Word: zealousness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shakespeare cannon, Titus Andronicuswould be the prime contender. One of the Bard's earliest dramatic efforts, it's also his bloodiest and most sensational--murder, rape and bodily dismemberments abound, with some cannibalism thrown in for good measure. Director Jose Zayas' approach, however, makes a creative if somewhat over-zealous attempt to move the play out of slasher-film territory into a combination of comic irony and the spookily surreal...
While the players never gave us an ounce of sass or trouble, the season was not without incident. We had one zealous father who thought we weren't doing right by his son, and indeed we may have given the lad short shrift in response to being pressured. After a game in which I screwed up a substitution, which resulted in this player not getting an at-bat, the father somewhat publicly berated me and my coaching. But he was just a father who cared a lot about his son, and his son was a very sweet...
...finished the regular season at 6-12. That meant we were seeded No. 11 in the 16-team, everybody-makes-it playoffs, pairing us off with the No. 6 seed. In the top of the first, we scored three runs with no outs when the son of the zealous dad hit a bases-clearing triple. We never scored another run after that. But lo and behold, our pitchers held the other team in check, thanks to some spectacular plays in the field. With two outs in the sixth, and last, inning, they had runners on first and second, while...
...Novak said of Jones, "and they're just tired of it. They've spent a lot of their own time and money on this, and they wanted out." Now Jones will likely be hit with a whopping bill for their services: Judge Webber ruled that Davis and Cammarata's "zealous and effective representation" was deserving of "reasonable" attorney's fees. And we can only guess at what lawyers consider "reasonable...
WASHINGTON: The resignation of Maj. Gen. John Longhouser, the commander of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds who admitted to having an adulterous affair with a civilian, has raised the question of whether the military has gone too far in its zealous attempt to root out infidelity in its ranks. Longhouser, whose decision to step down came after the Pentagon received an anonymous tip regarding a past liaison, is the second high-ranking military officer to fall in the last week under scrutiny over allegations of questionable behavior. Defense Secretary William Cohen was put on the spot today to shed light...