Word: zealousness
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...campaign trail, he is a political Rorschach test. People see in him what they want to see. In Maryland, zealous Campaign Worker Ellen McCarthy views him as the candidate most like her father Eugene McCarthy. But Brown's Rhode Island vice chairman, State Senator Guide Camilla, who describes himself as a 'hardcore conservative,' sees Brown as someone whom conservatives could rally round...
...announced for the presidency, you said you were doing it out of a sense of duty, like a paying of dues, and that you almost wished someone else were in your position. Many people see a dramatic change in your ambition to be President. You seem more aggressive, more zealous. Has your attitude changed...
...able to compromise with Congress? Would he rather, in his own words, "go down in flames" than modify his own convictions? If he were as unbending as he professes to be, his disillusionment and frustration in the White House could be acute. Woodrow Wilson defied the Senate in his zealous crusade for the League of Nations; ultimately, he was destroyed by the relentless pursuit of his dream...
Hiring two for the price of one has some advantages for employers. They can more easily meet affirmative action requirements and recruit from a broad, relatively untapped labor pool. Part-time workers are so zealous, according to some studies, that they are almost certain to put in more than half a day's work in half a day's time. "Two teachers working half of the time bring additional energy and enthusiasm to the classroom," says Nick Gervase, personnel chief for the Santa Clara Unified School District in California...
...Massachusetts Supreme Court is now considering on appeal, has more to do with the rights of patients than it does with abstract definitions of birth and death. The conviction of Dr. Edelin for manslaughter following an abortion he performed on October 3, 1973 was the triumph of a zealous prosecutor in limiting women's right to abortion. Although stricter legislation on abortion in this state was passed in 1974, the Edelin conviction stands as a grim symbol for women who believe in abortion as a right...