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Word: fanaticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some Americans found the Bush Administration surprisingly slow and reserved in its response. But at midweek the President finally stepped up to the White House lectern and criticized Khomeini's death sentence as "deeply offensive to the norms of civilized behavior." Bush warned that Washington would hold Iran accountable for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism The New Satans | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Larew on LaRouche: If you've walked through the Square this week, you've probably noticed the forlorn activist by the T-station who has launched a solitary hunger strike to free Lyndon LaRouche. LaRouche, a former communist turned right-wing fanatic, is now serving a 15 year sentence for...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Post-Reagan Blues | 2/11/1989 | See Source »

Another suspect is Abu Nidal, the fanatic P.L.O. terrorist whose Fatah Revolutionary Council allegedly carried out the 1985 Christmas massacres at the Rome and Vienna airports. He too would like to scuttle Arafat's Middle East peace moves. "Such an act of terrorism by Abu Nidal would be a message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diabolically Well-Planned: Pan Am's Flight 103 | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

A native of Kent, in the southeast of England, Brand has shown a similar fascination with new topics throughout his career. As a teenager he wandered through much of Europe, ultimately setting out for the New World, where he worked as a reporter in Montreal. Later he earned a B.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Dec 12 1988 | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

Both the audience and the other characters disbelieve her at first, but that does not faze the Dutch specialist. Andra Gordon plays this pipe-toting Freudian with the zeal of a religious fanatic--and, thankfully, without a phony accent.

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Stage Fright | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

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