Word: zealously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rank and privilege--and shows how the totalitarian system manipulates these individual motives to assure that the mass remains loyal, Criticism of Mao appears as virtual sacrilege in this society, and no one dares voice it directly, Instead, politics becomes a competition to prove who is the most zealous supporter...
...attempt to discourage recruiting violations by over-zealous alumni boosters, the NCAA delegates outlawed personal off-campus recruiting by people not on a university's athletic staff. While the measure may cut down on the number of big-time college football recruits driving free Corvettes, it will hinder schools such as Harvard, which have relatively small recruiting budgets and rely on alumni to push promising quarterbacks toward Cambridge rather than Stanford or Ann Anchor. Unlike national football and basketball powers, smaller scale Ivy League teams traditionally have not turned to illegal recruiting practices. The new rule unfairly discriminates against schools...
Church and State. A few critics make the flimsy charge that the bishops' activism, particularly their zealous support for measures that would overturn the Supreme Court's abortion ruling, violates the constitutional principle of church-state separation. Not only is there no clear legal bar against such efforts, but just about every U.S. denomination has entered politics at one time or another. Says Archbishop Roach: "We may never allow the separation of church and state to be used to separate the church from society." Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger disagrees with the bishops' view on deterrence...
...such documents, they will not be able to work, do business, get married or even apply for a driver's license. Already, Islamic Guards are asking for the documents on street corners. Those suspected of avoiding military service are being sent to training centers pending further investigation. The zealous guards also make "house calls," dragging away from their homes those accused of draft evasion by their neighbors...
Harvard has thus far refused to back down in the case, as have the other schools. The Army's threat did not come with a specific deadline, and University officials predicted that the government would ignore, the zealous Pentagon lawyer who first launched the surprise attack...