Word: vehemently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wheeler has set up an office to carry out his life-prolonging creative energies, and he and his workers are the cast. Nash is dynamic in the role of Wheeler, and his often vehement delivery is effective and noteworthy...
...funniest request was for us not to wear tons of Harvard stuff when we're in Japan," said Vollmer, who sensed "vehement opposition" on the part of the University. "I figure it's an easy enough request to follow, and we don't want to ruin this for next year's guys, so we said, 'Okay...
...eight years as Customs commissioner, Von Raab's penchant for independent action and colorful talk has landed him in a series of well- publicized scrapes. He was an early and vehement critic of Washington's see-no-evil policy toward Panama strongman Manuel Noriega. He appalled civil libertarians by proposing to shoot down suspected drug-smuggling planes. He infuriated the State Department by trying to mark passports of drug smugglers caught at the border. He promoted the "zero tolerance" program that called for prosecuting people apprehended with small amounts of drugs and confiscating their cars, boats and planes...
...many officials disagreed with Deng's directive to smash the protest that he was forced to rescind it. Some 100 staff members at the People's Daily signed a letter to their bosses challenging the paper's harsh editorial. Within the party, opposition to a crackdown was no less vehement. "The real dissatisfaction of the cadres was made known to Li shortly after the editorial was presented," said a knowledgeable Communist Party member. "They feared that if the leaders suppressed the demonstration and blood was shed, it would be like a big fire that would burn not only in Beijing...
...August. Retaining control of the lower house in elections to be held no later than the summer of 1990 is even more important, since that body appoints the Prime Minister. "By that time, we will have political reform," said an L.D.P. leader. "The public sentiment will not be as vehement as it is now." As usual, the L.D.P. seems more interested in keeping itself in power than cleaning up Japan's corruption-prone politics...