Word: zealousness
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...irony of zealous holiday gift-giving has never been so grossly manifested. Damour’s demise smacks of tabloid absurdity—hence its prominence in the media and in conversation—but it is also a striking real-life indication of how far consumer culture has gone astray. As Joe Priester, a professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, suggested, we may attribute the homicidal mania of the Wal-Mart shoppers in question to “a sort of fear and panic of not having enough...
...make concessions to what is essentially an ideological pilgrimage. Moreover, the policy that deals with complaints such as these must be uniform. If exams were haphazardly shifted due to the inauguration, many other appeals to move exams might arise. Exceptions should not be made simply for students who are zealous to attend the crowning event of Barack Obama. More specifically, the notion being tossed around that the moving of government exams has a particular salience is a futile fighting point in the campaign. Just because one is enrolled in a government class does not grant one an increased mandate...
...Well, you’ve clearly got some zealous fans. Have you had any really bizarre encounters...
Fawkes' henchmen were zealous Catholics who believed that by beheading the government, they might usher in a new era of Catholicism in Protestant England. Led by Catesby, they hatched a plan to explode gunpowder under Parliament during a state opening, when King James I, his queen, and other family members and government leaders were inside. The plot was set for Nov. 5, 1605, and in the preceding days, the conspirators rented a cellar underneath the building, where Fawkes stashed at least 20 barrels of gunpowder...
...need is “HARVARD” emblazoned in gold on my tote bag, down my leg, and on...um...other places. Again though, props for discretion. My biggest problem with Victoria’s Secret Pink Collegiate Collection, though, is the exploitation of the Harvard name. True, zealous visitors and overachieving seventh graders can buy a Harvard sweatshirt at the Coop and in T stations all over Boston, but there is something degrading about Harvard selling its name to a lingerie company. All we need now is for Starbucks to sell an exotic blend of coffee ground from...