Word: zealousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...orientation. But the number of personnel kicked out of the service for being gay soared from 617 in 1994 to 997 last year. The Pentagon says that 80 percent of those removed in 1997 declared their homosexuality; they "told." Gay-rights groups instead pointed to witch-hunts by overly zealous officers. Defense Secretary William Cohen apparently thinks they have a point, and he is expected to approve new guidelines shortly to ensure that the policy is implemented fairly. Commanders will have to get permission to investigate from military legal authorities. Also, inducements for implicating others in gay relationships will...
Some airlines are so zealous about E-ticketsthat they are even offering special deals topeople who book tickets on-line. Additionalfrequent-flyer miles or discounted rates are beingused to entice people to utilize theirtechnological resources. While Delta has no suchprogram, both United and USAir do--for certainflights and through certain on-line bookingagencies...
Harvard thrives due to over-committed and over-worked students. Yet even in this jet-setting world, there are some students who are uniquely occupied. Everyone knows at least one: the over-achieving, a bit over-zealous, student leader, researcher or intellectual...
...allegations of Presidential infidelity, perjury and subornation thereof have exposed the consequences of sanctioning the reckless pursuits of zealous lawyers. And the news media, all too eager to support the tabloidization of politics, have further undermined the civic life of the country...
Apart from his zealous call for enforcement, Scali indulges in an even more asinine assertion in the final paragraph of his manifesto. "Gen-Xers, born between 1961 and 1981," according to Scali, "are without such character and are the drunks and drug addicted students of today...