Word: zeal
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...Faced with the vast popularity and substantial shortcomings of Graham's 'crusade,' we can only sigh and reflect that we, like him, are also Adam's children, defective and half-blind ... It would ill become us to be harsh or cynical toward a man whose zeal and sincerity, even in a misguided cause, might shame many a lukewarm Catholic. Rather let us hope and pray that God may lead him to the One Faith that is worthy of all man's dedication...
...pilgrimage en masse to houses of worship and a dynamic religious rebirth. Even H.D. Aiken might go along with such a vaguely all-inclusive phrasing as "some form of religious orientation." From many such statements as "increased concern over the ultimate meaning of life" equated with manifestations of religious zeal of the Norman Vincent Peale variety, the article derives its resounding afflrmations about religion bursting out all over the Yard...
...ugly, thankless one to begin with, and he was bound to stir up enemies. As Dulles' top security officer, it was his duty to rid the department of the soft-on-Communism reputation that had built up during the Acheson regime. But by plunging in with McCarthy-like zeal, McLeod alienated good guys and bad guys alike. Moreover, he seemed to be in some initial doubt about whether his primary loyalty was to Secretary Dulles or to State's critics in Congress. The matter came to a head when McLeod, going over Dulles' head to the White...
Once his steps ranged beyond his favored places-Sussex, France, Rome-Belloc's zeal turned to disgust. He described Germany as "an odd filter through which civilization gets to the Slavs." He despised the Tyrol ("detestable"), the Kremlin ("quite insignificant"). Angry, this mind spewed along. Max Beerbohm said, "like a Roman river full of baskets and dead cats"; fixed, it set in hard grooves. "I suppose," said Beerbohm, on hearing that Belloc had witnessed cricket, "he would have said that the only good wicket-keeper in the history of the game was a Frenchman and a Roman Catholic...
...serious political crisis that shook the government has been overcome. Common sense, tolerance, zeal of liberty, respect for the opposition, decision and firmness permitted the government to restore a fully democratic regime...