Word: fervor
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GIVEN THE FERVOR with which President Carter has promoted the idea that human beings deserve certain basic types of humane treatment, it is a little bit disturbing that after meeting with Pinochet last week, Carter told reporters he and the general found themselves in complete agreement on human rights. It does not appear likely now--if it ever did--that Carter will put the muscle behind the human rights drive he once promised by refusing all aid to the Chilean junta--surely one of the worst offenders. A different U.S. president felt no qualms about ending financial support...
...year in lecture fees as Yogi Bhajan, the "Supreme Religious and Administrative Authority of the Sikh Religion in the Western Hemisphere." Thousands of American disciples in his Healthy-Happy-Holy Organization ("3HO") revere the robust, bearded Bhajan as the holiest man of this era. With equal fervor, opponents denounce him as a charlatan and a heretic...
Time: 5 a.m. Sky: a pale chiaroscuro. Air currents: gentle (0-10 m.p.h.) and congenial to fine art of ballooning. There is a sense of fervor, an anticipation of adventure, as the balloonists spread their deflated vehicles on the dewy ground. My hosts are Douglas Economy, 16, one of the youngest pilots licensed by the FAA, his father, and their instructor, Bill Lewis. They aim a battery-powered fan into the limp mouth of their balloon, Fat Albert, breathing life into the sagging nylon skin. Then Lewis ignites the propane burner. With a roar, hot air fills the billowing mushroom...
...Korea, may even have sought release as a conscientious objector (the Army does not publicly discuss such matters). More portentously, Berkowitz's letters began to ramble incoherently, use odd imagery-and he signed at least one letter "Master of Reality." He apparently abandoned some of his religious fervor at this time, began swearing, which was out of character for that period of his life, and became ever more withdrawn and disagreeable...
...with budget-balancing measures that satisfy Fund directors. Says one official of the West German Finance Ministry: "Where it would be impossible for us or the Americans to bring real pressure on Italy, the IMF can do a good bit more, as an international body, without rousing patriotic fervor against...