Word: vehemently
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...editorial entitled "Father Halton's Legitimate Complaint," the Princetonian, in less vehement terms, agreed with Halton that "the religion department is, in fact, made up of men committed to a definitely non-Catholic position, men, who, because of their very strong commitments of faith, would be bound to be lax in presenting a fair view of the Roman Catholic standpoint...
...unruffled under public criticism as he is in the quiet of his own home. He can hardly make a move without provoking tantrums in some political sector, where worry springs eternal that something he does will cost votes. Nevertheless, he has earned a reputation for disarming his most vehement critics with quiet logic, unfailing good humor. His formula: "When I get involved in a controversy, I don't care whether the people on the other side are s.o.b.s. What mat ters is what they stand...
...sportswriters know that in 1912 Ty Cobb was fined only $50 for running into the grandstand and punching a spectator? Why, at this price Ted could demand his money's worth and maim 100 vehement fans...
This latest crackdown has been attributed to the Cambridge City Council's vehement attack on the College for its failure to provide adequate parking facilities. Toohy, however, explained that this was a "normal thing for this time of the year. The streets have to be clean for Commencement and we have to get some of the cars off the street...
Curtice is equally vehement in his belief that spinning off two divisions would benefit neither the consumer nor the competition. If Oldsmobile, for example, were separated from G.M., it would automatically be shut off from the vast pool of centralized engineers, research, styling and production-line know-how that have pushed G.M. ahead. Its cars would soon be out of date and would cost more. Spun off from G.M., Olds would have little hope of competing with the rest of the industry...