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...energetic campaigning erased any lingering doubts about his drive and stamina. The questions had been raised because, in dropping out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in November 1974, he said he lacked an "overwhelming desire" for the office. Aides attribute some of Mondale's new zeal to the fact that his partisan appetite has been whetted by the chance to go after Gerald Ford and Robert Dole instead of fellow Democrats. Then, too, Mondale has a sense of impending victory-an optimism that was missing during the primaries. Says he: "The issues are cutting with...
Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader has long been assailed by conservative politicians and officers of corporations that have been gored by his crusading zeal. At the Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller made him the target of one of history's most labored puns (he claimed that Candidate Jimmy Carter's appearance at a Nader gathering meant that Carter was trying "to pass himself off as one of the Nader-day saints"). Now the lean, intense folk hero is coming under fire from a few of his former admirers-liberals who applaud his service...
...zeal displayed were directed only at the ball, the game would be played better, and the current madness might be dismissed as an eccentric fad?and boon to retailers?in a class, say, with the Hula-Hoop or Saturday-night mah-jongg. But this is the age of the ME shirt, of instant psychological replay, of backyard Zen and Women's Liberation. With characteristically passionate optimism, American men and women pursue on the tennis court such things as health and ego reinforcement, true love and sexual aggression, social status and a special vision of the good life. "Let's face...
Regarding your Essay "Religious Wars: A Bloody Zeal" [July 12]: What is it that the children of Belfast and Beirut have in common-besides the bloody ground they walk upon? Isn't it that they have never been compelled-by a power greater than their parents' prejudices-to sit in a school classroom along with "those others"? Instead they have grown up, nurtured by "their own kind," with the hardening conviction that those others-over there-are to be despised and, if it should come to that, destroyed...
...approach run is slow, she has to compensate with her fast arm movement and astonishing power. Pro Shotputter Brian Oldfield calls her "all arm. If she gets some speed, she'll hit 240 ft." No devotee of training-she chain-smokes Tareyton 100s and quaffs beer with true zeal-Schmidt will check in at Montreal at 6 ft. 1 in. and 178 Ibs., some 10 Ibs. heavier than she would like -the excess due more to weightlifting than beverages. Schmidt also will take to Montreal not only her immense desire to win, but her élan, something that...