoning of money to the contras, he may have violated a congressional ban on such activities, a law that has since expired...
...other colleges beset by recent sports scandals, the reform zeal burns with varying intensity...
...reading the new immigration act with narrow-minded zeal, the INS has intentionally overstepped its duty to enforce the law. It is attempting to take advantage of Congress' oversight in order to create, implement and enforce its own immigration policy...
Hardly. Eastern renamed its service "The Shuttle Plus." New frills: free food and drinks, plusher waiting areas, assigned seating, additional legroom, newspapers, magazines and renewed zeal. "Nobody is going to make or break a shuttle on a bagel," Eastern Spokeswoman Paula Musto said stoutly. She added, "Of course, we don't want to lose anyone over a piece of cream cheese...