Word: fervor
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...there for emotional consolation. But what do you do when your favorite band breaks up with you? The hip-hop/hard-rock quartet Rage Against the Machine has proved to be one of the most exciting bands around during its eight-year run, melding slashing guitars, rap rhythms and political fervor with unsurpassed skill. Recently, though, front man Zack de la Rocha announced plans to go solo. Rage guitarist Tom Morello says the band will continue, but he's not sure it will do so under the same name. Is there a chance de la Rocha might rejoin his mates after...
Talking to a computer is always easier than typing, which is why engineers have been working with such fervor on voice-recognition technology. They've made great progress. The accuracy rates of dictation programs from industry leaders--Lernout & Hauspie, Dragon Systems, Microsoft and IBM--have been improving around 10% a year for a decade now. During the next year, voice software geared to their specialized vocabularies is expected to gain a foothold in the medical and legal professions. Popular search sites like AskJeeves and TellMe Network hope to become "voice portals," letting users seek information by speaking simple phrases into...
...finally board the plane. I reach down to pick up A Passage to India, but I hear the girls behind me begin to talk and I capitulate. They gossip with fervor as if everyone should and wants to hear anything and everything they say. I learn about ubermensch #4 as I eat my dry carrots and meditate on the moist turkey of a few days...
...sculpture park is the brainchild of its director, Paul Tucker, an art history professor at UMass Boston, a recent recipient of UMass's Distinguished Scholarship Award and an internationally renowned expert on Impressionism. With characteristic fervor, Tucker curated the 1998 Monet in the 20th Century show at the Museum of Fine Arts, setting a new attendance record for the museum. At UMass Boston's pre-Commencement dinner this year, Chancellor Penny declared the establishment of the Paul Hayes Tucker Endowed Chair for the Arts, which was facilitated by $1 million donations from members of the Arts on the Point advisory...
Members on the election commission this year have all but pledged to enforce campaign rules with stringent fervor. It is about time. Campaign rules--which impose spending caps, regulate donations and designate appropriate postering techniques--ensure that candidates are granted equal opportunity. The actions of last year's commission, which haphazardly conducted investigations of alleged violations and arbitrarily made rulings, were inexcusable. For this year's commission to make good on its promise, it must be prepared to actively and thoroughly investigate any allegations of rules violations, no matter how unpleasant or unpopular...