Word: zealousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Known as Schuyler Hall, this singular bastion of domestic tranquillity for males is operated by Opus Dei (the Work of God), an international organization of zealous Roman Catholic laymen and priests. Best known for its influence in modernizing the economy of Franco Spain, Opus Dei has about 2,000 members in the U.S. Schuyler Hall is the largest of five student residences operated by the organization near American colleges. Although two resident priests celebrate Mass every day, only 60% of Schuyler's 75 residents are Catholic; three are Jewish, and there is one black. More than half the students...
...result of this zealous cleanup, Singapore has earned the title of Asia's Mr. Clean. The results can be slightly oppressive; some Singaporeans even long for the excitement of the dirtier old days. Not only have fireworks been banned, but one government official has talked about curbing the blaring of TV and radios, and has even suggested that the noise of mah-jongg, Singapore's favorite game, should be kept as low as possible...
...really remarkable feature of Avižienis' brainchild is a specially gifted unit dubbed TARP (for Test And Repair Processor). Like a zealous office manager always peering over the shoulders of his clerks, TARP can almost instantly spot errors, determine who has made them, and take steps to discipline or replace the wrongdoer. It constantly monitors the specially coded messages -or interoffice memos, as Avižienis calls them-that pass between the units, and immediately reacts to deviations from normal in the computer chatter. "It's as if a person were to start mispronouncing or slurring words...
...oldest (118 years), most gruling U.S. college sport, rowing long attracted zealous spartans who inspired he term crew cut and spent their alumni years flocking to regattas in blazers, white flannels and white bucks. Hired three years ago as head crew coach at Columbia University, Bill Stowe, 27, seemed just the disciplinarian to maintain traditionuntil he crossed oars with the new student generation...
...theories of structural analysis. His book is concise and summarizes when possible, but it is not a popularization-he remains honest to the complexities of Levi-Strauss. Blending the old and new anthropology in his approach to structuralism, Leach presents Levi-Strauss as a uniquely important if not over-zealous, thinker...