Word: fervor
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...most promising was Hudson Review, edited by three young Princeton alumni. It also promised the most, notably, never to fall into pedantry or opportunism, nor to "open its pages to those whose only merits lie in their anguish, their fervor, and their experimentation...
...citizens. Portland High fared better, getting by Chester Township, a hotbed of basketball on the Eel River in Wabash County, only to be humbled later in the day. In last week's semifinals, all the small-town schools (the smaller the town, the higher the fervor) were eliminated. It was enough to quench bonfire celebrations all over the rural districts, where farm boys spent most of their spare time, between milking and other chores, shooting basketballs through hoops on the barns...
What sparks the Chamber's fervor? Said Morris Pendleton, president of Los Angeles' Plomb Tool Co.: "We know that Los Angeles is a big city but not yet a great city. We get a hell of a kick out of trying to make it great...
...goals in the first period reflect the trend of that frame, as the first two lines played like a team again. The opposition caught fire in the second frame and outplayed the tiring Crimson that was hampered by changes in line personnel. But in the final frame, Harvard regained fervor to take the offense for six more tallies...
...largest Communist-dominated union in the land. U.E.'s leaders, from big-bellied Al Fitzgerald down, have denounced the law's non-Communist clause with furious fervor, have refused to sign the affidavits. This week the company, on the strength of the NLRB ruling, severed relations with U.E., despite an agreement which runs until April...