Word: zealousness
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...vote in the June elections, got five of the 22 portfolios in the new Cabinet. But Begin's most important appointment was his selection of General Ariel Sharon as his new Defense Minister. Sharon, who served as Agriculture Minister in the last government and was a zealous builder of new Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, has wanted the defense post ever since Ezer Weizman resigned last year. Instead, Begin kept the portfolio himself, quipping that if the aggressive Sharon were to become Defense Minister, he might "surround the Prime Minister's office with tanks." This time Begin...
...abuse may not receive an attorney's assistance [June 15] is frightening. Such cases are frequently filed by well-intentioned but overeager social workers. One person's abuse can often be another's discipline. In many cases, the only things protecting parental rights are a zealous attorney and a judge's common sense. I'd hate to have to rely on only one of those protections...
...human nature.) Both the Soviets and Americans have continued to pile up their own arsenals, each trying to get ahead of the other permanently, which is impossible, and thus enticing newcomer nations to build up their armaments as well. And who are these nations? They are the unstable, the zealous, the military-controlled, the lunatic-led. They do not share the U.S.-Soviet diplomatic history. If the Americans and the Soviets were to cry "Enough!" then at least we might be spared the sight of Colonel Gaddafi grinning before a bouquet of microphones, about to make an important announcement...
...with union leaders to discuss his economic and social reforms, which include an immediate 10% raise in the minimum wage and a reduction of the work week to 35 hours. But action on the changes was postponed until this week. Reason: Mitterrand wants to avoid appearing too zealous so as not to damage the Socialists' chances in the parliamentary elections June 14 and 21. These will determine just how much power they have...
...local grass roots, Christian schools today are found in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes from kindergarten through grade twelve, at academic levels that range from fairly high to very low. Discrimination in favor of religion is a basic raison d'etre, and at the more zealous schools, a tub-thumping suspicion of all nonreligious learning fills the air. In a 150-page how-to-start-a-school guide for would-be organizers, Educator Robert Billings (now a top Reaganite administrator in the Department of Education) warns in capital letters: NO UNSAVED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE ON THE STAFF...