Word: fanaticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Of course, only the most zealously fanatic believers in the apartheid system could swallow that feeble explanation; soon it was apparent to the entire world that the young leader died as the result of repeated beatings by his jailers.
It seemed that Iran's uncertain advance into the 20th century had stumbled again, and that the nation had been thrust back into the dark Islamic puritanism of the 18th century. Since the holy month of Ramadan began Aug. 5, the conflict between Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and an unlikely...
"I am a chess fanatic," says Op Artist Victor Vasarely, a resident of Gordes in the South of France. So when Actor Curt Jurgens invited him for a few games at his villa in nearby Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Vasarely arrived with chess set in hand. And not just any...
The fanatic fan is one such example. A wide variety of students makes up this classification, but a particularly zesty sample can be found in section 38 of Harvard Stadium on Saturday afternoons, chanting such creative slogans as "Intercept, contracept, stop that ball!" and, "Move to the left, move to...
Skeptics and optimists may dismiss these views as the ursine musings of just another gold fanatic. But it should be remembered that Nick Deak is a survivor-of wars, inflation and collapses on two continents over half a century-and in difficult times, perhaps the survivors can offer us a...