Word: zealousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Least of all the zealous proposals by some reform-minded neophytes to limit gifts -- such as the meals and trips -- that members of Congress can accept from lobbyists. A survey by the watchdog group Public Citizen showed that in 1991 House members took 4,000 free trips, two-thirds of them paid for by corporations or trade associations...
...researchers argue that alien abductions may be disguised memories of sexual abuse. Others assert that abduction memories may also be unwittingly planted by over-zealous therapists. "I believe these victims believe it," says Ray Hyman, professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. "People are trying to please the hypnotist. The therapist and patient collaborate with each other to produce the story." Hypnosis can be extremely effective in eliciting fantasies that therapists can use in treating patients. The technique, however, can also create false memories. Says Ray William London, president of the American Boards of Clinical Hypnosis...
They may be insulting; they may also be true, at least as far as Carey himself is concerned. Outwardly, Carey is a zealous reformer who swept into office two years ago in the first democratic election in Teamster history and pledged to revitalize the country's most corrupt union. But the union's hard times have gotten harder; the Teamsters are trucking toward bankruptcy, membership is eroding, and Carey's alleged links to the Mob have observers wondering where his allegiance lies...
Furthermore, to bring the issue closer to home, over 1,000 copies of the premiere issue were sold in the Harvard Square area alone. Is Furman, in his elitist, over-zealous self-righteousness, declaring that the hundreds of Harvard students who purchased the magazine are immature...
...hard to imagine running a committee of 40 or 50 people. Even in the halls of government to which so many zealous Council members aspire, few committees can boast of a membership half that size. On the bright side, it won't be a Washington nursery...