Word: zealotism
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...diehard "Suez rebels" on the Conservative backbenches objected violently to Britain's withdrawal from the Suez Canal zone, Eden himself had argued: "In the Middle East, as elsewhere, our defense arrangements must be based on consent and cooperation with the peoples concerned." He was criticized then by zealot imperialists for giving up British territory. When British evacuation of the Suez was followed by Lieut. General Glubb Pasha's expulsion from Jordan, and Britain's whole Middle East position was threatened, Eden decided to stand firm on Cyprus. Earl Attlee observed: "The government are so afraid of being...
Brando is the revolutionary tiger, an uneducated animal of the soil, yet his dedication to the peasants' cause is beautifully expressed. In bold contrast to Brando's passionate sincerity, Kazan develops the black-draped figure of Fernando as the cratic zealot of any war--the traitor who with no devotion to either side, with no goal other than rebellion and death. Joseph Wiseman fulfills this role with a calm fanaticism, breaking his shell of assurance with sudden bursts of excitement. Zapata's brother is equally reckless, but Anthony Quinn plays the part in an amusing swagger, lifting skirts as easily...
...this theory of anti-Oppenheimer motive will not account for Admiral Strauss, no Air Force "zealot." The Alsops supply Strauss with a far baser motive than zealotry. It seems-and this will surprise hundreds of his business, official and intellectual acquaintances-that Strauss is an incredibly vain, arrogant and vengeful man. Years ago, Oppenheimer had the misfortune to humiliate Strauss in an argument about isotopes, say the Alsops, and Strauss never forgot...
Suppose, says Toynbee, a pixie Lady of the Lake sees her inviolate body of water sullied by "an audacious backwoodsman's canoe." Acting as a Zealot, she will use her supernatural power to freeze the water solid. As a Herodian, she will eventually drain her lake bed dry. But in either case, says Toynbee, she will only transform her lake into a road and let in the "landlubber dry-shod." Roughly translated into the different, present-day situation (in which the West is very far from being "at bay"), the Zealots might advocate stringent repression of all hostile ideas...
...Zealot. Baylot ordered Paris' cops to start swinging their white batons, and blandly explained: "There is no defensive action that is not offensive in nature." When the Communists resisted, he gave his cops steel helmets, machine guns and tear gas. His weak eyes squinting through a pair of heavy-rimmed dark glasses, plump little Prefect Baylot looked like a clerk, but he used his force and the terrain like a general...